News from June 2019
By Interior Newswire | Jun 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has released a series of interactive online maps designed to promote climbing and other recreational opportunities on BLM-managed public lands. Developed in cooperation with Access Fund and Mountain Project, the maps allow individuals to easily plan exciting climbing experiences at sites around the western United States.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 18, 2019
Release: Washington, DC, June 18, 2019 - Today, USDA Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services Brandon Lipps issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Justice’s settlement with South Dakota based consultant Julie Osnes and her company, Julie Osnes Consulting, LLC, regarding allegations of advising states to falsify Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) quality control data.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that PATRICK ROGERS, 39, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 33 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing firearms.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 18, 2019
Release: Machines at Oak Ridge and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories Maintain Top Two Spots in TOP500 List
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2019
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District, announced that John Miller Ragland (Age 71), who previously resided in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, appeared in federal court and pleaded guilty to attempting to evade his federal income taxes, in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7201. Based...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 18, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – This past weekend, the G20 Energy and Environment Ministers met in Karuizawa, Japan to discuss energy transitions and global environment for sustainable growth. The G20 countries released a joint communique at the conclusion of the Ministerial. U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette issued the following statement on the G20 Ministerial Meeting...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Rob Portman (R-OH) introduced bipartisan legislation to promote stronger cybersecurity coordination between the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and state and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Texas woman who was arrested on a highway in Meade County, Kan., was indicted today on drug trafficking charges, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal jury has convicted a Chicago man of shooting an agent from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 18, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter to Christa Jones, the Chief of Staff of the Census Bureau, seeking a transcribed interview after newly discovered evidence showed that she used her personal email to communicate directly with Republican gerrymandering expert Thomas Hofeller regarding the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 18, 2019
Release: SEATTLE - An officer with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac Airport) discovered a loaded firearm in the carry-on bag of a male traveler ticketed for travel to Orlando International Airport Monday morning.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2019
News Release: FBI and Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office Seek Information on Murder of Father and Son.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 18, 2019
News Release: MOOSE, WY- Travelers on U.S. Highway 89 in Grand Teton National Park should plan for 30-minute delays as the park’s pavement preservation plan is underway. Work is currently taking place between the park’s southern boundary and the Jackson Hole Airport, and will continue north to the South Gate of Yellowstone. Previous planned delays of 15-minutes have been increased for work and traffic efficiencies.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) introduced the Economic Mobility Act of 2019, legislation that helps families afford child care, encourages work, stimulates local economies, and provides significant tax relief for working- and middle-class families, including those who live in Puerto Rico and other U.S. Territories.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 18, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, June 25, at 10 am in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Reauthorizing Vital Health Programs for American Families."
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2019
News Release: Reagor Dykes Auto Group’s Chief Financial Officer, Shane Andrew Smith, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that SHAQUILLE PEARSON, 25, of New Haven, pleaded guilty yesterday in Hartford federal court to being a felon in possession of a firearm, and also admitted that he violated the conditions of his supervised release from a prior federal firearm conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announces that Randall Keith Midkiff, age 37, of Mobile, Alabama, was sentenced today after earlier pleading guilty to a count charging violation of 18 USC Section 2422(b), attempted enticement of a child.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) made the following remarks on the House floor today in support of bipartisan legislation to strengthen the health care safety net, H.R. 3253, The Empowering Beneficiaries, Ensuring Access, and Strengthening Accountability Act of 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2019
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A psychiatrist who practiced at a Santa Ana clinic has been sentenced to 57 months in federal prison for issuing prescriptions for dangerous and addictive narcotics, such as the opioid oxycodone, without a medical purpose, to a drug dealer in exchange for cash, knowing the drugs would be sold on the street.
