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News Release: WASHINGTON - Todd D. Mitnick, 36, a former background investigator who did work under contract for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), pled guilty today to a charge stemming from his falsification of work on background investigations of federal employees and contractors, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. and Patrick E. McFarland, Inspector General for the Office of Personnel Management.

News Release: The Justice Department, Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), along with 49 state attorneys general and the District of Columbia’s attorney general have reached a $968 million agreement with SunTrust Mortgage Inc. (SunTrust) to address mortgage origination, servicing, and foreclosure abuses.

News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Patrick A. Miles, Jr., announced today that James Francis Ortman, 58, of Maple Rapids, Michigan, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 24 months’ imprisonment for submitting false claims to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). As part of...

News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that MICHAEL LOGAN, a former manager of TestQuest, Inc. (“TestQuest") - an educational services company that provided tutoring services to students attending underperforming public schools in New York City...

News Release: WASHINGTON - Brian T. Rapier, 34, a former background investigator who did work under contract for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), pled guilty today to a charge stemming from his falsification of work on background investigations of federal employees and contractors, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. and Patrick E. McFarland, Inspector General for the Office of Personnel Management.

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that three websites that sold illegal and potentially dangerous controlled substances and analogues were seized by federal law enforcement officers. The United States Attorney’s Office obtained seizure warrants from U.S. Magistrate Judge Hugh B. Scott which were then executed by Special Agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations (ICE HSI).

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., February 5, 2014 - Today, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held an oversight hearing on “Energy in America: BLM’s Red-Tape Run Around and its Impact on American Energy Production." The hearing examined the adverse impacts of the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) practices and motivations surrounding energy production on federal lands.

News Release: Maple Rapids Resident James Ortman Admits to Fraud in Conjunction with Federal Grants for Buildings he Formerly Owned in St. Johns, Michigan.

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) convened the hearing, “Examining Conference and Travel Spending Across the Federal Governments." For more information on the hearing or.

News Release: WASHINGTON - Lindsay Branson III, 58, a former background investigator for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), was sentenced today to six months of incarceration on a charge stemming from his falsification of work on background investigations of federal employees and contractors, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. and Patrick E. McFarland, Inspector General for the Office of Personnel Management.

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 29, 2013 - Today, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation held an oversight hearing entitled “Threats, Intimidation and Bullying by Federal Land Managing Agencies." The hearing examined the ongoing and abusive conduct by federal land management agencies taken against private property rights.

News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Montana/Dakotas announces the new date for the close of the comment period for several planning documents throughout the three states.

News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the new date for the close of the protest period for the Trest Rios Resource Management Plan.

News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the new date for the close of the comment period for the Northwest Colorado Greater Sage-Grouse Environmental Impact Statement and Resource Management Plan Amendment.

News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the new date for the close of the protest period for the Trest Rios Resource Management Plan.

News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Nevada announces new dates for the close of the public comment or protest periods for four environmental impact statements:.

News Release: As a result of the Federal government shutdown, essentially all services provided by the Bureau of Land Management will be suspended, with the exception of law enforcement and emergency response functions. Approximately 4,000 recreation facilities, including visitor centers, facilities, campgrounds...

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 10, 2013 - Today, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held an oversight hearing entitled “EPA vs. American Mining Jobs: The Obama Administration’s Regulatory Assault on the Economy." This hearing examined the onerous federal regulations and...

News Release: Today, Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement concerning the shutdown of the federal government, including the federal Judiciary...

News Release: WASHINGTON - Ramon S. Davila, 59, a former background investigator under contract with the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), was sentenced today to four years of probation, during which time he must serve 60 days in community detention and perform 200 hours of community service, on a charge stemming from his falsification of work on background investigations of federal employees and contractors.

News Release: WASHINGTON - Lindsay Branson III, 58, a former background investigator for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), pled guilty today to a charge stemming from his falsification of work on background investigations of federal employees and contractors, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. and Patrick E. McFarland, Inspector General for the Office of Personnel Management.

News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - A federal grand jury has indicted 14 defendants on various fraud charges, including theft of government benefit funds and passport fraud.

News Release: WASHINGTON - Ramon S. Davila, 59, a former background investigator under contract with the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), pled guilty today to a charge stemming from his falsification of work on background investigations of federal employees and contractors, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. and Patrick E. McFarland, Inspector General for the Office of Personnel Management.

News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that MICHAEL LOGAN, a former manager of TESTQUEST, INC. (“TESTQUEST"), an educational services company that provided tutoring services to public school children as part of a federally funded program, pled...

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., May 8, 2013 - Today, the House Natural Resources Committee held an oversight hearing entitled “DOI Fracturing Rule: A Recipe for Government Waste, Duplication, and Delay." This hearing focused on the potential impact that the Obama Administration’s proposed hydraulic fracturing regulations on federal lands would have on job creation, economic growth, and energy development in America.