News from October 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: CLEVELAND - Two Wooster, Ohio men were indicted in the Northern District of Ohio, for distributing heroin and cocaine that resulted in the fatal overdose of a Wayne County, Ohio woman, law enforcement officials said.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired a hearing to discuss new efficiency opportunities provided by advanced building management and control systems. The committee heard from representatives of the Department of Energy (DOE), Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Cold Climate Housing Research Center, Southern Company, and Emerson Commercial and Residential Solutions.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Stanley James, Jr., 57, of Dallas and Houston, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle to 60 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in May 2016 to a drug distribution conspiracy stemming from his operation of several “pill mills" in north Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Work Committee, and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) decried Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt's announcement that EPA would begin to exclude scientists who have received ...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Hanford Site workers developed innovative solutions to reduce maintenance needs, keeping groundwater treatment systems operating efficiently to meet cleanup goals in fiscal year 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released the final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for the proposed exchange of up to 15,000 acre-feet of water between Del Puerto Water District and Arvin-Edison Water Storage District.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - The annual Feds Feed Families food drive held by EM's Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office (PPPO) and its contractors yielded almost nine tons of food for people in need this year.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), House Education and the Workforce Ranking Member Bobby Scott (VA-03), House Ways and Means Ranking Member Richard Neal (MA-01), Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA), and Senate Finance Ranking...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: DENVER - The United States recovered $200,000 as a settlement of allegations that Stephen G. Ackerman violated the federal False Claims Act by improperly accepting Social Security Disability Income payments and misleading the Social Security Administration (“SSA") about his work activity, acting U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: Mary Craig Williams, 71, of Fresno, California was charged today by Indictment with major fraud against the United States announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. According to the charges, Williams requested payments under a government contract for costs that Williams’s company had not actually incurred.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 43-year-old man from Laredo has been ordered to prison following his conviction of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and import both cocaine and marijuana, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Arturo Valladolid Jr. pleaded guilty Oct. 18, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: Will Pay $64,723.03 in Restitution to Carbon County, Serve 12 Months of Supervised Release.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - On Oct. 30, 2017, Edward Susanyatame, 39, of Peach Springs, Ariz., and a member of the Hualapai Indian Tribe, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell to 54 months’ imprisonment, followed by a term of three years of supervised release. Susanyatame had previously pleaded guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), released the following statement on the directive from Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt to strengthen and improve the independence, diversity and breadth of views on EPA federal advisory committees.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Carlos Gerrardo Blanco, 27, of Bakersfield, was sentenced yesterday by United States Chief District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill to 10 years in prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today scheduled a legislative hearing for Tuesday, November 7, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Discussion Draft, Energy Star Reform Act of 2017 and H.R. 3477, Ceiling Fan Energy Conservation Harmonization Act."
By DOE Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ) and Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) sent a letter to the leaders of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee opposing the nomination of Ms. Dana Baiocco...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, former Cayman Islands soccer official Costas Takkas was sentenced to 15 months of incarceration by United States District Judge Pamela K. Chen following his money laundering conspiracy guilty plea on May 24, 2017. Takkas was convicted of this offense in connection...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: DES MOINES, Iowa - On Oct. 23, 2017, Chief United States District Court Judge A. Jarvey sentenced Carlton Wayne Jones, 39, of Des Moines, Iowa, to 40 months in prison for possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Jones was also ordered to serve 20 years of supervised release following imprisonment and to pay $100 to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) -Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee released the following statement on President Trump’s intention to nominate Scott Mugno as the Assistant Secretary of Labor of Occupational Safety and Health.
