News published on Federal Newswire in January 2018

By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2018

News Release: RENO, Nev. -- The Bureau of Land Management will hold an annual meeting of the three Resource Advisory Councils (RAC) in Nevada in the Southern Pacific Room of The Nugget, 1100 Nugget Way, Sparks, Nevada, January 24-25. The three 15-member Nevada RACs advise the Secretary of the Interior, through the BLM Nevada State Director, on a variety of planning and management issues associated with public land management in Nevada.

By EPA Newswire | Jan 16, 2018

News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Ranking Member Frank Pallone Jr., (D-NJ), Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA), announced today that the Communications...

By Commerce Newswire | Jan 16, 2018

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) announced today a series of bills introduced by #SubCommTech members aimed at reducing the regulatory barriers to broadband infrastructure expansion.

By DOE Newswire | Jan 16, 2018

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) today published an op-ed that outlines the committee’s plan for introducing legislation to improve broadband infrastructure in rural America.

By Commerce Newswire | Jan 16, 2018

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Later this week, the House of Representatives will consider a Continuing Resolution (CR) that will contain a provision to extend funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). The provision will extend funding for CHIP for six years, the longest extension of CHIP in the program’s history. In recent days, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has updated its scoring of the provision, projecting a net savings over a six-year window.

By Commerce Newswire | Jan 16, 2018

News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Ranking Member Frank Pallone Jr., (D-NJ), Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA), announced today that the Communications...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018

News Release: SAVANNAH, GA - Virginia-based home furnishings company, Bassett Mirror Company, has agreed to pay the United States $10.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly making false statements on customs declarations to avoid paying antidumping duties on wooden bedroom furniture imported from the People’s Republic of China (PRC), the Justice Department announced today.

By Commerce Newswire | Jan 16, 2018

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today commented on a new report issued today by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The report makes the case that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should update the public of its plans to issue guidance for nonbiological complex drugs. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agreed with GAO’s recommendations.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018

News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles County deputy sheriff who allegedly agreed on two occasions to oversee the delivery of narcotics and other contraband in exchange for cash payments was arrested this morning, along with three other men, on federal narcotics charges.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018

News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael J. Adler, who is handling the case, stated that on Nov. 17, 2016, law enforcement officers conducting a drug investigation requested that a cooperating individual place a controlled telephone call to Brown and order a specified quantity of heroin.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018

News Release: BOISE - Father and son, Sergio Chavez-Verduzco and Sergio Chavez-Macias, of Burley, Idaho, were sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Chavez-Verduzco was also sentenced for his participation in a continuing criminal enterprise.

By DOE Newswire | Jan 16, 2018

News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Hanford Site contractor Wastren Advantage Incorporated (WAI) recently, including 100 percent of performance-based incentives, for its work at the 222-S Laboratory in fiscal year (FY) 2017. The determination came from EM’s Office of River Protection (ORP), which oversees WAI’s analysis and testing services contract at the lab.

By EPA Newswire | Jan 16, 2018

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Ranking Member Frank Pallone Jr., (D-NJ), Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA), announced today...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018

News Release: Marco Antonio D’Argnt Reategui, a/k/a “Francisco D'Argent," a/k/a “Jorge Ortiz," of Philadelphia, PA, was charged today by Indictment with illegal reentry after deportation, announced United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. The indictment alleges that on or about Dec. 13, 2017, D’Argnt Reategui, an alien, and native and citizen of Peru, was found in the United States after having been deported from the United States on or about September 4, 2012.

By EPA Newswire | Jan 16, 2018

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Later this week, the House of Representatives will consider a Continuing Resolution (CR) that will contain a provision to extend funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). The provision will extend funding for CHIP for six years, the longest extension of CHIP in the program’s history. In recent days, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has updated its scoring of the provision, projecting a net savings over a six-year window.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018

News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Three Lexington men, Arian L. Brown, Marion L. Brown, III, and Steven D. Harvey, were sentenced for their involvement in separate heroin and fentanyl distribution crimes. A fourth Lexington man, Christopher D. Washington, was sentenced for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. Each was formally sentenced by U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves, on Friday, Jan. 12, 2018.

By EPA Newswire | Jan 16, 2018

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) today published an op-ed that outlines the committee’s plan for introducing legislation to improve broadband infrastructure in rural America.

By EPA Newswire | Jan 16, 2018

News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to the Trump Administration’s elimination of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP) last week, which was intended to provide the public with information on evidenced-based mental health and substance use disorder interventions...

By EPA Newswire | Jan 16, 2018

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) announced today a series of bills introduced by #SubCommTech members aimed at reducing the regulatory barriers to broadband infrastructure expansion.

By Commerce Newswire | Jan 16, 2018

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Ranking Member Frank Pallone Jr., (D-NJ), Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA), announced today...