News from January 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2019
News Release: Former City of Miami Police Department Officer Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Trafficking Offense.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 24, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON - Nationwide, the Transportation Security Administration screened 1.76 million passengers and crew members yesterday, Wednesday, Jan. 23. Overall, 99.9 percent of passengers waited less than 30 minutes and 96.3 percent of passengers waited less than 15 minutes. In TSA Pre✓® lanes, passengers on average waited less than 10 minutes. Please refer to the table below for top airport specific wait times.
By State Newswire | Jan 24, 2019
News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary: As events continue to unfold in Venezuela, the safety of United States personnel and their family members in the country must remain a top priority. To that end, we request that the State Department brief the House Foreign Affairs Committee as soon as possible, and then regularly,...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 24, 2019
News Release: SEATTLE - Today, Department of Energy (DOE) Under Secretary of Energy Mark Menezes announced $40M in FY19 funding for the Grid Modernization Initiative (GMI). The GMI, a crosscutting initiative involving all the applied energy offices, focuses on working with public and private partners to develop new...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 24, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Tim Scott (R-S.C.) introduced legislation Thursday to reauthorize the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results (SOAR) Act, and ensure that students...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Philip R. Bartlett, Inspector-in-Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS"), Angel M. Melendez, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of U.S. Immigration and Customs...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced the federal Grand Jury for the District of Nebraska has returned 28 indictments charging 33 defendants. Indictments are charging documents that contain one or more individual counts that are merely accusations, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 24, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation has made a funding opportunity available as part of its WaterSMART Drought Response Program for projects that build long-term resilience to drought and reduce the need for emergency response actions. Reclamation anticipates awarding between 10 and 15 drought resiliency projects this year.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 24, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - To protect worker privacy, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a final rule that eliminates the requirement for establishments with 250 or more employees to electronically submit information from OSHA Form 300 (Log of Work-Related...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - Antonio Rucker, 39, has been sentenced to 151 months in the Federal Bureau of Prisons for possession with intent to distribute 100 grams of heroin, 125 grams of cocaine, and over 100 oxycodone pills. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant for the Western District of Tennessee announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Donald Stewart a/k/a “OG," 55, of St. Louis, was sentenced to life in prison for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and two counts of possession of a firearm (with death resulting) in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. He appeared before U.S. District Judge Catherine D. Perry.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - A federal jury has convicted Jesse Robert Coop, 41, for the Armed Business Robbery of a CVS Pharmacy, brandishing a firearm during of a crime of violence, and conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute various controlled prescription drugs. D. Michael Dunavant, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee announced the guilty verdict today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 24, 2019
News Release: JAN. 24, 2019 - The U.S. Census Bureau will hold its quarterly 2020 Census Program Management Review on Friday, Feb. 1, from 1 to 5 p.m. EST in the auditorium at Census Bureau headquarters in Suitland, Md. Agenda topics include high-level updates on the 2020 Census program, as well as the release of the final 2020 Census Operational Plan.
By State Newswire | Jan 24, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) gave the following statement on the latest developments in Venezuela after the military’s announcement supporting illegitimate President Nicolas Maduro.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Nathan Johnson, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was indicted by a federal grand jury sitting in Martinsburg on Jan. 23, 2019 for a firearms violation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 24, 2019
News Release: The House today approved, 231-180, a Continuing Resolution to reopen the Department of Homeland Security through February 28 and guarantee that Homeland Security employees receive back pay. It complements a package of six appropriations bills reflecting bipartisan House-Senate conference agreements that...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2019
News Release: Steven D. Weinhoeft, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on Jan. 24, 2019, Michael Norris, 30, of Fairview Heights, Illinois, was sentenced for being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm. At the time of his arrest, Norris was on supervised release in a...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 24, 2019
News Release: SEATTLE - Today, Department of Energy (DOE) Under Secretary of Energy Mark Menezes announced $40M in FY19 funding for the Grid Modernization Initiative (GMI). The GMI, a crosscutting initiative involving all the applied energy offices, focuses on working with public and private partners to develop new...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 24, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) announced the election of Members to serve as Chair for each of the Committee’s six subcommittees in the 116th Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2019
News Release: Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered the following opening remarks at the House Judiciary Committee organizational meeting...
