News from July 2011
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 15, 2011
News Release: Ed. Note: This post is part of the Spotlight on Commerce series, which highlights members of the Department of Commerce who are contributing to the president's vision of winning the future through their work.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2011
News Release: HARTFORD, CT. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DONALD PARKER, 47, of Van Block Avenue, Hartford, was sentenced today by United States District Judge...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 15, 2011
News Release: Petrified Forest, AZ-What are you doing this summer? Come to Petrified Forest National Park for a variety of activities, from self-guided tours to adventures with rangers. This August and early September, programs will include.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 15, 2011
News Release: The Eielson Visitor Center, located on Mile 66 on the Denali Park Road, will reopen at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 16. The building had been closed for maintenance since Wednesday, July 13 after a malfunction of the sewage system was discovered on Tuesday, July 12.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2011
News Release: ANCHORAGE, AK- - Mark Thomas, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration, Seattle Field Division, announced that eight people were indicted on June 21, 2011 by a federal grand jury in Anchorage for conspiracy to distribute oxycodone.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 15, 2011
News Release: Work to improve Chinook salmon and steelhead trout habitat within Clear Creek below Whiskeytown Dam will soon begin at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area. Gravel suitable for spawning fish is being placed in or along Clear Creek at several locations between Whiskeytown Dam and the National Environmental Education Development (NEED) Camp. This gravel replaces the material that would have naturally moved downstream prior to the completion of Whiskeytown Dam in 1963.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 15, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power today continued its examination of pipeline safety with a legislative hearing on the discussion draft of the “Pipeline Infrastructure and Community Protection Act of 2011."
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 15, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Representatives Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Ranking Member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) introduced the “Stop Gun Trafficking and Strengthen Law Enforcement Act." The legislation establishes a dedicated firearms trafficking statute to empower law enforcement to keep high-powered firearms out of the hands of dangerous criminals, including Mexican drug cartels.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 15, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power today continued its examination of pipeline safety with a legislative hearing on the discussion draft of the “Pipeline Infrastructure and Community Protection Act of 2011."
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2011
News Release: EL PASO, TX -- - Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit of DEA’s El Paso Division, and United States Attorney John E. Murphy announced that in El Paso this afternoon, Senior US District Judge David Briones sentenced 23-year-old Cesar Obregon-Reyes, a Mexican citizen residing in Tornillo, Texas, to...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 15, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power today continued its examination of pipeline safety with a legislative hearing on the discussion draft of the “Pipeline Infrastructure and Community Protection Act of 2011."
By Interior Newswire | Jul 15, 2011
News Release: Registration is open for the Ninth Death Valley Conference on History and Prehistory, November 4-6, 2011 in Beatty, Nevada.This year’s topics include the legendary Lost Gunsight Mine, the experience of the Civilian Conservation Corps workers in Death Valley, a post-mortem of the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad, prostitution at Ash Meadows, and exciting research on the original ‘49er reunions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2011
News Release: NEW HAVEN, CT. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Javon Moorning, also known as “Lil Red," 32, of New Haven, was sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge Ellen Bree Burns in New Haven to 100 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing crack cocaine.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 15, 2011
News Release: The President recently tried to scare our nation’s seniors by saying that he could not guarantee that there will be enough cash at the Department of Treasury on August 3 to pay Social Security benefits if an agreement is not reached to cut the nation’s debt. But an analysis by Senate Finance Committee Staff finds Treasury has the funds and authority to ensure seniors’ benefits aren’t sacrificed.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2011
News Release: Today, Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) said that the Democratic Staff of the House Judiciary Committee will review allegations that News Corporation (“News Corp.") has engaged in serious and systemic invasions of privacy. News Corp. is a United States media corporation with international operations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2011
News Release: FRESNO, CA -- - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that eight people were indicted yesterday for conspiring to cultivate marijuana in Kern County...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn. - a leader in the drive to enact comprehensive cybersecurity legislation to protect the nation’s most critical infrastructure - called for bipartisan leadership to address the threat to the nation’s cyber networks. As prepared for delivery, the Senator’s speech to the Advanced Persistent Threats Summit presented by RSA, The Security Division of EMC, and TechAmerica, follows...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Emerson Winfield Begolly, 22, of New Bethlehem, Pa., was indicted by a federal grand jury in Alexandria, Va., today for allegedly soliciting Islamic extremists to engage in acts of terrorism within the United States and posting bomb-making instruction materials online.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal court has permanently barred Howard Musin, his wife Jill Schwartz-Musin and their three companies from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. The three businesses named in the court’s civil injunction order are SSC Services Inc., M-S Services Inc. and Schwartz’s Systems Corporation. Trial evidence showed that the Musins reside in Clive, Iowa.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Miami-area resident and owner of a fraudulent physical therapy company in Lakeland, Fla., pleaded guilty today for his role in a scheme to defraud Medicare, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS) announced. Jorge Zamora, 48, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Pizzo in Tampa, Fla., to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud.
