News from April 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2013
News Release: Defendant And Another Principal Also Charged With Obstruction Of Justice.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing on “Securing our Nation’s Prescription Drug Supply Chain" and discussed bipartisan draft legislation to secure the pharmaceutical supply chain. The draft legislation would enhance the security of the pharmaceutical...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2013
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - On Saturday, May 18, 2013, Grand Canyon National Park will host its 6th annual Celebrate Wildlife Day. This event provides opportunities for visitors to learn about the work of wildlife biologists and about the unique wildlife that inhabits Arizona and the Grand Canyon area.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Irvin Johnson, 27, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 82 years of incarceration for killing two men and wounding another, and shooting at a fourth man, in a pair of shootings in 2011, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2013
News Release: (Tampa) - U.S. Attorney Robert E. O’Neill announced that his office, in conjunction with the observance of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, April 21-27, hosted a variety of events throughout the district in observation of NCVR Week. A panel discussion on Stolen Identity Refund Fraud (SIRF) for victim...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a 33-year-old Nicholson resident pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani to producing and attempting to produce child pornography.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 25, 2013 - Today, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held an oversight hearing on the U.S. - Mexico Transboundary Hydrocarbon Agreement to examine steps needed for its implementation and a legislative hearing on H.R. 1613, the “Outer Continental...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2013
News Release: DENVER - This morning 350 agents and officers of the Metro Gang Task Force and other agencies arrested people who have been charged by indictment for drug trafficking crimes. Thirty-three people were arrested throughout the Front Range today. Five of those indicted are already in custody on unrelated...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2013
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Kenneth Jerome Blackmon Jr., a resident of Montgomery, Ala., was sentenced today to 51 months in federal prison, announced George L. Beck, Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2013
News Release: DENVER - After collecting an average of 400,000 pounds of expired, unwanted prescription medications at each of its previous five events in the past three years, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and its national, tribal, and community partners will hold a sixth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day across the country on Saturday, April 27. The service is free and anonymous, no questions asked.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Michael A. Smith, age 30 of Omaha, was convicted today by a federal jury for aiming a laser pointer at an aircraft. Smith was arrested after having been identified as the person using a laser pointer to strike Abel 1, the Omaha Police Department’s...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 24, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, delivered the following opening statement today at a committee hearing examining the opportunities and challenges of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 24, 2013
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today delivered remarks at the American Hotel & Lodging Association Legislative Action Summit, highlighting the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) priorities, including the need to reform and modernize our nation’s immigration laws, and efforts to facilitate legitimate travel and trade.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 24, 2013
News Release: Download the MOU WASHINGTON, April 24, 2013 – Agriculture Secretary Vilsack today renewed a historic agreement with U.S. dairy producers to accelerate the adoption of innovative waste-to-energy projects and energy efficiency improvements on U.S. dairy farms, both of which help producers diversify revenues and reduce utility expenses on their operations.. The pact extends a Memorandum of Understanding signed in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2009.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2013
News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder today announced a revised version of the National Protocol for Sexual Assault Medical Forensic Examinations (SAFE Protocol, 2d.) The SAFE Protocol is a voluntary best practices guide to conducting sexual assault medical forensic examinations protocols. These suggested practices will promote high-quality, sensitive, and supportive exams for all victims of rape and sexual assault.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2013
News Release: An employee of Detroit medical service companies that fabricated patient visit notes and other documents as part of a $24 million home health care fraud scheme pleaded guilty today for her role in the conspiracy, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2013
News Release: Kenneth Jerome Blackmon Jr., a resident of Montgomery, Ala., was sentenced today to 51 months in prison, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced.
By Fed Newswire | Apr 24, 2013
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced that the redesigned $100 note will begin circulating on October 8, 2013. This note, which incorporates new security features such as a blue, 3-D security ribbon, will be easier for the public to authenticate but more difficult for counterfeiters to replicate. ...
By Commerce News Now | Apr 24, 2013
News Release: U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank today announced the 20 companies that will join her on an infrastructure business development trade mission to Sao Paulo, Brazil; Bogota, Colombia; and Panama City, Panama from May 12-18, 2013. The governments of these countries have each outlined ambitious ...
By Labor Gazette | Apr 24, 2013
News Release: ARLINGTON, Va. – The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration today released a summary of U.S. mining deaths that occurred during the first quarter of calendar year 2013.
