News from October 2017
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: On Saturday, Oct. 21, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will be conducting artillery programs at the Brotherton Cabin (Tour Stop 4), in Chickamauga Battlefield, at 10:30 am, 11:30 am, 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm, and 3:30 pm, with each program lasting approximately 30 minutes. The Brotherton Cabin is located along LaFayette Road, at the intersection of Brotherton Road and Dyer Road. Please follow the “Special Event" signs to the parking area.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks at a Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on, “Examining How Covered Entities Utilize the 340B Drug Pricing Program:"
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Mandan, North Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for violations of the Lacey Act and Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks today at the Energy and Commerce Committee Opioid Member Day, which serves as an opportunity for all members of Congress to testify before the Committee on the national opioid epidemic...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee markup of FCC reauthorization legislation...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: Today, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced several Department of Justice actions to reduce the rising tide of violent crime in America. Foremost of those actions is the reinvigoration of “Project Safe Neighborhoods," a program that has been historically successful in bringing together all levels of law enforcement to reduce violent crime and make our neighborhoods safer for everyone.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) needs industry’s help in finding leading-edge technology to solve the toughest problems facing our nation.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), today held a markup on legislation to reauthorize and reform the Federal Communications Commission for the first time since 1990.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), today held a markup on legislation to reauthorize and reform the Federal Communications Commission for the first time since 1990.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement on news that the President will nominate Kirstjen Nielsen to be Homeland Security Secretary...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) will be hosting its first-ever Teacher Workshop on Saturday, November 4, 2017 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. This free workshop is open to 12 participants. Beverages, snacks, and lunches will be provided. All 12 participants will receive some bus funding to assist with the cost of transporting their students to the park for a field trip during the 2017/2018 school year.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 27-year-old resident of San Benito has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of sexual exploitation of a minor, otherwise known as production of child pornography, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Jonathan Rios aka Jonathan Rios Ventura was an assistant manager at a local restaurant prior to his arrest on July 26, 2016. He pleaded guilty Nov. 16, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: Orlando, FL - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that a federal jury today found Trayone Lefferio Bell guilty of one count of fraudulent possession of access devices (credit card), two counts of theft of government money, and three counts of aggravated identity theft. He faces...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. - Today, a federal indictment was unsealed charging 44 defendants in a major operation aimed at disrupting drug and gun crimes in Pope and Yell Counties. The indictment was returned by a federal grand jury on Oct. 3, 2017, and was unsealed today following a coordinated roundup of...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - The park hosted 640,068 visits in September 2017. This was the third busiest September on record, down 8.79 percent from September 2016, which saw 701,754 visits. The second busiest September was in 2015 and saw 680,213 visits.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Zachariah Nez, 22, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Shiprock, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to six years in prison for his conviction on a voluntary manslaughter charge. Nez will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal grand jury returned a second superseding indictment on Sept. 27, 2017 and it was unsealed today. The second superseding indictment charges the following defendants in connection with a conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise known as the La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK - Nicholas Feminella, 21, formerly of Danby, New York, was sentenced today to serve 72 months in prison for transporting and possessing child pornography, announced Acting United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Vadim D. Thomas, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
By Interior Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: Los Banos, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation and the San Luis Delta-Mendota Water Authority will conduct a negotiation session for a contract for repayment for the costs of operation and maintenance work on the C.W. “Bill" Jones Pumping Plant, California, pursuant to Title IX, Subtitle G of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of March 30, 2009 (P.L. 111-11, 43 U.S.C. § 510).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that TERRICK WASHINGTON, 45, a registered sex offender, was sentenced to 262 months in prison by United States District Judge Kenneth M. Karas for his attempted enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity. Judge Karas also imposed a 5-year term of supervised release to follow the prison term. The sentencing today followed WASHINGTON’s guilty plea on March 8, 2017.
