News from May 2017
By EPA Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), today held a hearing to discuss how businesses are adopting the latest trends in technology to transform the delivery process for consumers. Witnesses provided testimony about how their businesses are leveraging technology to provide same-day delivery services to consumers.
By Commerce Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - This afternoon’s hearing of the Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs Subcommittee on the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations - a central feature of the federal government’s attempt to correct its historical mismanagement of Native American land - will focus on the split between...
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A South Carolina man was sentenced in federal court on Monday, May 22, 2017, for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Marion Quinton Brewster, 38, of Columbia, S.C. was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr. to 180 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release.
By DOE Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - EM today rolled out its Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 budget request of $6.5 billion. This marks EM’s largest budget request in a decade, and provides the resources necessary to continue making safe, steady and significant progress in tackling the environmental legacy of decades of nuclear weapons development and government-sponsored nuclear energy research.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: Roanoke, VIRGINIA - A Roanoke man, who used a peer-to-peer file-sharing network that allowed others to access his images of hardcore child pornography, was sentenced today in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, Acting United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: MCALLEN, Texas - The final two of four men involved in stealing 246 kilograms of marijuana, some of whom also conspired to carry and use a firearm during and in relation to that crime, have been ordered to prison, announced DEA Special Agent-in-Charge of the Houston Division Joseph M. Arabit and Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Victor Leos, 63, of Garland, Texas, appeared in federal court this morning before U.S. Magistrate Judge David L. Horan and pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit false statements in connection with immigration documents, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By EPA Newswire | May 23, 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 and concerns with the U.S. public health response to the Zika virus outbreak, including the ability to determine the link between Zika and other illnesses, ...
By Interior Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: Release Date: May 25, 2017. Contact: Artak Davtian, Park Ranger. Phone: 671-333-4050. June Public Programs at War in the Pacific National Historical Park. June 10, Saturday: 9 am at Apaca Point - “Keep Guam Beautiful". This community cleanup will take place at Apaca Point - a former WWII invasion site.
By Interior Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The BLM is seeking public comments on a draft Environmental Assessment for proposed rights-of-way at King Salmon Airport.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: Defendant One of 104 Individuals Federally Charged as the Result of ATF-Led Investigation Pursued in Support of Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A former office manager for a Lawrence property management company was sentenced Tuesday to 24 months in federal prison for embezzlement, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said. She was ordered to pay more than $485,000 in restitution.
By EPA Newswire | May 23, 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 titled, “U.S. Public Health Response to the Zika Virus: Continuing Challenges:"
By DOL Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1809, the Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2017 by voice vote. Introduced by Rep. Jason Lewis (R-MN) and Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA), the bipartisan legislation reauthorizes and reforms the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) to help state and local leaders better serve juvenile offenders and at-risk youth.
By DOE Newswire | May 23, 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 and concerns with the U.S. public health response to the Zika virus outbreak, including the ability to determine the link between Zika and other illnesses, ...
By USDA Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry released the following statement in response to the Trump administration’s fiscal year 2018 budget request. The proposal guts funding from Farm Bill programs by $231 billion, on top of slashing the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) by 21 percent.
By Commerce Newswire | May 23, 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 and concerns with the U.S. public health response to the Zika virus outbreak, including the ability to determine the link between Zika and other illnesses, ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: The former director of the Cleveland Job Corps Center was sentenced to more than three years in prison for embezzling retirement funds from employees and failing to pay taxes, law enforcement officials said.
By Commerce Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement after the administration released their fiscal year 2018 budget request.
By Commerce Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), today held a hearing to discuss how businesses are adopting the latest trends in technology to transform the delivery process for consumers. Witnesses provided testimony about how their businesses are leveraging technology to provide same-day delivery services to consumers.
