News from February 2020
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on news the Department of Homeland Security has suspended enrollment for New Yorkers in Global Entry and other Trusted Traveler programs. According to Administration officials, more states may be next.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: Saint Louis, MO -Justin McGee, 38, of Saint Louis, Missouri, pleaded guilty to his role in 12 robberies. He appeared today before U.S. District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig who accepted his plea and set his sentencing for May 13, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: Wanted: Poster Contest Participants, Seventh Through Twelfth Graders.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa. has been sentenced in federal court in Johnstown to 57 months in prison and three years’ supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake today sentenced former Baltimore Police Detective Carmine Vignola, age 35, of Thurmont, Maryland, to 18 months in federal prison, followed by two years of supervised release, for making false statements to the grand jury, in connection with the planting of evidence at a crime scene.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: Dear Secretary Pompeo: Thank you for the briefing that the Department of State (Department) provided regarding the administrative review of the handling of classified information on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private email server.[1] The report by the Diplomatic Security Office of Information...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is authorized by the FY2020 Congressional appropriations to initiate an advanced reactor demonstration program. DOE has issued a Request for Information/Notice of Intent (RFI/NOI) on the government-wide point of entry (beta.SAM.gov) as part of its market research for...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago man has been found guilty of illegally structuring nearly $350,000 in cash deposits in an effort to evade federal reporting requirements.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - DeShawn Torrell Salley (49, Tampa) today pleaded guilty to distributing at least 50 grams of methamphetamine, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. He faces a mandatory minimum term of 15 years, and up to life, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: Saint Louis, MO -Justin McGee, 38, of Saint Louis, Missouri, pleaded guilty to his role in 12 robberies. He appeared today before U.S. District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig who accepted his plea and set his sentencing for May 13, 2020.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) react to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) C-band auction plan.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A senior correctional office and a lieutenant at FMC Devens were arrested today and charged with injuring an inmate and then obstructing the investigation.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee legislative hearing entitled, “Clearing the Air: Legislation to Promote Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage:"
By DOE Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today after the House passed H. Res. 826, Expressing Disapproval of the Trump Administration’s Harmful Actions Towards Medicaid, by a vote of 223-190...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today after the House passed H. Res. 826, Expressing Disapproval of the Trump Administration’s Harmful Actions Towards Medicaid, by a vote of 223-190...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky.- Larry Dale Foley, 48, of Berea, Kentucky, was indicted on Thursday in federal court for receipt, distribution, and possession of child pornography.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) during today’s hearing titled “Assessing the Transportation Needs of Tribes, Federal Land Management Agencies, and U.S. Territories."
By State Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: Dear Mr. Sciacchitano: We write to express our concern regarding the continued exclusion of Taiwan from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), particularly in light of the coronavirus outbreak. We are also deeply troubled by ICAO’s decision to block social media accounts of those criticizing...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Tuesday, February 4, Cheryl Ingstad was sworn in by Under Secretary for Science Paul Dabbar as the Director of the Artificial Intelligence & Technology Office (AITO). AITO was created on September 5, 2019, to serve as the central body responsible for the development, coordination ...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement praising President Donald J. Trump after signing into law the Temporary Reauthorization and Study of the Emergency Scheduling of Fentanyl Analogues Act, an extension to ban fentanyl analogues.
