News from September 2017
By DOE Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a hearing examining draft legislation to establish an over-the-counter (OTC) monograph user fee program at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: After being closed due to fire activity outside of the park the Sunrise and White River areas reopened this morning at 8:00 am. Facilities in the area, including the White River Campground and area trails, are now also open to normal use.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 13, 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), delivered the following remarks at a full committee hearing on “Expanding and Accelerating the Deployment and Use of Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration."
By EPA Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a hearing examining draft legislation to establish an over-the-counter (OTC) monograph user fee program at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held the hearing, “Expanding and Accelerating the Deployment and Use of Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: GREENVILLE - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, John Stuart Bruce, announced that yesterday in federal court, Senior United States District Judge Malcolm J. Howard sentenced LARICE SIMMONS, 38, of Charlotte, to 192 months of imprisonment followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas City, Kan., man who sold methamphetamine and guns to undercover investigators was sentenced Wednesday to 11.5 years in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Three Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers were arrested this morning and charged with assaulting two fellow officers at Newark Liberty International Airport, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By State Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: The position [of under Secretary for management] that Senator Enzi was just mentioning is vitally important to the functioning of the [State] Department, as he stated.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: Florida Woman Sentenced to Prison for Stolen Identity Refund Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Kearneysville, West Virginia man pled guilty to mail fraud, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Claire McCaskill, who last week released the first report in her comprehensive investigation into opioid manufacturers and distributors, held a roundtable today detailing sales and marketing tactics of Insys Therapeutics and opioid manufacturers generally.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE - Brandon M. Crumady, 30, of Providence, was sentenced today to 42 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced Acting United States Attorney Stephen G. Dambruch and Providence Police Chief Colonel Hugh T. Clements, Jr.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - In 2003, seventh-grader Thomas Nail sat in the front row of his classroom at Davidson Fine Arts in Augusta, Ga., while his teacher introduced engineers from the Savannah River Site (SRS).
By DOE Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: CARLSBAD, N.M. - EM recently achieved a significant milestone when the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) received its 50th transuranic (TRU) waste shipment since April 7.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Fairmont, West Virginia man was sentenced today to six months incarceration for mail fraud, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: During their annual "fly-in" to Washington D.C., members of the Paducah (Ky.) Chamber of Commerce met with Secretary Perry and Acting EM Assistant Secretary Jim Owendoff and posed by a wall display in DOE’s Forrestal Building highlighting the history, operations, and cleanup at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security has issued a waiver to waive certain laws, regulations and other legal requirements to ensure the expeditious construction of barriers in the vicinity of the international border near Calexico, California. The waiver was published in the Federal Register today.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release FEMA News Desk Phone: 202-646-3272 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), through its National and Regional Response Coordination Centers and liaisons to the National Hurricane Center, is actively monitoring the track of Tropical Storm Irma and supporting local authorities as they respond to the damage already caused in Florida, the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI), and Puerto Rico.
