News from September 2019
By DOE Newswire | Sep 23, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced the selection of the National Alliance for Water Innovation (NAWI) to lead a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Energy-Water Desalination Hub (Hub) that will address water security issues in the United States.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 23, 2019
News Release: Washington - As part of its commitment to ensuring fair and competitive markets for the livestock, meat and poultry industries, on Sept. 9, 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reached a consent decision against Keith Jensen, doing business as Keith Jensen Livestock (Keith Jensen Livestock) of South Dakota, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 23, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, 15 Senators raised serious concerns about the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) proposed rule to eliminate categorical eligibility, which would take food assistance away from millions of families currently participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 23, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $986 million in airport infrastructure grants, the fifth allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Cordario Artez Crowder, of Baltimore, Maryland, was sentenced today to 60 months incarceration for a firearms charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 23, 2019
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) released the following statement today after a ruling by the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should have more closely considered the potential impact its 2017 media ownership rules would have on minority ownership...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 23, 2019
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) released the following statement today after a ruling by the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should have more closely considered the potential impact its 2017 media ownership rules would have on minority ownership...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 23, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $986 million in airport infrastructure grants, the fifth allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.
By State Newswire | Sep 23, 2019
News Release: New York, N.Y. - U.S. Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today joined President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore for a signing ceremony to extend a 1990 defense cooperation memorandum of understanding (MOU) that underpins strong and enduring U.S.-Singapore defense and security cooperation. The ceremony took place on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 23, 2019
Release: Technological advances are streamlining industries across the globe. To make use of these innovations for program participants, the U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced the award of an $8.5 million cooperative agreement with Tufts University to test and evaluate the use of telehealth innovations...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Michael T. Mann, age 49, of Saratoga County, New York, appeared in federal court today on a criminal complaint charging him with committing a $70 million bank fraud.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 23, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today issued a Record of Decision (ROD) to enable the demolition of remaining structures at the Energy Technology Engineering Center (ETEC) site, located in Ventura County, CA. This action comes just weeks after Secretary Rick Perry was the first Secretary of Energy to visit the former nuclear research site.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 23, 2019
News Release: Artist In Residence, Jim Schlett, will be at Bighorn Canyon from September 30 to October 14. Join Mr. Schlett at the Lovell Visitor Center from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, October 12. He will share photos and stories about his past Artist In Residence programs in seven different national parks including Whiskeytown, Catoctin Mountain, Manassas, Gettysburg, Homestead, Herbert Hoover Site and Montezuma Castle.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 23, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced the second installment of members of his Secretary of Energy Advisory Board (SEAB), as well as the details of the second meeting occurring on Oct. 2, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2019
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina - United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that last week, the U.S. Attorney’s Office supported a Charleston Area Senior Citizens Elder Abuse Awareness event in Charleston. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Rob Sneed and Matt Austin gave a presentation to senior citizens using “Fraud Bingo" as a platform to provide tips on avoiding scams.
By State Newswire | Sep 23, 2019
News Release: New York, N.Y. - U.S. Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today met with Josep Borrell, foreign minister of Spain and nominee to be the European Union's high representative for foreign affairs and security policy. Risch and Borrell discussed the strong relationship between the U.S. and Spain and the continued need for the two allies to work together to maintain our mutual system and values as they come under threat from China.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2019
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Eric Tracy, 30, of Bangor, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr., to four years in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute heroin and cocaine base, commonly known as “crack." He pled guilty on July 19, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2019
News Release: ROCKFORD -A Rockford, Ill., woman was sentenced today in federal court before U.S. District Judge Philip G. Reinhard to 34 months in federal prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, for selling and disposing of a firearm to a person she knew was a felon. JASMINE C. TURNER, 26, pleaded ...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 23, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $986 million in airport infrastructure grants, the fifth allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - First Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Shyniquah Lightner, 27, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to twenty years’ incarceration and fifteen years’ supervised release by United States District Judge C. Darnell Jones II for her role in a scheme to sex traffic minor children.
