News from May 2018
By Interior Newswire | May 15, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service (NPS) today unveils a newly launched public website: pubs.etic.nps.gov that is making more than 32,000 NPS records available to the public. Academic researchers, students, history enthusiasts, educators, and the like will discover a multitude of collections. For...
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Devin Lee Peterson, 19, resident of Wasilla, Alaska, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Beistline to three years in prison, to be followed by four years of supervised release, for distribution of marijuana to minors.
By DOE Newswire | May 15, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Earlier this month, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) participated in a panel discussion on the opioid crisis as part of the Milken Institute’s Global Conference.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, man convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By Homeland Newswire | May 15, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - On Monday, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Ranking Member Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), and Sens. John Hoeven (R-N.D.) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) introduced the Preventing Emerging Threats Act of 2018.
By Commerce Newswire | May 15, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In today’s San Francisco Chronicle, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) penned an open invitation to Silicon Valley CEOs, building on the dialogue started at the committee’s April hearing with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The op-ed invites leaders of the...
By Commerce Newswire | May 15, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and DCCP Subcommittee Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) sent a letter to Senate Commerce Chairman John Thune (R-S.D.) and Ranking Member Bill Nelson (D-FL) today requesting that Heidi King, the nominee to lead the National Highway Traffic...
By DOE Newswire | May 15, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), announced today a legislative hearing for Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Internet of Things Legislation."
By Homeland Newswire | May 15, 2018
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, and Co-Chair of the Congressional Task Force on Election Security, released the following statement on news that Speaker Ryan has announced an election security briefing for members of Congress...
By DOE Newswire | May 15, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), announced today a legislative hearing for Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “DOE Modernization: Legislation Addressing Development, Regulation, and Competitiveness of Advanced Nuclear Energy Technologies."
By Commerce Newswire | May 15, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), formally announced a markup for Thursday, May 17, 2018, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By EPA Newswire | May 15, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Earlier this month, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) participated in a panel discussion on the opioid crisis as part of the Milken Institute’s Global Conference.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2018
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A former U.S. Navy senior chief was sentenced today to two years in prison for his involvement in a procurement fraud scheme that resulted in a $2.3 million loss to the U.S. Navy.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury sitting in New Haven has returned an indictment charging YEHUDI MANZANO, 33, of Waterbury, with production and transportation of child pornography.
By DOE Newswire | May 15, 2018
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - EM’s Idaho Site is preparing to conduct another Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU) demonstration, focusing on fluidization of the facility’s primary reaction vessel after the project team completed improvements this past year.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2018
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Tirrell Perry Thomas, the Michigan leader of a scheme to defraud Bank of America, was sentenced to 102 months (8.5 years) in federal prison as part of an ongoing multi-state investigation that has resulted in felony convictions for 18 participants, U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge...
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Charles Town, West Virginia man was indicted by a federal grand jury today on bank robbery charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2018
News Release: Each day, thousands of law enforcement officers serve the public across the state of Iowa. These officers stand on the front lines in our communities. Every time an officer goes on duty, that officer accepts a measure of personal risk that few in our society face in their everyday jobs. They do so in...
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2018
News Release: DALLAS - A federal grand jury has returned an Indictment charging ten individuals for their role in conspiring to traffic contraband through Dallas Fort Worth International (DFW) Airport, announced Erin Nealy Cox, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, at a press conference today. The law...
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2018
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A former U.S. Navy senior chief was sentenced today to two years in prison for his involvement in a procurement fraud scheme that resulted in a $2.3 million loss to the U.S. Navy.
