News from April 2018
By DOE Newswire | Apr 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) issued the following statement regarding Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Mignon Clyburn’s announcement that she will be leaving the agency.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - As part of the 21st Century Cures Act, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today the second round of grants to help states and territories combat the opioid epidemic. The $485 million in grants will be administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), and be used toward the prevention of opioid abuse and treatment to those affected. The first round of grants was announced in April 2017.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 18, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Energy markup of five energy bills...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) issued the following statement regarding Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Mignon Clyburn’s announcement that she will be leaving the agency.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2018
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - United States Attorney R. Andrew Murray announced today that a Matthews, N.C. man was sentenced to 198 months in prison and five years of supervised release for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy. Nestor Javier Martin Fernandez, 37, previously pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 18, 2018
News Release: Cryptography experts at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are kicking off an effort to protect the data created by innumerable tiny networked devices such as those in the “internet of things" (IoT), which will need a new class of cryptographic defenses against cyberattacks.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 18, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Energy markup of five energy bills...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 18, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Energy markup of five energy bills...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today advanced five bills to the full committee that ensure the Department of Energy has the tools it needs to execute its core energy security missions and to promote domestic energy infrastructure and capitalize on the nation’s energy abundance.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that, on April 16, 2018, MUSTAFA ZABANA, 32, a citizen of Iraq last residing in Westfield, Mass., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to a fraud offense related to an arson at his Connecticut restaurant.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Trent Shores announced today that a jury found Kevin Dewayne Leffler, 38, of Tulsa, guilty of possessing an unregistered firearm after prior felony convictions, and possessing and intending to distribute methamphetamine. The jury determined that Leffler illegally possessed six...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 18, 2018
News Release: Today, the top Democrats of four House Committees sent a letter to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Brock Long requesting an extension of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) mission to restore power in Puerto Rico, which is currently scheduled to expire on May 18, 2018. The letter comes as news reports indicate an island-wide power outage hit Puerto Rico earlier today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that, on April 16, 2017, MUSTAFA ZABANA, 32, a citizen of Iraq last residing in Westfield, Mass., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to a fraud offense related to an arson at his Connecticut restaurant.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 18, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy(DOE) announced up to $20 million in funding for nine projects to advance early-stage solar power electronics technologies. These innovations are critical to address solar photovoltaic (PV) reliability challenges, as well as to drive down the cost of installing and maintaining a PV solar system. These innovations will help achieve DOE’s goal to cut the cost of electricity for a solar system in half by 2030.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Gregg Harper (R-MS) released the following statement after the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued a proposed rule to help reduce the oversupply of opioids, specifically in West Virginia after reports of pill dumping.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Brendan Chandler, age 34, of Glenville, New York, was arrested yesterday and charged today with attempting to meet a 14-year-old girl for sex.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2018
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa. pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of filing false income tax returns, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2018
News Release: FBI Newark Announces Recipient of Director’s Community Leadership Award.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 18, 2018
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 hearing on the “Appropriate Role of States and the Federal Government in Protecting Groundwater."
By Interior Newswire | Apr 18, 2018
News Release: DOLORES, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management will host a ceremony to rename the Anasazi Heritage Center as the Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum at 11 a.m., Saturday, Apr. 21 in Dolores.
