News from March 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: Authorities Confirm Latest Package Bombs Are Connected.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: A Charlotte, North Carolina, man was convicted by a jury in Akron, Ohio, of conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Gary Owen Jones, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was indicted today by a federal grand jury on an illegal possession of ammunition charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Elizabeth, New Jersey, man today admitted operating a scheme to fraudulently obtain hundreds of thousands of dollars in commercial and residential merchandise from various companies, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on “The Drug Enforcement Administration’s Role in Combating the Opioid Epidemic:"
By DOE Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: CARLSBAD, N.M. - The resumption of mining at EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) earlier this year was a major milestone for the project and necessary for WIPP to continue operations into the future.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - More than 2 billion gallons of groundwater are treated at the Hanford Site each year to remove contaminants and protect the nearby Columbia River. Treating a large volume of groundwater requires workers with EM Richland Operations Office contractor CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A James City County man was sentenced today to five years in prison for lying to federal agent about a 2017 murder.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on “The Drug Enforcement Administration’s Role in Combating the Opioid Epidemic:"
By DOE Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: DOE created the facility representative position in 1990. Facility representatives are highly trained professionals who provide day-to-day oversight of contractor operations at the Department’s most hazardous facilities. There are approximately 175 facility representatives across the complex providing safety oversight and serving as an on-scene federal presence, monitoring mission accomplishments and worker and public safety.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: MILLS, Wyo. -- The Bureau of Reclamation announced they will begin the annual filling of Alcova Reservoir on Sunday, April 1, 2018.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation proposes to provide $1 million of federal funding to Kern County Water Agency ID4, through a WaterSMART Program grant. The funding will be used to install a fiber-reinforced concrete lining to a one-mile section of the CVC Extension. It is anticipated the project would reduce seepage losses by approximately 2,300 acre feet on an average annual basis.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittees on Energy & Environment hearing on “Fiscal Year 2019 Nuclear Regulatory Commission Budget:"
By EPA Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL) and the Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) today held a joint hearing examining the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) Fiscal Year 2019 budget request.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - On Saturday, March 24, at 10 a.m. at the Boise Wild Horse Corrals (located off South Pleasant Valley Road in southeast Boise), 4-H members representing seven different 4-H Clubs will compete in a trail challenge that includes navigating an obstacle course and loading and unloading from a stock trailer. The mustang weanlings will then be showcased and offered for adoption during the Idaho Horse Expo at Ford Idaho Horse Park in Nampa, April 13-15.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: Today, Energy & Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ), Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Peter DeFazio (D-OR), and Homeland Security Committee Ranking Member Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) sent a letter to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 19, 2018
Release: CLEVELAND - Transportation Security Administration officers prevented a passenger from bringing a loaded handgun on board a plane at a Cleveland Hopkins International Airport checkpoint.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) will give remarks on the importance of American competitiveness at a Business Roundtable and Farmers for Free Trade event tomorrow, Tuesday, March 20 at 9 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2018
News Release: Vishnubhai Chaudhari, 50, and Leelabahen Chaudhari, 44, of Kimball, Nebraska, and Indian nationals unlawfully residing in the United States, were sentenced on March 19, 2018, in federal court in Omaha after previously pleading guilty on Dec. 18, 2017, to alien harboring for financial gain and conspiracy...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Lourdes Rivera, age 40, of the Bronx, New York, was sentenced today to time served (44 days in jail) for distributing heroin.
