News from February 2013
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 6, 2013
News Release: A recent news story from Purdue University describes how Indiana state transportation officials are making concrete use of concrete research to extend the service life of bridge decks in the state and to lower repair and maintenance costs. The Indiana engineers are using new "internally cured" high-performance concrete, a technology championed by researchers from Purdue and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2013
News Release: PHOENIX - On Feb. 4, 2013, Robert Francis Dayaye, Jr. (a.k.a. “Fat Rob"), 33, of Whiteriver, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judges Neil V. Wake and G. Murray Snow to a combined term of imprisonment of 15 years. Dayaye pleaded guilty on Oct. 5, 2102, to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and attempted carjacking in two separate cases.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 6, 2013
News Release: The Election Assistance Commission (EAC) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are sponsoring a symposium to explore emerging trends in voting system technology, Feb. 26-28, 2013, in Gaithersburg, Md.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 6, 2013
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced that it will offer 151 parcels totaling 88,578 acres for oil and gas development at its Feb. 14, 2013, lease sale. In response to extensive public comments, the agency will defer all 20 parcels totaling 20,555 acres in the North Fork Valley from the sale.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 6, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Communications and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), yesterday held a joint hearing with the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade and the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A Charlestown man who helped gamblers at Suffolk Downs in East Boston avoid paying taxes on winnings was convicted today.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 6, 2013
News Release: With the mPING app, anyone can send a weather observation on the go. The user simply opens the app, selects the type of precipitation that is falling at his or her location, and presses submit. The user’s location and the time of the observation are automatically included in the report.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2013
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - GLENN ALLEN KIRKHAM, 34, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for making a threat to commit violence in Casper, Wyoming, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 6, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to the United States Postal Service’s announcement today that it intends to end Saturday mail delivery in August...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 6, 2013
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced that it will offer 151 parcels totaling 88,578 acres for oil and gas development at its Feb. 14, 2013, lease sale. In response to extensive public comments, the agency will defer all 20 parcels totaling 20,555 acres in the North Fork Valley from the sale.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 5, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) released the following statement today on the 20th anniversary of the enactment of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), a law that provides Americans with 12 weeks of job-protected leave to recover from a serious illness or care for a new child or seriously...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on February 4, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon, ROBERT KIRK BELTON, a 49-year-old resident of Poplar, pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Sentencing has been set for May 20, 2013. He is currently detained.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2013
News Release: St. Louis, MO - KELVIN MILLER, St. Louis, MO, pled guilty to four felony counts of possession with the intent to distribute heroin in March 2012. He was scheduled for trial on the remaining two counts of the original indictment. On the first day of trial, Jan. 23, 2013, he pled guilty to two felony counts of being a previously convicted felon in possession of firearms, before United States District Judge Rodney W. Sippel.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS -- In the District of Minnesota, court action continued yesterday in two separate cases regarding foreign nationals who entered the United States illegally after being deported as criminals. In each case, the individual pleaded guilty to one count of illegal re-entry after removal.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-A federal indictment filed yesterday charges a 32-year-old felon from the northern Minnesota community of Crosby with possessing a.40-caliber, semi-automatic pistol along with approximately 30 grams of methamphetamine and crack cocaine. Zachari Allen Kozar was specifically charged with one...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 5, 2013
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 EL PASO, Texas—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today traveled to Clint and El Paso, Texas to inspect border security operations at the Southwest border, meet with state and local stakeholders, and discuss the Department’s on-going ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2013
News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder announced today that the Department of Justice has filed a civil lawsuit against the credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services alleging that S&P engaged in a scheme to defraud investors in structured financial products known as Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Northern California real estate investor has agreed to plead guilty for his role in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern California, the Department of Justice announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2013
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has sued two Miami tax return preparers, seeking to bar them from preparing federal tax returns for others. The civil injunction suit alleges that Marlen Monzon, her son Yanko Rodriguez, and their Miami business, Tri Stars Multiservices Corporation, claim bogus deductions and credits on customers’ federal tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2013
News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder announced today the appointment of U.S. Attorney for the District of North Dakota Timothy Q. Purdon as chair of the Native American Issues Subcommittee (NAIS) of the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee of U.S. Attorneys (AGAC). Attorney General Holder also appointed U.S. ...
