News from June 2017
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 12, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO) sent a letter to Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today requesting that the Committee hold a hearing on the United States’ ability to be prepared for and respond effectively to biological threats.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today commented on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) announcement regarding the effectuated 2017 Obamacare enrollment.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -The House of Representatives today advanced ten Energy and Commerce Committee bills aimed at boosting our nation’s energy infrastructure and improving energy efficiency. House passage of these ten bills comes on the heels of last week’s press conference in which Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) highlighted Congressional productivity this Congress.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 12, 2017
News Release: Join park staff and visitors at Tumacácori National Historical Park to celebrate Día de San Juan on Saturday, June 24, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Día de San Juan, the day set aside to celebrate the birth of Saint John the Baptist, is also the day on which people all over Mexico welcome the summer season...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2017
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that, on June 12, 2017, agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms arrested Richard Monroe, age 24, in the Western District of Texas. Monroe is charged in a multi-count Superseding Indictment with crimes relating...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - This morning a U.S. Magistrate Judge sitting in Las Cruces, N.M., found probable cause to support a criminal complaint charging Joseph Torrez, 31, of Carlsbad, N.M., with violating federal firearms laws by unlawfully possessing a firearm while being subject to a protective order. Torrez remains in federal custody pending a detention hearing scheduled for June 14, 2017.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 12, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO) sent a letter to Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today requesting that the Committee hold a hearing on the United States’ ability to be prepared for and respond effectively to biological threats.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Troy Malecki, 49, of Williamsville, N.Y., who was convicted of possession of child pornography depicting minors less than 12 years of age, was sentenced to five years in prison by U.S. Senior District Judge William M. Skretny.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 12, 2017
News Release: What a pig sees when it looks into a mirror may help Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists improve livestock housing.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Dr. Anthony Lefteris has pleaded guilty to multiple counts of falsifying documents and to entering false information into the records of the U.S. Department of Transportation (“USDOT") for selling false medical certifications used to obtain commercial driver’s licenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that TIMOTHY SEDLAK was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to 18 months in prison for attempting to access without authorization the computer network of a global charitable organization based in New York...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a one-count indictment charging Yousef Goba, 43, of Yemen, with making extortionate threats to harm and kidnap a minor. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 12, 2017
News Release: The Energy Department announced up to $3 million in available support for manufacturers to use supercomputers at the department's national laboratories to tackle major manufacturing challenges. The High Performance Computing for Manufacturing (HPC4Mfg) Program enables the use of high performance computing...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2017
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - On June 7, 2017, Timothy E. King, 30, of Peoria, Ill., pleaded guilty to one count of receipt and attempted receipt of child pornography. King waived indictment and entered his plea before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jonathan E. Hawley, pursuant to a plea agreement. Sentencing has been scheduled...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2017
News Release: California Resident Convicted of Embezzlement and Filing False Tax Returns.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 12, 2017
News Release: SALEM, OR. - The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Three Bears and Cedar Grove campgrounds, located in the Molalla River Recreation Corridor, will be open to first-come first-serve camping Friday through Sunday beginning June 16. The campgrounds will close each Monday at 11:00 a.m.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 12, 2017
News Release: SILT, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) seeks public comment on an oil and gas development plan about nine miles west of Rifle.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 12, 2017
News Release: UPDATE: Members of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), will meet this week to consider legislative proposals to promote freedom in the workplace, as well as to discuss the impact of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. Both hearings will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2017
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to two armed robberies, including one in which he fired a shot into the ceiling, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2017
News Release: Former Reeves County Judge Jimmy Galindo pleaded guilty to federal bribery and income tax related charges announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr.; Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division; and, Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Special Agent in Charge William Cotter, San Antonio Division.
