News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - On Saturday, April 28, 2018, in an effort to stem the tide of the prescription opioid crisis in America, territories within the Atlanta Field (AFD) (Georgia, North & South Carolina) and the state of (formerly part of the AFD, now part of the Louisville Field Division), participated in DEA’s...
By Commerce Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA) sent a letter to the Office of Special Counsel today requesting an investigation into all three Republican Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioners regarding their involvement with the 2018 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).
By EPA Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA) sent a letter to the Office of Special Counsel today requesting an investigation into all three Republican Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioners regarding their involvement with the 2018 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Sherri Walker Hobson (619) 961-0287.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - Americans nationwide did their part to drop off a record number of unused, unwanted or expired prescription medications during the DEA’s 15th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, at close to 6,000 sites across the country. Together with a record-setting amount of local, state and federal...
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A two-month operation focused on reducing violent crime in Birmingham and across north Alabama resulted in federal charges against 71 defendants, with about 140 guns seized, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Marcus Watson and Acting Birmingham Police Chief Henry Irby III.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - The U.S. Attorney’s Office entered into a Voluntary Compliance Agreement today with Hudson Public Schools regarding its obligations to ensure effective communication for students with disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
By DOE Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA) sent a letter to the Office of Special Counsel today requesting an investigation into all three Republican Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioners regarding their involvement with the 2018 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: WINTER HARBOR, MAINE - On Saturday May 19 join park rangers to celebrate “Junior Ranger and International Migratory Bird Day" with a day full of free family activities and outdoor events. Meet at Eliot Hall on the Schoodic Point campus near the water tower, rain or shine. Event is open from 1-4 p.m. and geared toward children ages 12 and under accompanied by an adult.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Hartford Police Chief David Rosado today announced the unsealing of a 41-count indictment charging 10 alleged members and associates of the...
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: Fort Laramie National Historic Site - Two years of planning culminated in a historic gathering at Fort Laramie National Historic Site as thousands of people gathered to honor the spirit of the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie. Tribal representatives and descendants of the 13 original signatory tribes of the...
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: NASHVILLE - Tennesseans participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) 15th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day (NTBI) held on Saturday, April 28, 2018, turned in 20,590 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This was the third highest total ever collected during the previous 14 take back events.
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: YAKIMA, Wash. - The Bureau of Reclamation’s May 2018 Total Water Supply Available forecast for the Yakima Basin indicates the water supply will fully satisfy senior and junior water rights this irrigation season.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Hartford Police Chief David Rosado today announced the unsealing of a 41-count indictment charging 10 alleged members and associates of the...
By Commerce Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), formally announced a markup for Wednesday, May 9, 2018, at 9 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kanas City, Mo., man and woman have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a conspiracy to commit a series of armed robberies at area businesses.
By Commerce Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researcher Allen R. Hefner, Jr., has been named a finalist for the 2018 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals, which recognize excellence and innovation in the federal workforce.
By DOE Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), formally announced a markup for Wednesday, May 9, 2018, at 9 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation prepared an environmental assessment for public review for the Buena Vista Water Storage District’s Northern Area Pipeline Eastern Extension Project, located 16 miles west of Bakersfield in Kern County.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - An Ohio man was sentenced today to 56 months imprisonment on a federal drug charge, announced United States Attorney Michael B. Stuart. Cortez Quayveon Brown, 26, of Marion Ohio, pled guilty in January to distribution of heroin. Brown’s sentence will run concurrently with a sentence he is currently serving on a felony drug charge in Ohio. Stuart commended the work of the Drug Enforcement Administration.
