News from April 2013
By Commerce News Now | Apr 25, 2013
The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on April 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 25, 2013
The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on April 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 25, 2013
The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on April 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 25, 2013
The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on April 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 25, 2013
The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on April 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2013
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - A 53-year-old McKinney, Texas photographer has been arrested on child exploitation charges in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - Spring resident Steve Correa-Franco, 33, has been ordered to prison for nearly 20 years following his convictions of enticement of a child and possession of child pornography, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. He pleaded guilty to the charges Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2013
News Release: David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Kimberly K. Mertz, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the FBI, announced that AMANDA C. BOWDEN, 19, of East Haven, waived her right to indictment and pleaded guilty today before United States Magistrate Judge William I. Garfinkel in Bridgeport to threatening to carry out a violent attack at Gateway Community College in New Haven.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2013
News Release: Suit Against Architect-Defendants Proceeds; Developer-Defendants Agree To Simultaneous Settlement.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2013
News Release: DONALD RICHARDSON, 35, a resident of Houma, was indicted by a federal Grand Jury today on two counts of distribution of crack cocaine, announced U. S. Attorney Dana J. Boente.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2013
News Release: Opening dates for seasonally operated facilities and roads in Grand Teton National Park and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway are as follows.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 25, 2013
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is holding the second of four planned workshops to develop a voluntary framework to reduce cybersecurity risks for critical infrastructure from May 29-31, 2013, at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pa. The hands-on workshop is open to cybersecurity industry experts in all sectors-such as energy, finance, transportation and communications-as well as government and academic stakeholders.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Verle Janis a/k/a Verl Janis, age 31, of McLaughlin, South Dakota appeared before U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann on April 23, 2013 and pled guilty to a Superseding Information that charged him with Assaulting, Resisting and Impeding a Federal Officer. The maximum penalty upon conviction is 8 years' imprisonment, a $250,000 fine or both, and a period of supervised release of 3 years.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 25, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, bipartisan coalitions in the Senate and House introduced the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) to prohibit job discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The Senate bill is sponsored by Senators Tom Harkin (D-IA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Susan Collins (R-ME) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI). In the House, Congressman Jared Polis (D-CO) and Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) have introduced a companion bill.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today delivered the following opening statement at a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on drought and the effect on energy and water management.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2013
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Michael "Mickey" Pena, 46, of Kingsville, has been ordered to prison following his conviction of conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute in excess of 100 kilograms of marijuana, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. A federal jury convicted Pena on Feb. 4, 2013, after less than one day of trial and only 30 minutes of deliberation.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2013
News Release: Paul E. Reynolds, 36, of Ridgeway, Illinois, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Benton to a term of 120 months in prison for growing over 100 marijuana plants and conspiring with others to do so, announced Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 25, 2013
News Release: The topic before us is an important one. The federal government - through the tax code - has been involved in promoting homeownership for over a century.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 25, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, announced the introduction of H.R. 1706, The Mortgage Settlement Monitoring Act of 2013, to create an Independent Monitor to oversee the distribution of funds paid by mortgage servicers for illegal foreclosures and other abuses against homeowners under their settlement agreement with federal regulators.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, José A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CID), Miami Field Office, and Paula Reid, Special Agent in Charge, United States Secret Service (USSS), Miami Field...
