News from October 2017
By USDA Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today announced the Committee will hold a business meeting to consider the nominations of Gregory Ibach, of Nebraska, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture ...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Democratic leaders sent a letter to Acting Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Eric Hargan today requesting the analysis and justification used to justify the Trump Administration’s decision to abruptly expand the exemption allowing certain organizations to exempt themselves from the contraceptive coverage requirements guaranteed by the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
By DOE Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Energy (DOE) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs issued its first Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for Fiscal Year 2018. The Phase I Release 1 FOA, with approximately $23 million in available funding, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: Second Victim Also Wounded in Attack.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: Cumberland, Md. --Mark Twain once said, “Buy land, they’re not making it anymore." That is exactly what people, businesses and governments in early America did as they settled the vast wilderness of the new country. On Saturday, Oct. 28, at 10 a.m., the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park (C&O Canal) invites you to explore how our ancestors managed the new colonial landscape.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: Help us combat disaster fraud.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), today announced a hearing for Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017, at 2:00 p.m. in 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Oversight of the Federal Communications Commission."
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 43-year-old Zapata man and his common-law wife have been ordered to federal prison following their convictions of being felons in possession of firearms, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Jesus Jose De Jesus and Amira Elizabeth Saenz, 35, each pleaded guilty March 21, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: Sent to Baltimore and Washington media.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: ORLANDO, Fla. - Two individuals were sentenced last week for illegally re-entering the United States after being encountered by officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).
By EPA Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Democratic leaders sent a letter to Acting Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Eric Hargan today requesting the analysis and justification used to justify the Trump Administration’s decision to abruptly expand the exemption allowing certain organizations to exempt themselves from the contraceptive coverage requirements guaranteed by the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: TUCSON - Today, Jose Abelordo Guzman-Perez, 21, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Raner C. Collins to 97 months in prison, followed by a term of three years of supervised release. Guzman-Perez had previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana and carrying a firearm during a drug crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that an Arkansas man was sentenced in federal court today for making bomb threats to the Cedar County Courthouse in an effort to cancel his own court hearing that he feared would send him to jail.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: At approximately 3 pm on Sunday, Oct. 15, Obed staff received a call reporting a man who had fallen from Lilly Bluff Overlook after climbing over the railing. Responding park rangers located the body of a 30-year-old male.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: Sandy Springs, GA - Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area (CRNRA) is seeking comments on a proposal that would raise the price of the CRNRA Annual Pass from $35 to $40 and the CRNRA Daily Pass from $3 to $5.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: Jacksonville, FL - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Shawn Thorpe (30) and Ruben McLain (46), both of Winston Salem, North Carolina, have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud. Each faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Eleven men in New York, Connecticut, North Carolina and Florida were charged today for their roles in a scheme that used stolen identities to order smartphones and other electronic goods and then paid drivers with a parcel delivery company to divert those goods to members of the conspiracy, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Hedgesville, West Virginia woman has admitted to her role in a heroin distribution operation, United States Attorney William J. Powell announced.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) formally announced a hearing for Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Federal Efforts to Combat the Opioid Crisis: A Status Update on CARA and Other Initiatives."
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A local resident has been sentenced in federal court to 24 months incarceration and three years supervised release on his conviction of charge of bank fraud conspiracy, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
