News from October 2017
By DOE Newswire | Oct 6, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today wrote to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai urging him to conduct a Commission-level review of the resiliency of our nation’s networks and the effect of the Wireless Network Resiliency Cooperative Framework in the aftermath of hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), announced today it will be holding a markup on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, at 1:00 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Health Subcommittee Chairman, Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today issued the following statement following the administration’s action allowing employers to claim a religious or moral objection to the birth control coverage mandate under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge today sentenced a Birmingham man to more than seven years in prison for three bank robberies in 2014, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp Jr.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) released the below statement after the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released its annual fatal traffic crash report for 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2017
News Release: Plea Calls for 30-Year Prison Sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2017
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2017
News Release: SAN DIEGO - The county’s top law enforcement officials issued a dire warning today about a dramatic surge in deaths and international trafficking activity related to Fentanyl and its even more deadly cousin, carfentanil.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 6, 2017
News Release: (DICKINSON, N.D.) - The Bureau of Land Management North Dakota Field Office is seeking public comments on an environmental assessment for the proposed BOE II crude oil pipeline project in McKenzie and Dunn Counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Appearing before U.S. District Judge Sue E. Myerscough today, Robbie Wilkerson, the founding pastor of New Birth Christian Center, a non-denominational church in Chicago, was ordered to serve 37 months in prison for defrauding a summer food program for low-income children. Wilkerson...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy Jr. announced today that Daniel Rice, 53, of Stoughton, Massachusetts, who was convicted of wire fraud, was sentenced to three months home confinement, followed by two years supervised release, by U.S. Senior District Judge William M. Skretny.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 6, 2017
News Release: Incident information. Photos of Hurricanes Irma and Maria damage and response. San Juan, P.R. -The NPS Eastern Incident Management Team continued its efforts to assist national parks in the Caribbean with their recovery from Hurricanes Irma and Maria. The primary focus remains to supply the impacted...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 6, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Trump Administration announced plans to roll back the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) contraceptive coverage guarantee...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) released the below statement after the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released its annual fatal traffic crash report for 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - MBA Wellness Centers, LLC, a methadone clinic located in Stockbridge, Georgia, has agreed to pay a civil settlement of $100,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the recordkeeping requirements of the Controlled Substances Act. MBA Wellness Centers, LLC, also has agreed to additional oversight from the DEA.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Antwan Miller (38, Tampa) has pleaded guilty to theft of government funds and aggravated identity theft. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison for the theft charge, and a mandatory two-year, consecutive term for the identity theft offense. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Pacific Western Bank (“PacWest") has paid $1.75 million to resolve allegations that First California Bank, which PacWest acquired in 2013, violated Section 951 of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA), codified at 12 U.S.C. § 1833a, by facilitating the embezzlement scheme of Kinde Durkee, United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that DAVID W. KENT, the founder of professional networking website Oilpro.com (“Oilpro"), was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to one year and one day in prison for intentionally accessing...
By State Newswire | Oct 6, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the following upcoming committee events...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 6, 2017
News Release: UPDATE OCTOBER 13, 2017: Due to the Federal Highway Department’s chip seal project, temporary overflow parking areas will be opened beginning Friday, October 13 through Saturday, November 4, 2017. The north side of the Wahweap Main Launch Ramp will be open to parking for vehicles with attached trailers.
