News from April 2018
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: Technological innovation moves at incredible speed. Think about how quickly mankind progressed from the first powered flight to landing on the moon - just 66 years! One of the ways the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) helps foster continuous innovation is to minimize the risk of liability to new solutions through the Support Anti-Terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act (SAFETY Act).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: Previously Convicted of Three Charges of Sexual Abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: A three-count indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Central Islip, New York, charging Blake Kantor, also known as “Bill Gordon," with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, obstruction of an official proceeding and making false statements to Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Kantor was arrested by federal authorities today and is scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge Gary R. Brown.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Steven Robinson, of Baltimore, Maryland was sentenced today to 144 months incarceration for distributing heroin, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement regarding the Federal Communications Commission’s allocation of $742 million to reimburse TV stations as they relocate to new channels after the successful incentive auction.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: In remarks to the National Coal Council on April 12, the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy Steven Winberg stressed the importance of upgrading existing coal-fired power plants while also developing the technologies that will lay the groundwork for the coal plants of the future.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former employee of a Southern California ambulance company was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for his role in a scheme that resulted in more than $1.1 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: With Production of Child Pornography and Making and Possession Of Destructive Devices.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - On April 13, 2018, United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger sentenced Seth James Stockwell, age 35, of Princeton, Missouri, to 242 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Stockwell was ordered to serve seven years of supervised release following his term of imprisonment and pay $100 to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), announced a roundtable discussion for Thursday, April 19, 2018, at 10:30 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The roundtable discussion is entitled, “Personal Stories from the Opioid Crisis."
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), announced a roundtable discussion for Thursday, April 19, 2018, at 10:30 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The roundtable discussion is entitled, “Personal Stories from the Opioid Crisis."
By USDA Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today announced the Committee will hold a hearing titled, “The State of Rural America."
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A North Kansas City, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court today for embezzling more than $290,000 from her former employer.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 16, 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), released the following statement on the Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) violated the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2017 and as a result violated the Antideficiency Act during the installation of a soundproof privacy booth.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - William C. Ruff, age 43, of Clifton Park, New York, pled guilty today to distributing child pornography.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO), Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY) and full committee Vice Ranking Member Kathy Castor (D-FL) issued the following statement today reiterating their call for Administrator Pruitt’s resignation following troubling new reports from both GAO and the Inspector General...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today announced a markup for Wednesday, April 18, 2018, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: (Martinez, CA) - John Muir National Historic Site is unveiling a new exhibit, “In Her Words; A Glimpse into the Lives of the Muir-Strentzel Women", on display in John Muir’s Victorian home starting April 21, 2018, coinciding this year’s Birthday/Earth Day celebration. The exhibit is free of charge and included in guided and self-guided tours of the Muir-Strentzel House during regular operating hours.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and a senior member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, released the following statement today on the Department of Education’s announcement that it will begin proactively notifying veterans with disabilities about their eligibility for student loan discharges, as it currently does with other borrowers with disabilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Michael D. Jackson, 37, and Brandi Stamper, 27, both of Lexington, pleaded guilty today, to conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, cocaine, and crack cocaine; to being a convicted felons in possession of firearms; and to possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking.
