News from November 2017
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Environment Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) today issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the 2018 requirements for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that William Curtis Oliver, 53, of Dover-Foxcroft, Maine and formerly of Dougherty County, Georgia, was sentenced today in U.S. District by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to 151 months in prison and 20 years of supervised release for possessing...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: A dual citizen of Australia and the United Kingdom pled guilty to transporting stolen gold and silver collectible coins in interstate and foreign commerce.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: CHEYENNE, Wyo. - In keeping with the Department’s goal of strengthening America’s energy independence, the Bureau of Land Management will offer 170 parcels totaling 170,509.68 acres in the High Plains District and Wind River / Bighorn Basin District at its March 2018 quarterly oil and gas lease sale. The BLM will hold the lease sale online via www.energynet.com.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Health hearing on “Implementing the 21st Century Cures Act: An Update from FDA and NIH:"
By DOE Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA) delivered the following opening remarks today at a subcommittee hearing on the “Latest Developments in Combating Online Sex Trafficking:"
By EPA Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), held a hearing today to receive an update on efforts to combat sex trafficking online and examine H.R. 1865, the Allowing States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - The Bureau of Reclamation and the Bureau of Indian Affairs have approved an extension lease for the Navajo Generating Station (NGS) which enables operation of the coal-fired power plant to continue through Dec. 22, 2019. Without the extension, activities to retire the plant would be required to begin in the coming year.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James D. Robnett, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (“IRS-CI"), announced that EARL SIMMONS, an internationally known recording artist, performer, and actor known professionally...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: TUSCALOOSA - A federal judge today sentenced a Hoover man to more than two years in prison for stealing money from two former employers and a non-profit organization that supported the University of Alabama’s Million Dollar Band, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp Jr.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that JAHMAL GIBBS, 21, of New Haven, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer in New Haven to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Fairhaven man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for distributing methamphetamine.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: MONTROSE, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Uncompahgre Field Office and the Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area are implementing annual seasonal road closures beginning Dec.1 to protect wildlife habitat.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced today that a Mexican citizen was sentenced to 15 months in prison for reentering the United States illegally for a fourth time.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - A Fairmont, West Virginia woman has admitted today to distributing methamphetamines, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Environment Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) today issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the 2018 requirements for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).
By Interior Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: Release Date: Nov. 30, 2017. Contact: Kelly Carroll. Phone: 671-333-4050. December Public Programs at War in the Pacific National Historical Park. December 9, Saturday: 9 am at Apaca Point, Agat - “Keep Guam Beautiful". This community cleanup will take place at Apaca Point in the village of Agat -...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: Last week’s storm activity, coupled with increased runoff from warm temperatures and melting snow, resulted in flooding and significant road damage that closed the Elwha Valley’s Olympic Hot Springs Road. The road remains closed to vehicle traffic beyond the Madison Falls parking area.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on “Identity Verification in a Post-Breach World:"
