News from October 2019
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: Dear Acting Chief of Staff Mulvaney, Acting Secretary McAleenan, and Secretaries Mnuchin and Pompeo...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON-The Department of Justice announced today that it has awarded over $273.4 million in grants to improve public safety, serve victims of crime, combat violence against women and support youth programs in American Indian and Alaska Native communities.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement on reports that Deputy Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette will be nominated to be Energy Secretary...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - Latrice Calvin, 48, of Collierville, Tennessee was sentenced to 75 months in federal prison in connection with a scheme to defraud mortgage lending institutions and individuals of more than $1.5 million dollars. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Wesley A. Ebbert, of New Martinsville, West Virginia, has admitted to selling drugs near a playground, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: Today, the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) announced awards of nearly $7 million to support the research, development, and demonstration of next-generation tools and technologies to enhance the cybersecurity of energy delivery systems. Three projects were selected for their merit and potential to enhance the reliability and resilience of the nation’s energy infrastructure.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to fentanyl trafficking and using the Social Security number of a U.S. citizen to obtain a driver’s license.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Joshua R. Sipe, of Moundsville, West Virginia, has admitted to distributing cocaine, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Representative Lois Frankel (FL-21), Homeland Security Chairman Bennie Thompson (MS-2), and Representative Steve Cohen (TN-9) introduced the Trump’s Heist Undermines the G-7 (THUG) Act, following the announcement that President Trump's Miami resort will be the site of the next Group of Seven (G-7) summit. A companion bill is being introduced in the Senate by Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: WORLAND, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management Wyoming has issued the Record of Decision for the Alkali Creek Reservoir Project located near Hyattville, Wyoming. The Record of Decision (ROD) includes the BLM’s decision on the project and an Adaptive Management and Monitoring Plan developed in partnership with the State of Wyoming and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: GREAT FALLS-A Box Elder man who admitted strangling a woman to death on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation was sentenced this week to 21 years and four months in prison followed by five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: BOISE - U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis joins the Department of Justice in announcing it has awarded over $273.4 million in grants to improve public safety, serve victims of crime, combat violence against women and support youth programs in American Indian and Alaska Native communities.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) issued the following statement after the release of an instant message chain between two Boeing employees...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL), Oversight and Investigations Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) issued the following statement today in response to the release of the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) report on the Department of Energy’s (DOE) framework for making risk-informed cleanup decisions...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: Fish had been refused entry due to spoilage, then was relabeled and imported into Western Washington.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: Every two years, leaders from tribal and state governments, federal agencies, private industry, utilities, and academia have an unparalleled opportunity to exchange ideas at the National Tribal Energy Summit (NTES) sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy in cooperation with the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL).
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), and Chair of the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Dina Titus (D-NV), announced the Subcommittee will hold a hearing titled, “An Assessment of Federal Recovery Efforts from Recent Disasters."
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: In the Western United States, meeting water demands with available water supplies is becoming increasingly complex. Knowing where, when, and how much precipitation in a particular valley, mountain, lake, or river will become available for use to the people living there promotes efficiency as water managers will be able to more effectively prepare and meet the various water users’ needs and obligations.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An Arlington man was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for his role in the trafficking of firearms to his native country of Honduras.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - After a federal jury trial, Wendy Thomas, 39, has been convicted for robbery of mail, money or other property of the United States and use of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the guilty verdict today.
