News from February 2018
By Interior Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management is pleased to announce an opportunity to be the next Artist-in-Residence in the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area. The program offers professional artists the opportunity to pursue their art, inspired by the majesty of Idaho public lands.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today announced a series of hearings related to President Trump’s federal budget request. Below is a full list of confirmed hearing dates and witnesses. The President’s request is expected to be released on Feb. 12, 2018.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today announced a series of hearings related to President Trump’s federal budget request. Below is a full list of confirmed hearing dates and witnesses. The President’s request is expected to be released on Feb. 12, 2018.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: As the opioid epidemic continues to devastate communities across the nation, top House Democratic health leaders have requested that insurance companies offering Medicare Advantage and Part D plans provide information that will help legislators more fully understand the scope of the crisis and more effectively...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Tiffany Rhea Spears, age 30, of Thackerville, Oklahoma, pled guilty to False Entry In The Books of a Federally Insured Bank, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1005, punishable by not more than 30 years imprisonment, up to a $1,000,000.00 fine, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles clerk was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for her role in a scheme to produce false identification documents.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: Lori Lynn Pawielski admits embezzling more than $1.9 million and failing to pay $511,433 in federal income tax.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss - Terry Lee Reddix, 43, of Van Cleave, Mississippi, pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr. to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Freeze.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that Ricardo Peral-Lopez, a 43-year old Mexican national, was sentenced Friday by United States Chief District Judge Michael J. Reagan to 71 months in federal prison for one count of conspiring to distribute and...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - This week, the House of Representatives will consider a Continuing Resolution (CR) that will contain provisions to extend funding for a number of Medicare extenders and critical public health programs, including Community Health Centers. The CR also includes a number of Energy and Commerce health priorities.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Brandon Jacob Cochran, 26, formerly from Portage, Michigan, pled guilty before the Hon. Ellen S. Carmody, U.S. Magistrate Judge, to producing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today. Cochran faces a minimum of 15 years and a maximum of 30 years of imprisonment...
By State Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Tomorrow at 10 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will convene a hearing entitled “U.S. Cyber Diplomacy in an Era of Growing Threats.".
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Three men who are already serving prison sentences for child pornography were arrested today at the Federal Correctional Institution-Fort Dix (FCI-Fort Dix) and charged with using contraband cellphones and micro SD cards to distribute, possess, and view images and videos of child sexual abuse within the prison, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: DETROIT - Special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) announced Monday that the monetary reward for information leading to the capture of the accused leader of a sophisticated human trafficking ring has been increased to up to $16,000. A billboard announcing the reward has been posted in Detroit at interstate 94 and Lonyo St., as part of an outdoor campaign to raise awareness about the ongoing probe.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Acting Director Mick Mulvaney today requesting an investigation into the widespread submission of fake public comments during consideration of the payday lending rule. Pallone has...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Hector Serrano-Cruz, 41, of Gulfport, Mississippi pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr. to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Freeze.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $35 million for 24 projects to support early-stage, innovative technologies and solutions in advanced manufacturing. These projects were selected under an Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Advanced Manufacturing Office funding opportunity, focused on advanced materials, advanced processes, and modeling and analysis tools for materials and manufacturing.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - This week, the House of Representatives will consider a Continuing Resolution (CR) that will contain provisions to extend funding for a number of Medicare extenders and critical public health programs, including Community Health Centers. The CR also includes a number of Energy and Commerce health priorities.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, today announced the selection of Audrey Strauss as Senior Counsel to the US Attorney.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark man was sentenced today to 42 months in prison for selling fake driver’s licenses through an online shop and filing fraudulent tax returns using stolen identity information, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
