News from October 2019
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) sent a letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to request a briefing on efforts to improve the integrity of the application and assignment process of the National Provider Identifier (NPI).
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: PORT ANGELES, WA: The National Park Service will release the Olympic Hot Springs Road Long-Term Access Environmental Assessment (EA) for a 45-day public review and comment period on Monday, November 4, 2019.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has released the Bakersfield Field Office Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) analyzing the potential effects of hydraulic fracturing associated with oil and gas development on new leases on public lands and Federal minerals.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - United States Attorney Lawrence Keefe, of the Northern District of Florida,.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced that a press conference will be held today, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019, at 11:00 a.m., in the lobby of the Greenville County Courthouse, 305 East North Street, Greenville, South Carolina, 29601.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that William Guy, 51, formerly of Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William Peterson to one year in prison for fraudulently obtaining a passport. Guy pleaded guilty to this charge on Aug. 22, 2019.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Legacy Management outreach staff and more than 2,000 people attended the National American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) Conference, which featured over 250 exhibitors and 40 sessions.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Two Corpus Christi men have been ordered to federal prison after admitting to robbery and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Gerry Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, and Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, sent a letter to Monica Block, the Acting Director of the White House Office of Administration, demanding her testimony at a hearing on the Trump Administration’s failure to comply with the Securely Expediting Clearances Through Reporting Transparency Act of 2018 (SECRET Act).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Richard Tyler, age 34, of York, Pennsylvania, was indicted on Oct. 30, 2019, by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking and firearms charges.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: The Bighorn Canyon Artist In Residence program started in 2014. Since then artists from all over the country and from many different artistic backgrounds have spent two weeks per artist showcasing the canyon. The park is looking for four more artists in 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va.-A Whitesville man pled guilty to a federal gun charge, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Daniel C. Runion, 34, pled guilty to possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. Mike Stuart commended the investigation by the West Virginia State Police assisted by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Boone County man was sentenced to federal prison for a drug crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Benjamin John Mooney, 42, of Costa was sentenced to 30 months in prison for distribution of methamphetamine. Upon completing his prison sentence, Mooney will serve an additional term of five years of supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: Visitors to Lees Ferry and Lake Powell are advised that due to early arrival of freezing temperatures the following facilities will be winterized immediately and unavailable until spring.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Zachariah Stanley Joe, 28, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Shiprock, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning in federal court in Albuquerque to a second degree murder charge. Joe entered the guilty plea pursuant to a plea agreement which the parties agree that Joe should be sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Esperanza Delarosa, 52, and her daughter Susan Mateo, 28, were both sentenced to prison terms for conspiring to distribute heroin, fentanyl, and oxycodone. Today, U.S. District Judge Christina Reiss sentenced Delarosa...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) sent a letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to request a briefing on efforts to improve the integrity of the application and assignment process of the National Provider Identifier (NPI).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: BILILNGS - A former Billings massage parlor operator who admitted bringing a woman from Nevada to his business to provide commercial sexual activity was sentenced today to two years in prison and five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, Ga. - A Georgia man who was illegally operating an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) to drop contraband into Autry State Prison was sentenced to 48 months in prison this afternoon for his crime, said Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. Eric Lee Brown...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Detroit man was sentenced to prison for federal drug crimes, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Edward King, 30, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute a quantity of oxycodone and possession with intent to distribute oxycodone.
