News published on Federal Newswire in November 2019

News from November 2019


News Release: Jennifer L. Moore Named Special Agent in Charge of the Intelligence Division of the Washington Field Office.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee and Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee, penned an op-ed published in USA Today defending the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards ...


News Release: Kayla S. Kempfer, 31, of Red Bud, Illinois, has been sentenced to 135 months in federal prison on a.


News Release: Chinese National Pleads Guilty to Committing Theft of Trade Secrets.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold a markup on Thursday, Nov. 14, at 11:30 am, in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building.


Kansas City Woman Sentenced for Embezzling $547,000 from Health Care Foundation

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court today for embezzling almost $547,000 from the health care foundation that employed her as an accountant.


USMS-led Operation Triple Beam results in 327 Felony Arrests in Central, Northern New Mexico

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A large-scale, 90-day law enforcement operation, known as “Operation Triple Beam Albuquerque," concluded on Oct. 31, 2019, with the arrests of 327 alleged fugitives from throughout Bernalillo County and the Albuquerque metropolitan area.


District Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Killing One Man and Injuring Another in Northeast Shooting

News Release: WASHINGTON - Malik Morris, 21, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced to 15 years in prison for killing one man and injuring another in a shooting in Northeast, D.C., announced U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu.


Communications and Technology Subcommittee to Markup Broadband Mapping, Spectrum, Supply Chain, and STELAR Legislation

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold a markup on Thursday, Nov. 14, at 11:30 am, in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building.


News Release: Attorney General William P. Barr issued the following statement: "On Veterans Day, we honor the brave Americans who, from the founding of our nation to the present, have sacrificed so much to answer the call to service. The American people are deeply fortunate that there have been people at every crossroad ...


News Release: The Office of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs is currently soliciting nominations for the Advisory Committee on Data for Evidence Building. As outlined in the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 , the mission of the Advisory Committee is to review, analyze, and make recommendations on how to promote the use of Federal data for evidence building. The associated congressional report provides excellent background material for interested parties.


U.S. Secretary of Labor Scalia Statement Regarding Veterans Day

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia today issued the following statement regarding Veterans Day: “Every year on this day, Americans across the country put aside their daily activities to honor the sacrifice and bravery of our nation’s veterans. We at the Department of Labor join our fellow Americans in saluting the men and women of the armed forces for their defense of our cherished freedoms.


Fifth Annual National Apprenticeship Week Aims to Highlight Innovative Programs and Raise Awareness

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the start of National Apprenticeship Week (NAW) 2019.


Broken Arrow Man Convicted of Online Extortion

News Release: A Broken Arrow man pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. District Court to extorting a woman by threatening to post nude photographs of her online, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.


News Release: The former Vice President of the Louisville Metro Police Officer’s Credit Union has been sentenced to 132 months behind bars, ordered to pay more than $3 million in restitution.


News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has found that the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) does not meet International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) safety standards and therefore has received a Category 2 rating based on a reassessment of the country’s civil aviation authority.


News Release: Challis, Idaho --The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Challis Field Office concluded the Challis Herd Management Area (HMA) wild horse gather near Challis on Nov. 11, 2019. The BLM gathered 295 wild horses from public lands during gather operations that lasted from Nov. 5 - 11, 2019. An aerial census...


World-Leading Computational Science Featured in Department of Energy Booth at SC19

Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The scientific computing and networking leadership of 17 U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) national laboratories will be showcased at SC19, the International Conference for High-Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis, taking place Nov. 18-21 in Denver, CO.


Committees Release Laura Cooper’s Transcript as Part of Impeachment Inquiry

News Release: Washington, D.C.- Today, Rep. Adam B. Schiff, the Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Acting Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, released the transcript from the joint deposition of Laura Cooper, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Department of Defense.


Broken Arrow Man Convicted of Online Extortion

News Release: A Broken Arrow man pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. District Court to extorting a woman by threatening to post nude photographs of her online, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.