News from January 2018
By DOE Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Workers at EM’s Hanford Site recently entered the 100 K East Reactor to begin preliminary plans for interim stabilization of the reactor, or cocooning, which will involve building a safe storage enclosure.
By State Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, this evening made the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Christopher F. Venti, 49, of Ocala, Florida, formerly of Hamburg, NY, who was convicted of wire fraud and tax evasion, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth Wolford to 46 months in prison. Venti was also ordered to pay approximately $1,700,000 in restitution.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a hearing examining the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) implementation of Title I of the Drug Quality and Security Act (DQSA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Kentucky man pleaded guilty today to a sex trafficking crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. David Wayne Young, 47, of Ashland, faces at least 15 years and up to life in federal prison when he is sentenced on May 1, 2018. He also faces at least five years and up to life on federal supervised release once he is released from prison, and he will be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: After Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee voted to release the so-called “Nunes memo" yesterday, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), today called on Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), to hold an executive session to allow every Member of the House Judiciary Committee ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: More than $7.2 Million Collected on Behalf of Crime Victims.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: Haleakalā National Park is recruiting local residents for visitor center volunteers and Kia`i ala Hele (Trail Guardians) volunteers to educate visitors about the unique natural and cultural resources of Haleakalā. Families are particularly encouraged to apply. The application deadline is Friday, Feb. 16, 2018.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: Bipartisan committee leaders sent letters last week to two regional drug distributors, Miami-Luken and H.D. Smith, expanding on its ongoing investigation into alleged pill dumping in the state of West Virginia. The letters were sent by full committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), full committee Ranking...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: FBI Tech Tuesday-Building a Digital Defense Against Ransomware Targeting Businesses.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) issued the following statement in response to President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union Address.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. -Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today that Ross Gould, 30, formerly of Winchester, New Hampshire was sentenced to 8.5 years in federal prison for participating in a heroin trafficking conspiracy.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Health hearing on “Implementation of the Compounding Quality Act"
By DOE Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today unanimously advanced H.R. 3477, Ceiling Fan Energy Conservation Harmonization Act, to the full committee for consideration.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: or Jo Holt at 906-483-3038 (jo_holt@nps.gov).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - A 28-year-old Houston man has entered a guilty plea to two counts of production and one count of possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Energy markup of “H.R. 3477, Ceiling Fan Energy Conservation Harmonization Act:"
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - On Jan. 11, 2018, a federal grand jury charged one defendant with defrauding the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistant Program ("SNAP"), formerly known as the food stamp program. United States Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the indictment today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: Your Take-Home Pay Gets a Boost This February.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that CHRISTOPHER ASCH was sentenced yesterday to 15 years in prison for conspiring to kidnap, rape, and murder the wife of a man he had met over the Internet, as well as a female Federal Bureau of Investigation...
