News from November 2018
By DOE Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Two U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratories are now home to the fastest supercomputers in the world, according to the new TOP500 List, a semiannual ranking of the world’s fastest computing systems.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - In November 1983, crews broke ground for the (DWPF), the largest vitrification facility in the U.S...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recognized Better Buildings Challenge partner, Bullitt County Public Schools (BCPS), for the energy productivity advances made in its Mt. Washington Elementary School. Located in Shepherdsville, Kentucky and serving more than 13,000 students, the school district...
By Labor Gazette | Nov 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta today announced the start of National Apprenticeship Week (NAW). This year’s theme – Apprenticeships: Creating Tomorrow – celebrates the impact apprenticeship programs have in helping Americans learn skills for jobs in growing industries. NAW will continue through November 18.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 12, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a Dear Colleague urging all House Democrats to vote for Nancy Pelosi to be Speaker of the House.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that Shaw University and Contractor Freddy Novelo agreed to pay $316,900 to settle claims that a former Shaw University official and a local building contractor made false statements and violated competitive bid requirements to obtain Department of Education grant funds in violation of the False Claims Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that, JAMES ANTHONY MACALUSO, 49, of Raleigh, was sentenced by United States District Judge James C. Dever, III for bank robbery. Judge Dever sentenced MACALUSO to 71 months’ imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 12, 2018
Release: KYIV, UKRAINE - Today, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry launched the U.S.-Ukraine Strategic Energy Dialogue, which will facilitate closer cooperation between the United States and Ukraine both in the government and private sector. The United States and Ukraine ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 12, 2018
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA -Fort Pulaski National Monument will commemorate the 156th anniversary of the Grand Thanksgiving Fete and Festival of 1862 on Friday, Nov. 23, 2018. The event will recreate the field day offered by the 48th New York Infantry to celebrate their first Thanksgiving at Fort Pulaski.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 11, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Trent Shores issued the following statement on Veterans Day.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 11, 2018
News Release: Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker issued the following statement on Veterans Day: "This is the land of the free because it is the home of the brave," Acting Attorney General Whitaker said. "At the Department of Justice, we recognize that our rights depend upon public safety. Our troops risk their ...
By Labor Gazette | Nov 11, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta today issued the following statement regarding Veterans Day: “Today, our nation honors the service and sacrifice of America’s proud veterans. Americans are forever grateful for the bravery and patriotism of the men and women who have defended ...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 11, 2018
News Release: Dear Assistant Attorney General Lofthus: We are writing to you in your capacity as the Justice Department’s Designated Agency Ethics Official regarding the supervision of Special Counsel Robert Mueller by Mr. Mark Whitaker, the newly appointed Acting Attorney General. There are serious ethical considerations...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 10, 2018
News Release: Tucson, AZ - Saguaro National Park will be joining national park units across the country in celebrating Veterans’ Day with fee-free entry into the park. The staff and partners would like to take a moment to honor the men and women who have served bravely and done something extraordinary so that we may all enjoy the freedoms we treasure today.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 10, 2018
News Release: Often stories of cowboys and soldiers highlight the Western Frontier. However, women were also there for the highs and lows of the romanticized “Wild West." Many of these first American women in the present day southwest braved journeys overland down the Santa Fe Trail.
By State Newswire | Nov 10, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement after the administration announced it will end refueling for Saudi-coalition planes in Yemen...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 10, 2018
News Release: On Wednesday evening, an air traffic controller at the Las Vegas tower became incapacitated while on duty. The FAA is deeply concerned by the incident, is thoroughly investigating what occurred, and is taking immediate steps to modify its overnight shift staffing policies. No safety events occurred during this incident. The controller is currently restricted from working air traffic.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 9, 2018
News Release: On 9 November 2018, the EU-U.S. Ministerial Meeting on Justice and Home Affairs took place in Washington DC. The United States of America hosted the meeting and was represented by the U.S. Acting Attorney General Matthew G. Whitaker and Secretary for Homeland Security, Kirstjen Nielsen.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2018
News Release: After President Trump’s Presidential Proclamation regarding the Southwest Border, Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker issued the following statement of strong support: "Our southern border is in crisis. The hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens who have unlawfully crossed our border are posing ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2018
News Release: Cesar Altieri Sayoc, aka Cesar Randazzo, aka Cesar Altieri, and aka Cesar Altieri Randazzo, 56, was charged today in a 30-count Indictment for offenses relating to his alleged execution of a domestic terrorist attack in October 2018, which involved the mailing of 16 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) ...
