News from August 2018
By DOE Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: At today’s H2@ Scale project kickoff meeting in Chicago, EERE’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation Steven Chalk announced the release of a request for information (RFI) soliciting stakeholder feedback on opportunities to enable high volume production and multi-sector use of hydrogen.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that Alvin Felicianosoto, age 34, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, who was convicted of conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, was sentenced to 210 months in federal prison...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Vietnamese national was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for his role in an international scheme to use stolen payment card data and personally identifiable information to purchase and re-sell hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of consumer goods.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Former insurance agents Ali Kakande, 38, and Sulaiman Lutale, 36, pleaded no contest to multiple felony counts of insurance fraud, grand theft, and forgery after falsifying life insurance applications to collect over $150,000 in unearned commissions.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Timothy Daniel Davis, 61, of Winter Harbor, Maine, pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TYEVHON KING, also known as “Twin," 31, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 121 months of imprisonment, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for trafficking heroin.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent letters to nine contract pharmacies that participate in the 340B Drug Pricing Program (340B Program), requesting information about their participation in the program.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent letters to nine contract pharmacies that participate in the 340B Drug Pricing Program (340B Program), requesting information about their participation in the program.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - Angelina Keenan, 24, formerly of Salem, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty in federal court to illegally purchasing firearms for a Massachusetts resident, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: The Holly Hill, Florida-based paving company faces $16,814 in proposed fines, including the maximum penalty under the law, for failing to provide a place of employment free from recognized hazards.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released his comment letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar expressing grave concern in response to the Trump Administration’s proposed changes to the Title X Family Planning Program, which if adopted would severely limit women’s access to health care and undermine Congress’ intent for the program.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: West Glacier, MT - At approximately 4:30 pm on Tuesday, July 31, park dispatch received a call from a shuttle driver that a fall had occurred at Haystack Creek.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: Free musical performances will reveal and express the feelings Americans held during the Civil War at Gettysburg National Military Park’s 23rd annual Gettysburg Music Muster on August 10 and 11. Throughout both days, park visitors can hear ballads, folk songs, field music, and marches that were popular during the Civil War era. On Saturday, Civil War dance will also be featured by the Victorian Dance Ensemble.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: MACON: The United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, Charles E. Peeler, announces that Ferrell Walker, Jr., a/k/a “Sonny," age 49, of Quitman, Georgia, was found guilty by a jury of possession of child pornography in the Valdosta Division of the Middle District of Georgia on July 31...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) issued the following statement after the Senate passed H.R. 5554, the Animal Drug and Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2018, authored by Reps. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) and Kurt Schrader (D-OR), by unanimous consent yesterday.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: SAN JUAN, PR - Yesterday evening, after a seven-day jury trial, a jury found POPR Agent Iris Rivera Figueroa guilty of making false statements to federal authorities during a civil rights investigation, announced U.S. Attorney Rosa E. Rodríguez-Vélez of the District of Puerto Rico. The trial was presided by U.S. District Court Judge Pedro A. Delgado.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: International Falls, MN: Six (6) of the park’s 276 developed visitor use camping and houseboat sites that were affected by temporary closures in May to protect bald eagle nesting pairs are now reopened for public use.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA-- On July 30, 2018, Soo Hyun Jung, also known as Jay Jung, age 46, from Coralville, Iowa, pled guilty to two counts of Mail Fraud and one count of False Claims to a Government Agency, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Each mail fraud count carries a maximum potential penalty...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that James H. Short, Jr., age 53, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the former Director of Marketing and Merchandising for the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PA-LCB) was sentenced on July 31, 2018...
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement regarding the Senate's passage of key funding needed to promote America's infrastructure for Fiscal Year 2019.
