News from November 2017
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 29, 2017
News Release: Ahead of tomorrow’s hearing on combating sex trafficking online, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) penned an op-ed on this important issue for The Tennessean.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 29, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today held its eighth hearing as part of the committee’s ongoing ‘Powering America ’ series. #SubEnergy examined the role and effects financial trading has in the nation’s wholesale electricity markets and whether market design changes are necessary to ensure the efficiency of financial transactions and to protect against improper trading activity.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 29, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a joint Subcommittees on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection and Communications and Technology hearing titled “Algorithms: How Companies’ Decisions About Data and Content Impact Consumers:"
By Interior Newswire | Nov 29, 2017
News Release: TEMECULA, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation and the City of San Diego have prepared a draft Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS) for the North City Project. The project is the first phase of the Pure Water San Diego Program, a water and wastewater facilities plan to produce potable water from recycled water.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 29, 2017
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Fla. --- Biscayne National Park is hosting a free discussion with local history-makers about the creation of the park 50 years ago. The discussion takes place on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017, from 6 - 8 p.m. at the Dante Fascell Visitor Center auditorium.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2017
News Release: In San Antonio today, United States District Judge Xavier Rodriguez sentenced former Texas Mexican Mafia (TMM) Sergeant Jerry Idrogo to 20 years in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for his role in the murder of Balcones Heights Police Officer Julian Pesina in 2014.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 29, 2017
News Release: Ahead of tomorrow’s hearing on combating sex trafficking online, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) penned an op-ed on this important issue for The Tennessean.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2017
News Release: A Cleveland man was sentenced to 17 years in prison for selling heroin that caused three overdoses in Wooster last year, law enforcement officials said.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 29, 2017
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has found high rare earth element (REE) concentrations in coal samples taken from the Illinois, Northern Appalachian, Central Appalachian, Rocky Mountain Coal Basins, and the Pennsylvania Anthracite region. These highly concentrated samples are greater than 300 parts per million (ppm).
By EPA Newswire | Nov 29, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today held its eighth hearing as part of the committee’s ongoing ‘Powering America ’ series. #SubEnergy examined the role and effects financial trading has in the nation’s wholesale electricity markets and whether market design changes are necessary to ensure the efficiency of financial transactions and to protect against improper trading activity.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 29, 2017
News Release: Dear Acting Secretary Hargan: It is with great frustration that we again write regarding the actions of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) related to the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program (TPPP) within the HHS Office of Adolescent Health (OAH). We remain concerned that the Trump Administration’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal jury convicted a Romanian citizen today for his role in a government contract kickback scheme that caused a loss of more than $3.4 million to the U.S. Department of State.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2017
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA - Federal indictments and criminal complaints were unsealed yesterday against 30 Savannah residents charged with federal firearms, drug trafficking, robbery, and related offenses. The charges are the result of joint federal, state, and local efforts to reduce violent crime and drug activities ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2017
News Release: FBI and Alcoa Police Investigate Afternoon Bank Robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2017
News Release: DAYTON - Christopher Paul Murphy, 68, of Golden Valley, Ariz., pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to intentionally accessing a protected computer without authorization.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 29, 2017
News Release: Tim Gray, founder and chairman of the World War II Foundation and renowned documentary filmmaker, will premiere the foundation’s twentieth documentary, “Journey Home to the USS Arizona," at World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument (VALR). The premiere is free and open to the public, and will take place on Sunday, Dec. 3, at 6 p.m. in the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center theater.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 29, 2017
News Release: TWIN FALLS, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management Shoshone Field Office will implement seasonal motorized use closures in the Wood River Valley beginning Dec. 1, 2017, and ending April 30, 2018, to protect deer and elk.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2017
News Release: RENO, Nev. - A former employee at a Lake Tahoe children’s ski school was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for child sexual exploitation, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Parkville, Mo., man who was under investigation for hacking into his former employer’s computer system, was sentenced in federal court today for both the intrusion charge and for using a computer to view thousands of images of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2017
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a Krotz Springs man was sentenced Tuesday to 41 months in prison for possessing firearms and ammunition after being convicted of a felony.
