News from May 2018
By Commerce Newswire | May 15, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Human Resources Subcommittee Chairman Adrian Smith (R-NE) released a discussion draft to reauthorize the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, the nation’s cash welfare and services program for low-income families that requires Congressional action by September of this year.
By DOE 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
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $72 million for new projects to advance high-temperature concentrating solar power (CSP) technologies. These projects will extend previous research on high-temperature components, develop them into integrated assemblies, and test these components and systems through a wide range of operational conditions.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2018
News Release: Today, top Democrats from the House Judiciary and House Oversight and Government Reform Committees sent a letter to the Department of Justice renewing their February 8, 2018 request for documents related to AT&T’s proposed acquisition of Time Warner in light of new concerns raised by recent statements ...
By DOE 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: GAITHERSBURG, Md.-Rule changes went into effect yesterday that will reduce regulatory burdens on recipients of federal research and development funding, including large and small businesses, universities, federal laboratories and non-profit organizations. The updates to sections of the Code of Federal...
By Interior Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: NORMAN, Okla.-The Bureau of Land Management, along with the Hutchinson Correctional Facility in Hutchinson, Kansas, will hold a wild horse and burro adoption and open-house event at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility, from June 1 - 2. Hundreds of untrained horses will be available for adoption, first-come-first-served...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 27-year-old Corpus Christi man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Cody Anthony Hernandez pleaded guilty Feb. 20, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - The remaining defendants charged in a Dickinson area cocaine conspiracy have all been ordered to federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. The 10 were charged in a multi-state drug trafficking conspiracy that had been moving cocaine since 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: Defendant Held Gun to Victim’s Head During Attack.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that the Third Circuit Court of Appeals on May 10, 2018, affirmed the 15 ½-year prison sentence of Thurman Stanley, age 41, of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, including a requirement that Stanley comply with the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), imposed by Senior U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley.
By USDA Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: May 14, 2018 - USDA’s Farm Service Agency recently released signup information for the Tree Assistance Program, a nationwide program that provides orchardists and nursery tree growers with cost share assistance to replant eligible trees, bushes, and vines following a natural disaster.
By Interior Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: PINEDALE, Wyo. - In support of the administration’s goals of conservation stewardship, the Bureau of Land Management High Desert District fire crews are planning to conduct two prescribed fires between May and June as part of a multi-year project. Both projects will take place on public lands administered by the High Desert District’s Pinedale Field Office. Fire operations will begin only when conditions are favorable for a safe and effective burn.
By Interior Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai‘i - Most of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park remains closed since Friday, May 11 due to ongoing seismic activity, summit deflation, and a possible steam explosion at the summit of Kīlauea Volcano.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that James Michael West, age 64, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment, and 3 years supervised release for Concealment Of A Material Fact, in violation of Title 42, United...
By USDA Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C., May 14, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today applauded the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Ethics App for being named a “Top 8 Finalist” by the American Council for Technology-Industry Advisory Council’s Innovation awards. The USDA Ethics App finished in the top 8 finalists, out of 150 innovations during the past year.
By USDA Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, May 14, 2018 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the appointment of 18 new members and 12 returning members to the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF).
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: A physician based in the McAllen, Texas area was charged in an indictment unsealed today for his role in a $240 million health care fraud and international money laundering scheme. Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Ryan J. Patrick ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: A Canadian man pleaded guilty today in Rochester, New York to conspiring to defraud the United States and making a false claim against the United States, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy Jr. for the Western District of New York.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: A Nebraska man was sentenced today to 15 years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for producing child pornography in 2015, 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.
