News from February 2020
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 13, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) and Rep. A. Donald McEachin (D-VA), a member of the Subcommittee, announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold a...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2020
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Bryan G. Vonderahe, 45, of Kirkwood, Missouri, was sentenced to 48 months in federal prison, and ordered to pay approximately 3.8 Million Dollars in restitution to his former employer following his conviction for wire fraud. Vonderahe appeared in federal court today before U.S. District Judge Ronnie L. White.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2020
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Katina Sabatino, of Morgantown, West Virginia, was sentenced today to two years probation for her role in a drug distribution operation, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement upon the announcement of President Donald Trump’s intent to nominate and appoint Mark Menezes to be the Deputy Secretary of Energy and Douglas Benevento to be Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 13, 2020
News Release: LAKEWOOD, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will offer 12 parcels, totaling approximately 3,902 acres in Jackson, Lincoln, Moffat, Rio Blanco and Weld counties at its June 2020 quarterly oil and gas lease sale. The public comment period on associated environmental documents ends March 16, 2020.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 13, 2020
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 the afternoon of Wednesday, Feb. 26, with Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar on President Trump’s budget request for HHS and its agencies for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 as well as the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that EMILIO RODRIGUEZ, also known as “Millz," 26, of New London, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 37 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a southeastern Connecticut drug trafficking ring.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 13, 2020
Release: Today, President Donald J. Trump announced his intention to nominate Under Secretary of Energy Mark W. Menezes to serve as Deputy Secretary of Energy. Mr. Menezes, currently Under Secretary of Energy, would replace Dan Brouillette who is now U.S. Secretary of Energy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2020
News Release: Federal Sentence to be Served Consecutive to 10-Year State Sentence for Criminal Possession of a Weapon and Criminally Negligent Homicide.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 13, 2020
News Release: RIDGECREST, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Ridgecrest Field Office, is seeking public comments on the Camino Solar Project located in the Antelope Valley, west of Rosamond in Kern County.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Fred Arena, 41, of Salem, New Jersey, was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment and two years’ supervised release by United States District Court Judge John R. Padova for making false statements to government agents.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement after the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a new report finding major concerns with the Census Bureau’s preparations for the 2020 Census.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Jeremiah Montel, age 40, of Fort Wayne, Indiana was sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Holly A. Brady upon his guilty plea to the sexual exploitation of minors, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ga. - A convicted felon with an extensive criminal history in both Alabama and Georgia was sentenced to 360 months in prison after being found guilty for criminal gun and drug charges, announced Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Three Columbus men pleaded guilty today as part of a gang-related racketeering conspiracy. Each of the men accepted responsibility for their roles in three separate murders.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order on Strengthening National Resilience through Responsible Use of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Services. Importantly, the order seeks to strengthen national resilience by identifying and promoting the responsible use of positioning, navigation, and timing services by the Federal Government and critical infrastructure owners and operators.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: The Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice will present Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg with the John Sherman Award for his lifetime contributions to the development of antitrust law and the preservation of economic liberty. Judge Ginsburg will deliver remarks and receive the award during a ceremony ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: The United States filed a civil injunction suit seeking to bar Wesley Adam Kroll from owning or operating a tax return preparation business and preparing tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. The complaint also seeks an order that Kroll disgorge ill-gotten return preparation fees that he obtained through his alleged misconduct.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: Today the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Utah announced a settlement agreement with Utah State University (“USU” or the “University”) to ensure the University responds adequately to sexual harassment, including sexual assault, of students in its education programs and activities.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia today joined Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump at a roundtable event commemorating the one-year anniversary of the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity (W-GDP) Initiative.
