News from January 2019

By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: WELLFLEET, Mass-The spring Eastern wild turkey hunt will take place in Massachusetts starting April 29. This is the eighth season that spring turkey hunting will be permitted in Cape Cod National Seashore. The 2019 national seashore turkey hunting season is April 29 through May 18, which is the first three weeks of the state’s four-week turkey season.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a three-count superseding indictment today against Guillermo Jose Leon Ramirez, 41, of Oroville; Justin James Garcia, 44, of Oroville; and William Lee Vollendroff, 43, of Palermo, charging them with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and two counts of...

By Commerce Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways & Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) and Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following joint statement today on the Trump Administration’s proposed rule to overhaul the current rebate system...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: FBI Responding to Hazardous Material Found in Lawton Residence.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: OAKLAND - Saleem Khan pleaded guilty in federal court in Oakland today to conspiracy and securities fraud charges arising from an insider trading scheme in which he obtained and traded on material, non-public information, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The plea was accepted by the Honorable Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr., United Stated District Judge.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: Fort Scott National Historic Site will begin recruiting for a GS-05 Park Ranger (Student Trainee) temporary position Monday, February 4th for the summer of 2019 as part of the National Park Service’s Pathways Program. Additional positions will be announced later this spring.

By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation is making funding available through its WaterSMART Program for water and energy efficiency grants. These grants will be awarded to projects that will result in quantifiable and sustained water savings and support broader water reliability benefits.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: Defendant Admits False Tax Returns Caused Over $1 Million In Refund Payments.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: Unfortunately, with all the good that comes along with events like the Super Bowl, there’s an opportunity for criminals to prey on unwitting fans. These events attract people looking to make a quick buck through counterfeiting.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold a hearing on the effects of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) repeal of net...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: Bill Bartelt to be Speaker at 2019 Lincoln Day Program.

By USDA Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. -Agricultural Research Service (ARS) molecular biologist, Elizabeth Ainsworth, is receiving the National Academy of Science's (NAS ) Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences. Ainsworth will be recognized for her groundbreaking research to show how crops such as corn and soybeans are affected by increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide and ozone in combination with drought and other environmental stresses, along with potential solutions.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler yesterday requesting the immediate public release of all health and safety studies considered in the Draft Risk Evaluation for Pigment Violet 29, one of the first ten chemicals undergoing review in accordance with the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).
By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management Lake Havasu Field Office will conduct prescribed burning in Parker, Ariz. during the month of February, as weather conditions allow. The burn area is located seven miles northeast of Parker and half-a-mile west of Parker Dam Road near Crossroads, on the California side of the Colorado River.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Phillip Arnold Bennett, of Piedmont, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - A Lake Charles couple admitted on Wednesday in U.S. District Court to selling hundreds of Oxycodone pills, announced U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) today announced Vice Chairs for the House Appropriations Committee’s 12 subcommittees in the 116th Congress. The 12 subcommittee Vice Chairs are.

By DOE Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ways & Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) issued the following joint statement today on the Trump Administration’s proposed rule to overhaul the current rebate system...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: Defendant Was Convicted of All 20 Charges Against Him.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: Eun Soo Lee Lied About Making Threats Against Former Congressman Tom Garrett.