News from March 2018
By DOE Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
Release: Pittsburgh, PA – Two U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Laboratories with energy research expertise are joining forces to pursue research on new ways to use coal to create innovative high-value products. A memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed today by representatives of Oak Ridge National ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Federal and local law enforcement authorities arrested six people today for their alleged roles in a drug trafficking organization that distributed heroin in Newark, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 120,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2017/2018 marketing year.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Gregg Harper (R-MS) today issued the following statement following a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report showcasing the opioid crisis is intensifying in our communities.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, raised concerns with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt today about the side-business of Pruitt's head of security, Pasquale “Nino" ...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Gregg Harper (R-MS) today issued the following statement following a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report showcasing the opioid crisis is intensifying in our communities.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: BOISE - Michael Jeffrey Sanders, 27, of Boise, Idaho, was sentenced today in United States District Court to 58 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for the crime of unlawful possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. U.S. District Judge David C. Nye also ordered Sanders to forfeit the firearms involved in the offense. On November 7, 2017, Sanders pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Federal and local law enforcement authorities arrested six people today for their alleged roles in a drug trafficking organization that distributed heroin in Newark, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: BAR HARBOR, MAINE - The Acadia National Park Advisory Commission will meet at park headquarters (20 McFarland Hill Drive) in Bar Harbor at 1 - 3 pm on Monday, March 12, 2018. The meeting is open to the public and will include an opportunity for public comments.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - The owner of a north suburban home health care company has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for paying illegal kickbacks for patient referrals.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4986, the Repack Airwaves Yielding Better Access for Users of Modern Services, or RAY BAUM’S Act, by voice vote.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) released the following statement after Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma announced several upcoming policy changes to bolster patient control and access to their personal health records.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Gregg Harper (R-MS) sent letters yesterday to the Government of the District of Columbia and United Medical Center in Washington, D.C., following...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: FBI and San Diego PD Request Assistance to Identify Hooded Bank Robber.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former Kansas City, Mo., area man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a conspiracy to distribute marijuana.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: MOOSE, WY--Construction of a roundabout and other safety improvements located at the intersection of U.S. Highway 26/89/191 and Gros Ventre Road and Sagebrush Drive in the southern area of Grand Teton National Park will begin on Monday, April 2. Construction activities are planned to continue through the end of November.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal jury in Chicago has convicted two U.S. Postal Service employees for scheming to deliver marijuana through the mail.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy today called for the appointment of a Special Counsel to investigate potential bias and potential conflicts of interest and decisions made or not made by the Department of Justice in 2016 and 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: A Nebraska man was sentenced yesterday to six years in prison for accessing with an intent to view child pornography, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Joseph P. Kelly of the District of Nebraska.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), held a hearing today continuing its oversight role of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).
