News from June 2018
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways & Means Ranking Committee Member Richard Neal (D-MA), Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA), and Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement after the Department of Labor finalized a rule to rollback health coverage protections by expanding association health plans...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $15 million in funding for 27 projects in atmospheric and ecological sciences in an effort to improve the power of Earth system models to predict weather and climate.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - An Arizona man was sentenced yesterday in Phoenix, Ariz., for directing distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks at the computer networks of the City of Madison, Wis., announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and First Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth A. Strange for the District of Arizona.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Maurice Darnell Jones, Jr., 22, of Vacaville, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez to four years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communication and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), announced today a hearing for Tuesday, June 26, 2018 at 1:15 p.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Discussion Draft: National Telecommunications and Information Administration Reauthorization Act of 2018."
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: Deron Lamonte Hill, age 23, of Macon, Georgia, has been indicted by a Federal Grand Jury for Attempted Online Enticement of a Minor and Transfer of Obscene Material to a Minor, announces United States Attorney Charles E. Peeler. An indictment is only an allegation of criminal conduct. Mr. Hill is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty in a court of law beyond a reasonable doubt.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
Release: Summary:The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is issuing a final rule on provisions related to the National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP). NPIP is a cooperative Federal-State-Industry program for controlling certain poultry diseases.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland -Lamont Jones, a/k/a “Butt Juice," age 25, of Baltimore, was convicted today of conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise in connection with his gang activities as a member of the Up Da Hill (UDH) organization, which operates in the Cherry Hill section of Baltimore. Jones was also convicted of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute narcotics.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah), today issued the following statement in reaction to President Trump’s executive order promoting a healthy ocean economy and engagement with marine, science, and technology industries. The action reverses the previous administration’s overreach of the nation’s ocean policy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon stated today that Julie A. Nelson, age 42, of Greenville, pled guilty in federal court in Greenville, to a conspiracy to defraud, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371. United States District Judge Bruce Howe Hendricks, of Charleston, accepted the plea and will impose sentence after she has reviewed the presentence report which will be prepared by the U.S. Probation Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Education and the Workforce Ranking Member Bobby Scott (VA-03), and Ways and Means Ranking Member Richard Neal (MA-01) issued the following statement after the Department of Labor finalized a rule to rollback health coverage protections by expanding association health plans.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: He stole over $178,790 between 2013 and 2016 from Teays Valley Fire Department.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- National Park Service researchers recently discovered a litter of four mountain lion kittens in the Simi Hills, a small area of habitat wedged between the larger Santa Monica and Santa Susana mountain ranges. All four kittens are females and are now known as P-66, P-67, P-68, and P-69.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: Deron Lamonte Hill, age 23, of Macon, Georgia, has been indicted by a Federal Grand Jury for Attempted Online Enticement of a Minor and Transfer of Obscene Material to a Minor, announces United States Attorney Charles E. Peeler. An indictment is only an allegation of criminal conduct. Mr. Hill is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty in a court of law beyond a reasonable doubt.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Timothy F. Salel (619) 546-8055.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - DOE Under Secretary for Science Paul Dabbar, recently toured the exhibit Secret Cities: The Architecture and Planning of the Manhattan Project at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. The exhibit showcases Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Hanford, Washington, and Los Alamos, New Mexico...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A previously convicted felon has been ordered to federal prison for illegally possessing a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Cruz Edwardo Gonzalez, 30, of Corpus Christi, pleaded guilty Feb. 1, 2018, to a single count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: Bruce J. Walker, Assistant Secretary for the Office of Electricity (OE) and Acting Assistant Secretary for the Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER), recently discussed the Department of Energy’s (DOE) efforts to bolster the resilience of the nation’s power grid, DOE’s...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), announced that Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt will testify before the committee in August. Further details for the hearing will be made available later.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - Harley Lee Howell, III, 35, of Colville, Washington, pleaded guilty yesterday to travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual contact with a minor, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Howell was indicted by a federal grand jury in Coeur d’Alene on Sept. 14, 2017.
