News from January 2018
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today announced a legislative hearing for Friday, Jan. 19, 2018, at 9:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Legislation Addressing LNG Exports and PURPA Modernization."
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that KENZIE FAULK, age 58, of New Orleans, pled guilty yesterday to an Indictment charging him with possessing a firearm while being a convicted felon and conspiracy to possess marijuana with the intent to distribute.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - #SubEnergy Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today issued the following statement after President Trump signed H.R. 518, EPS Improvement Act of 2017, into law. H.R. 518, authored by committee members Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY), passed the House of Representatives in January of 2017 and passed the Senate last month. The legislation exempts certain lighting and ceiling fan technology from an onerous Department of Energy regulation.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 12, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Senate Finance Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) today requesting a review of major changes that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have allowed states to make to their Medicaid programs.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 12, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Senate Finance Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) today requesting a review of major changes that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have allowed states to make to their Medicaid programs.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today announced a legislative hearing for Friday, Jan. 19, 2018, at 9:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Legislation Addressing LNG Exports and PURPA Modernization."
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and oxymorphone, one count of health care fraud, and one count of perjury, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that LAZARO VILLATORO-BODDEN (“VILLATORO-BODDEN"), age 36, pleaded guilty on Jan. 10, 2018, to a one-count Bill of Information for illegal use of a social security number in violation of Title 42, United States Code, Section 408(a)(7)(B).
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2018
News Release: (MALTA, Mont.) - Columns of smoke may soon be seen rising from the Lake Bowdoin vicinity.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2018
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Michael Christopher Estes, 46, formerly of Tazewell, Tennessee, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Dennis Howell today and pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of explosive material, in connection with the October 2017 incident at the Asheville Regional Airport, announced R. Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2018
News Release: Executive Allegedly Paid Bribes to a Russian Official So His Company Could Win Highly Sensitive Nuclear Fuel Transportation Contracts.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2018
News Release: PATTEN, ME - Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument Superintendent Tim Hudson announced today that the National Park Service (NPS) will host a public meeting on January 24 to discuss winter use within the monument. The meeting is designed to help the NPS better understand the diversity of opportunities and concerns related to winter activities and to inform the development of a management plan for the newly created national monument.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - #SubEnergy Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today issued the following statement after President Trump signed H.R. 518, EPS Improvement Act of 2017, into law. H.R. 518, authored by committee members Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY), passed the House of Representatives in January of 2017 and passed the Senate last month. The legislation exempts certain lighting and ceiling fan technology from an onerous Department of Energy regulation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2018
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - David Calvin Beard, 54, of Jackson, pled guilty on Jan. 11, 2017, before Chief United States District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III, to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Dana Nichols, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2018
News Release: Defendant Previously Was Convicted of Earlier Child Pornography Charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former contract officer with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs was charged today with filing a false federal tax return and lying to VA investigators when he denied taking bribes from the operator of parking lots at the VA’s Los Angeles medical campuses.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 12, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Senate Finance Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) today requesting a review of major changes that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have allowed states to make to their Medicaid programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A former New Hampshire stockbroker was sentenced yesterday for his role in a market manipulation scheme which was actually part of an undercover operation.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2018
News Release: Tucson, AZ - Saguaro National Park is seeking public comments regarding a proposed increase in entrance fees and cost of the Saguaro National Park Annual Pass. If approved, this increase would go into effect on May 1, 2018 and would bring the park into alignment with the entry costs for other similar parks. This phased alignment process began in 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Randy Rance, 56, of Tonawanda, NY, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography, before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth Wolford. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
