News from November 2017
By Interior Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: The 47th annual Fiesta at Tumacácori National Historical Park will take place from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 2, and 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017. Admission is free. La Fiesta de Tumacácori is a celebration of all the cultures which have lived in and influenced...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that COREY MAPP, also known as “Fresh," 32, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 34 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for firearm possession and drug distribution offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: Man Admits Assaulting Sleeping Girl on Airplane.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: FORT WORTH - Melvin Lewis Andrews, 55, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was sentenced this week by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor to serve 188 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in August 2017 to his role in the conspiracy to rob Haltom’s Jewelers in Grapevine, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: The leader of a dangerous drug distribution ring, who continued to run his drug operation after fleeing to Mexico, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. As early as 2010, JESUS ENRIQUE PALOMERA, 38, conspired with others to distribute methamphetamine...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Yellowstone National Park has permitted the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) to build an ecological research and monitoring site on Blacktail Deer Plateau in the northern section of the park. With at least 81 field sites across the U.S., NEON measures the causes...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Environment Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today held a hearing entitled, “H.R.___, Farm Regulatory Certainty Act."
By DOE Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting a review of how federal agencies use predictive models to inform their decision-making. Signing the letter was: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Javis D. Wilson (39, Tampa) has pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. He faces up to life in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection hearing titled, “Perspectives on Mixed Martial Arts:"
By DOE Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection hearing titled, “Perspectives on Mixed Martial Arts:"
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: For Being A Felon In Possession Of A Firearm.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting a study examining the epidemiology of antibiotic resistant bacteria, commonly known as “superbugs." Signing the letter was: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: The leader of a dangerous drug distribution ring, who continued to run his drug operation after fleeing to Mexico, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. As early as 2010, JESUS ENRIQUE PALOMERA, 38, conspired with others to distribute methamphetamine ...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting a study examining the epidemiology of antibiotic resistant bacteria, commonly known as “superbugs." Signing the letter was: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO).
By Interior Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area’s Foundation Document has been completed and is now available online. The purpose of a Foundation Document is to affirm a national park unit's core mission and significance, its key resources and values, and the interpretive themes conveying its important...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated that James Anthony Brown, age 39, of Columbia, entered a guilty plea today before Senior United States District Judge Joseph F. Anderson to one count of possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: Jay Costa Kelter, formerly known as Ignatius J. Costa, III, 48, was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury on five counts of wire fraud, 16 counts of mail fraud, and one count of securities fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran of the Middle District of Tennessee.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting a review of how federal agencies use predictive models to inform their decision-making. Signing the letter was: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO).
By DOE Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Three Department of Energy (DOE) officials joined a congressional delegation that traveled to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to assess damages and discuss ongoing recovery efforts on the islands in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. DOE’s Under Secretary for Energy, Mark Menezes, ...
