News from September 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2018
News Release: Fort Myers, FL - A Ft. Myers, Florida man was sentenced to 18 months in prison for stealing government funds and corruptly endeavoring to obstruct the internal revenue laws, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez of the Middle District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO -Robert Jacobsen was sentenced today to 78 months in prison for wire fraud and money laundering, announced United States Attorney Alex G. Tse, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett, Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program Christy...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 4, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today announced a markup for Thursday, September 6, 2018, at 1:00 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 4, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) sent a letter to U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, requesting documents and information regarding the Department’s workplace misconduct policies and improvements that have taken place.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 4, 2018
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) requests public comments on a plan to manage exotic, non-native plants in Big Bend National Park (Park). The 30-day review and comment period for the park’s Exotic Plant Management Plan and Environmental Assessment begins September 7, and continues through October 6, 2018.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 4, 2018
News Release: PIKE COUNTY, Ohio - DOE Under Secretary for Science Paul Dabbar visited the Portsmouth Site last week to learn more about EM’s cleanup at the former uranium enrichment plant.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 4, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, today demanded answers from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on its efforts to address the skyrocketing price of naloxone-a life-saving drug that can reverse an opioid overdose-after failing to receive those answers in a series of recent Senate hearings.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 4, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Karen S. Evans was sworn in by U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette as the Assistant Secretary for the Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER). Evans was confirmed as Assistant Secretary for CESER by the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Mark Martin Ackerman, 32, of Crete, Nebraska, was sentenced in federal court in Lincoln, Nebraska, on Aug. 30, 2018, for 15 counts of wire fraud. The Honorable Richard G. Kopf, Senior United States Court Judge, sentenced Ackerman to 10 years of imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison, Ackerman will begin a three-year term of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2018
News Release: A man responsible for distributing hundreds of pounds of ice methamphetamine was sentenced today to a life sentence in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2018
News Release: FBI Recovers Stolen Ruby Slippers Used in The Wizard of Oz.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 4, 2018
News Release: U. S. Camel Corps Commemoration September 15 at El Morro National Monument.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 4, 2018
News Release: EM Update recently spoke with EM Assistant Secretary Anne White about her early tenure as head of the DOE cleanup program and her vision for EM and achieving progress through action going forward.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 4, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy announced the selection of 36 projects totaling $80 million to support early-stage bioenergy research and development (R&D). This R&D will enable cost-competitive, drop-in renewable hydrocarbon fuels, bio-based products, and power from non-food...
By Commerce News Now | Sep 3, 2018
News Release: Last October, President Trump accepted Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ invitation for the United States to be the honored country at the 83rd Thessaloniki International Fair. (TIF). The U.S. Pavilion and our extensive commercial, defense and cultural representation at the Fair symbolize the strong U.S. support for Greece throughout its long economic crisis and our commitment to continue this support.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 3, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta released the following statement regarding Labor Day: “Today, on Labor Day, we celebrate the accomplishments of the American workforce, a record 156 million strong.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2018
News Release: Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site will observe the 25th annual National Public Lands Day on Sept. 22, 2018. National Public Lands Day is the nation’s largest, single-day volunteer effort for public lands.
By State Newswire | Sep 3, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement condemning today’s unjust verdict against Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2018
News Release: West Glacier, MT - There will be a community meeting on Tuesday, September 4 at 6 pm. The meeting will be held at the Glacier National Park Community Building near Park Headquarters at 64 Grinnell Drive, West Glacier. Once at Headquarters, follow signs to the Community Building.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2018
News Release: West Glacier, MT - There will be a community meeting on Tuesday, September 4 at 6 pm. The meeting will be held at the Glacier National Park Community Building near Park Headquarters at 64 Grinnell Drive, West Glacier. Once.
