News from July 2017
By DOE Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $19.4 million for 22 new cost-shared projects to accelerate the research of advanced battery, lightweight materials, engine technologies, and energy efficient mobility systems. This Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) funding reasserts that investment ...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $19.4 million for 22 new cost-shared projects to accelerate the research of advanced battery, lightweight materials, engine technologies, and energy efficient mobility systems. This Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) funding reasserts that investment...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: There are over 130,000 acres of opportunities for special events within Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area and Obed Wild and Scenic River. To help ensure resource protection, visitor safety and make sure that other visitors’ experience is not significantly impeded, special events such...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: A free webinar called “Effective Tribal Project Partnerships" will take place Wednesday, July 26, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mountain Time. This webinar is part of the 2017 Expanding Tribal Energy Development Through Partnerships webinar series sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy and the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that James Bristol, 45, of Burlington, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Burlington to 30 months of imprisonment following his guilty plea to a charge of attempted bank robbery. Chief U.S. District Judge Christina Reiss also ordered that Bristol serve a three-year term of supervised release following completion of his prison term. Bristol has been in custody since his arrest last year.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held the hearing, “The Use of TIFIA and Innovative Financing in Improving Infrastructure to Enhance Safety, Mobility, and Economic Opportunity." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 1492, the Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces the return of an indictment charging Meinrad Kopp (55), a German citizen and resident of Switzerland, with attempting to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity, traveling into the United States for the purpose of engaging...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that MICHAEL SPEARS, age 53, of New Orleans, pled guilty today to one count of making false statements in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001 and one count of theft of government funds in violation of 18 USC § 641.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Senior U.S. District Judge Gregory A. Presnell has sentenced Vladimir Jean Pierre (31, Orlando) to seven years in federal prison for theft of government property, aggravated identity theft, and attempted possession with the intent to distribute a controlled substance.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a hearing examining ways Congress could clarify how drug and device companies can responsibly disseminate truthful and non-misleading data and information that is not included in their product labeling.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor today during consideration of the Food and Drug Administration Reauthorization Act (H.R. 2430):
By DOE Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on “Combating the Opioid Crisis: Battles in the States:"
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: URBANA, Ill. - A federal grand jury today returned an indictment that charges Brendt A. Christensen, 28, of Champaign, Ill., with kidnapping visiting Chinese scholar Yingying Zhang on June 9, 2017. Christensen was previously arrested and charged by criminal complaint on June 30. On July 5, U.S. Magistrate Judge Eric I. Long ordered that Christensen remain detained in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service pending trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Shahana Beaver, 25, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana, was sentenced to time served and three years’ supervised release by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. In addition, co-defendant Janice Humphrey, 28, also of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted of maintaining a drug-involved premises, was sentenced to two years’ probation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted Tynisha Martin Kadiri, age 39, of Baltimore, Maryland, on charges of filing false income tax returns and failure to file tax returns. The indictment was returned yesterday, and unsealed today upon the arrest of the Kadiri.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $285,800 civil penalty against Exec 1 Aviation of Ankeny, Iowa, for allegedly using unqualified pilots on multiple passenger-carrying flights.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 1492, the Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2017.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing examining current challenges states have in combating the opioid epidemic, ways the federal government can assist, and whether their efforts that have begun to make a difference.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - A high-ranking official in a Chicago-area labor union threatened a local business with economic loss if it didn’t pay him quarterly cash payments of $25,000, according to a federal indictment returned today.
