News from July 2018
By Interior Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: ELY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management Ely District, Bristlecone Field Office will meet with the public from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., Monday, July 30, in the Lincoln County Courthouse commissioners’ room, 181 North Main Street, Suite 201, in Pioche, Nev., to take comment on the Wilson Creek Allotment Term Permit Renewal Preliminary Environmental Assessment.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: WHAT: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS), held a hearing today to examine recently adopted state laws and policies that improve transparency of health care costs for consumers, making information more readily available. WHY: “According to the Centers...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today announced a hearing for Tuesday, July 24, 2018, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “DOE Modernization: Legislation to Authorize a Pilot Project to Commercialize the Strategic Petroleum Reserve."
By DOE Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on the Environment markup of “H.R. 3128, New Source Review Permitting Reform:"
By DOE Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today announced a hearing for Tuesday, July 24, 2018, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “DOE Modernization: Legislation to Authorize a Pilot Project to Commercialize the Strategic Petroleum Reserve."
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held the hearing, “Legislative Hearing on Discussion Draft Bill, S. __, the Endangered Species Act Amendments of 2018." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired a hearing to examine the Department of the Interior’s final list of critical minerals for 2018 and opportunities to reverse our nation’s growing dependence on foreign suppliers. This is the fifth hearing the committee has held on U.S. mineral security in recent years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2018
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - On July 13, 2018, Jack Douglas Sprouse, age 67, of Honey Creek, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger to 15 months in prison for Bank Fraud, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Sprouse was ordered to serve five years of supervised release to follow his prison term and pay restitution in an amount of $236,023.54.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Trey Gowdy released the following statement after President Trump’s press conference in Helsinki.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 16, 2018
News Release: Old Fall River Road in Rocky Mountain National Park will temporarily close to vehicles at approximately 10 pm on Wednesday, July 18, and is anticipated to reopen to vehicles by 10 am on Thursday morning, July 19.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2018
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man was sentenced to two years in federal prison for a burglary at a gun store, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Thomas Merrick, age 37, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 138 months in prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute heroin and fentanyl.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 16, 2018
News Release: Projects in 35 States Will Improve Quality of Life and Build a Foundation for Rural Prosperity WASHINGTON, July 16, 2018 – Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $267 million in 103 infrastructure projects to upgrade water and wastewater systems in rural communities.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, July 16, 2018 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today kicked off the annual government-wide Feds Feed Families campaign. The food drive is an annual event in which Federal employees in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area and throughout the country collect food for distribution to food banks, food pantries, and shelters. The 2018 food drive will run through October 18.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 16, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C., July 16, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today applauded President Donald J. Trump’s selection of Dr. Scott H. Hutchins to be Undersecretary of Research, Education and Economics (REE) for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Following the announcement, Secretary ...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, July 16, 2018 – Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced that agricultural producers affected by hurricanes and wildfires in 2017 now may apply for assistance to help recover and rebuild their farming operations. Signup begins July 16, 2018, and continues through Nov. 16, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2018
News Release: A federal grand jury in Dallas, Texas returned an indictment on Feb. 6, which was unsealed Friday, July 13, charging two return preparers with filing fraudulent tax returns, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Erin ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2018
News Release: Richard C. Davis, the founder and former president and CEO of Michigan-based Second Chance Body Armor, Inc., agreed to resolve claims under the False Claims Act in connection with his role in the sale of defective Zylon bullet-proof vests purchased by the United States for federal, state, local and tribal ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2018
News Release: A former business partner of a U.S. military contractor pleaded guilty today to one count of bribery for his role in a years-long scheme to bribe U.S. Army contracting officials stationed at a U.S. military base in Kuwait, announced Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2018
News Release: A criminal complaint was unsealed today in the District of Columbia charging a Russian national with conspiracy to act as an agent of the Russian Federation within the United States without prior notification to the Attorney General.