News from February 2018
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: Mr. Chairman, the opioid epidemic is an enormous societal problem that demands a concerted effort at every level of government. The death toll is astonishing. 91 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose, with 5 dying every single day in my home-state of Michigan alone. We have to stop this killer.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Linden, New Jersey, man today admitted conspiring with officials at the Paterson Municipal Utilities Authority (MUA) and the Jersey City Childhood Development Centers Inc. (JCCDC) to fraudulently obtain payments for services he never provided, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: Annual visitation grew from just over 2.5M in 2016 to 2,853,619 this past year. That is an increase of over 338,000 visitors to Joshua Tree National Park in 2017 and the continuation of four consecutive years of record visitation numbers.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Michael Nakai, 33, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Red Valley, Ariz., was sentenced yesterday afternoon in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 12 months in prison for assaulting a federal officer. Nakai will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the opening of the American Inventions Made Onshore (AIM Onshore) prize competition and the availability of DOE’s Build4Scale manufacturing training-both part of a DOE initiative to close the gap between American innovators who develop new energy technologies and domestic manufacturers who produce them.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Brandon, South Dakota man convicted of distribution and receipt of child pornography was sentenced on February 5, 2018 by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Naif Abdulaziz M. Alfallaj, 34, a citizen of Saudi Arabia and a current resident of Weatherford, Oklahoma, has been arrested for visa fraud and making a false statement to the FBI by, among other things, concealing his application to and attendance at an al Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan in late 2000.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: DALLAS -Julio Cesar Torres, 52, of Greenville, Texas was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay to 84 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in September 2017 to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute a schedule II controlled substance, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: BILLINGS- United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the appointment of United States Attorney Kurt Alme as Vice Chair of the Native American Issues Subcommittee (NAIS) of the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee (AGAC). United States Attorney Trent Shores from the Northern District of Oklahoma will serve as Chair.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking public comment on a proposal to modify facilities at Desert View to create an Inter-tribal Cultural Heritage Site. The NPS is preparing an environmental assessment (EA), in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act, to develop and evaluate alternatives.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Morton County man is facing federal sex trafficking charges, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Morton County man is facing federal sex trafficking charges, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said today.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Ranking Members Elijah E. Cummings and Adam Schiff of the House Oversight and Intelligence Committees sent a letter requesting that Chairmen Trey Gowdy and Devin Nunes transcribe an interview they have scheduled for later this week with a “confidential informant" in the Uranium...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: FBI Tech Tuesday: Building a Digital Defense Against Ransomware at Home.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 6, 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 delivered the following opening statement today at a hearing on improving college affordability. As the Senate HELP Committee begins to negotiate a comprehensive reauthorization...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - VICTOR QUIROS, a/k/a Jay Lozano, 26, a resident of Oklahoma City, has been sentenced to a prison term of 172 months, announced Robert J. Troester, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Human Resources Subcommittee Chairman Adrian Smith (R-NE) issued the following statement after House Republicans introduced a continuing resolution that includes proposals to strengthen families and communities...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Oak Ridge’s EM program and cleanup contractor URS | CH2M Oak Ridge (UCOR) have begun demolishing the Central Neutralization Facility at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Lee Loomis, aka Lawrence Leland Loomis, 60, of Granite Bay, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez to 12 years in prison for schemes that caused millions of dollars in losses to more than 183 investors, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Energy Secretary Rick Perry toured EM’s Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) last week to learn more about research underway in environmental stewardship, nuclear security, energy, and advanced manufacturing.
