News from November 2017
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: Imagine a miniature device that suffuses each room in your house with a different hue of the rainbow-purple for the living room, perhaps, blue for the bedroom, green for the kitchen. A team led by scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has, for the first time, developed...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Americans nationwide did their part to reduce the opioid crisis by bringing the DEA and its more than 4,200 local and tribal law enforcement partners a record-setting 912,305 pounds-456 tons-of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs for disposal at more than...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - The EM Richland Operations Office contractor Mission Support Alliance (MSA) developed a new procedure to track inspections for the nearly 50 communication towers dotting the Hanford Site, helping ensure consistent, proper maintenance.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Americans nationwide did their part to reduce the opioid crisis by bringing the DEA and its more than 4,200 local and tribal law enforcement partners a record-setting 912,305 pounds - 456 tons - of potentially dangerous expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs for disposal at more...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: A federal jury convicted a former Miami newspaper publisher, mortgage broker, mortgage lender and real estate agent after a three-week trial for leading a $20 million mortgage fraud scheme.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Environment Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Response and Recovery to Environmental Concerns from the 2017 Hurricane Season."
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have come up with a way to link a group of atoms’ quantum mechanical properties among themselves far more quickly than is currently possible, potentially providing a tool for highly precise sensing and quantum computer applications. NIST has applied for a patent on the method, which is detailed in a new paper in Physical Review Letters.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai‘i - Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park joins national parks across the country in waiving entrance fees both Saturday and Sunday for Veterans Day weekend, Sat., Nov. 11 and Sun., Nov. 12.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy Subcommittee today held a legislative hearing examining two bills that seek to promote energy efficiency, are a win for manufacturers, jobs, the environment, and most importantly, consumers.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LISA REID, 45, of Amityville, New York, waived her right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to fraud and identity theft offenses stemming from a credit card fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: Defendant Was on Supervised Release for Felony Offenses When Arrested.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Energy Subcommittee Ranking Member Bobby Rush (D-IL), Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY), and Rep. John Sarbanes (D-MD) today sent a letter to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Neal Chatterjee...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) released the following statement after the Senate confirmed David Redl as Administrator at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida- Senior U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew today sentenced Anthony Sanchez (25, Bradenton) to 11 years in federal prison for possessing carfentanil, a Schedule II controlled substance, with the intent to distribute it, and for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime. He pleaded guilty on August 4, 2017.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Environment Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Response and Recovery to Environmental Concerns from the 2017 Hurricane Season."
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Clarksburg, West Virginia, man was indicted by a federal grand jury today on charges of health care fraud, United States Attorney William J. Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Newport News man pleaded guilty today to robbing a Wells Fargo Bank in Newport News.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: Last week, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) led a letter signed by every democratic member of the House Judiciary Committee to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, urging him to hold hearings on gun violence in America.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of Public Affairs U.S. Department of Justice Contact: 202-514-2007 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Department of State, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced today that the United States filed civil complaints in the District of Minnesota ...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON— Today, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke announced her decision to terminate the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Nicaragua with a delayed effective date of 12 months to allow for an ...
