News from September 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today that Audie Cruz-De Los Santos, 40, an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in Berlin, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty today to assaulting another inmate with a box cutter.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: Defendant Caught After Using Victim's Credit Card.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: CRAIG, Colo. - The Winter Valley Fire in Moffat County, Colo., is now 100 percent contained at 7,800 acres. Any visible smoke is from interior islands showing minimal creeping behavior.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
Release: WASHINGTON - In response to each of the hurricanes in September, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) deployed more than 1,100 members of its workforce to impacted areas. This includes 500 individuals deployed to supplement local screening staff at airports and another 660 who volunteered to serve on DHS’s Surge Capacity Force to get needed aid directly to storm survivors.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: The attached provides information about fires in Glacier National Park and surrounding areas.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired a hearing of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee to consider two of President Trump’s nominees for key positions at the Department of Energy (DOE). The nominees were Bruce Walker to be Assistant Secretary for Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability and Steven Winberg to be Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: Sylvester James Gates, Jr. is a world-recognized researcher in theoretical physics. Formerly of the University of Maryland and now a professor at Brown University, he is most well-known for his research on supersymmetry, supergravity and superstring theory, which all attempt to explain how fundamental...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: On Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017, the Tour of the Moon recreational bicycle ride will travel through Colorado National Monument. The touring cyclists will travel over Rim Rock Drive, entering the Monument at the west entrance near Fruita and exiting onto Monument Road in Grand Junction. Cyclists will be limited to east bound lane. Event organizers are anticipating the 2,000 cyclists will be riding in the Monument from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Energy hearing on, “Powering America: Technology’s Role in Empowering Consumers:"
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A native of Louisiana has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of possessing with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and possessing a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. John Jacob Lavergne, 39, pleaded guilty July 13, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced the arrest today of 10 individuals, including four Division I NCAA men’s basketball...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after Senate Republican Leadership canceled plans to take up consideration of the latest version of Trumpcare...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: A Delphos man was charged via criminal information with possession of child pornography, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman and FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen D. Anthony.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), announced a hearing for Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining Patient Access to Investigational Drugs."
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has implemented new and stronger carry-on baggage security screening procedures at three airports in Idaho including Pocatello Regional Airport (PIH), Friedman Memorial Airport (SUN), and Magic Valley Regional Airport in Twin Falls (TWF). The new procedures require travelers to place all electronics larger than a cell phone in bins for x-ray screening when going through the security checkpoint.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: TWIN FALLS, ID - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced it will hold a meeting of the Twin Falls District Resource Advisory Council (RAC), demonstrating that partnerships and inclusion are vital to managing sustainable, working public lands. The public is welcome to attend the meeting which will occur on Sept. 27 at the BLM Twin Falls District Office, 2878 Addison Ave. E. from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) held its fifth hearing as part of the committee’s ongoing ‘Powering America ’ series. Today’s hearing provided members an opportunity to examine the evolving role of the consumer in electricity systems.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The Bureau of Land Management will hold a National Public Lands Day event September 30 starting at 9 a.m. at Big Dune near Amargosa Valley in Nevada.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has awarded $10.5 million in one-year federal safety and health training grants to 80 nonprofit organizations nationwide. The funding through the Susan Harwood Training Grants Program will provide education and training to help businesses and workers address workplace hazards and adopt best practices for avoiding workplace injuries.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) today requesting a comprehensive factual record of instances where Administrator Scott Pruitt may have violated the Antideficiency Act and the...
