News from December 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2013
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Richard S. Hartunian, United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, announced that JOHN GIBSON, III, age 38, of Oswego, N.Y. was sentenced today before the Honorable Glenn T. Suddaby in the United States District Court in Syracuse, New York.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2013
News Release: Gary M. Pollock, management assistant at Grand Teton National Park and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway, received the Department of the Interior's Meritorious Service Award during a recent management team assembly with retiring Superintendent Mary Gibson Scott at park headquarters in Moose...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2013
News Release: A Kent, Ohio, woman is accused of underreporting her taxable income by more than $240,000, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 3, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today announced plans for the committee to examine and update the Communications Act. Upton and Walden made the announcement via Google Hangout, where...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2013
News Release: Jackson, TN - Angel Hernandez, 33, of Bells, TN, was convicted last night by a federal jury on one count of possession with intent to distribute 351 grams of ice methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Edward L. Stanton III.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), today held a hearing on “The FTC at 100: Where Do We Go From Here?" Today’s hearing kicked off a series examining the work of the Federal Trade Commission as the agency approaches its 100th anniversary...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2013
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today that it has selected a consortium led by Northwestern University to establish a new NIST-sponsored center of excellence for advanced materials research. The new Center for Hierarchical Materials Design (CHiMaD) will be funded in part by a $25 million award from NIST over five years.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2013
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Salina man has been sentenced to 180 months in federal prison for receiving and distributing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2013
News Release: Stuart Collins Will Serve 20 Months In Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2013
News Release: Defendant Will Pay Over $1.4 Million in Restitution for Conspiring to File False Claims.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2013
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Two family members charged in a multi-family member conspiracy to defraud social service agencies have pleaded guilty to Social Security fraud. Jason Boutros, 49, of Portland, admitted in federal court yesterday that he concealed a family member’s travel outside the United States while...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 3, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), today held a hearing on “The FTC at 100: Where Do We Go From Here?" Today’s hearing kicked off a series examining the work of the Federal Trade Commission as the agency approaches its 100th anniversary...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2013
News Release: GUNNISON, Colo. - On Saturday, Nov. 30, local police and firefighters responded to a fire and break-in at the Bureau of Land Management’s Gunnison Field Office. An investigation is ongoing after local law enforcement authorities discovered missing and damaged equipment at the scene.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2013
News Release: Three employees in the Information Technology Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) were chosen as among top "forward-thinking people working in government IT," according to FierceGovernmentIT, the publication that annually recognizes a group it calls the "Fierce 15."
By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2013
News Release: Dolores, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Tres Rios Field Office plans to begin burning slash piles for three hazardous fuels reduction projects as early as Thursday, December 5th, or as conditions allow. The purpose of all three slash pile burns is to reduce hazardous fuels in the wildland urban interface (WUI) as a follow-up to previous mechanical fuels reduction activities.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2013
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment charging Jory Rhodes, age 26, and Brandon Haley, age 28, both of Conneaut, Ohio, with theft of firearms from a Federal Firearms Licensee and possession of a stolen firearm, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh resident has been sentenced in federal court to 120 months imprisonment followed by eight years supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2013
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is accepting applications for summer seasonal firefighting and dispatching positions for the 2014 fire season. Applications must be submitted no later than Jan. 14, 2014 using the Office of Personnel Management's USAJobs website at.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2013
News Release: The Justice Department filed a lawsuit late yesterday against the owners, builders and designers of a 54-unit condominium complex in Hartville, Ohio, for violations of the Fair Housing Act (FHA). The lawsuit alleges that the defendants violated the law when they designed and constructed the complex with barriers that make it inaccessible to persons with disabilities.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today announced plans for the committee to examine and update the Communications Act. Upton and Walden made the announcement via Google Hangout, where...
