News from February 2013
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: With a budget cut by 8.2% since fiscal year 2010 piggy-backed by sequester, GAO is hard pressed to do any more with less.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury today indicted a Northwest Alabama man for arson in connection with a December fire at a Marshall Durbin office building in Haleyville, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Jeffrey L. Fulton.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: President John F. Kennedy once said, “The solid ground of mutual confidence is the necessary partnership of government with all of the sectors of our society in the steady quest for economic progress.".
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - In advance of today’s Senate Finance Committee vote on the nomination of Jacob Lew to serve as Treasury Secretary, Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), delivered the following remarks outlining his support for the nominee...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin today announced that a Detroit man was indicted by a federal grand jury sitting in Huntington for being a felon in possession of firearms. According to a two-count indictment, Thomas Ray III, 43, of Detroit, allegedly possessed a loaded firearm...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON-A new poll conducted by the National Institute for Retirement Security (NIRS) shows strong support for reforming the retirement system-a top priority of Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA). Among other findings, the NIRS poll showed that 85% of respondents are concerned about their ability to have a secure retirement, and 87% said that the recent economic downturn exposed the fragility of our retirement system.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: RUTLAND Vt. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Tristram J. Coffin, United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that yesterday, Kevin Dodge, 45, of Island Pond, was sentenced to 33 months imprisonment for conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, a Schedule II controlled substance.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: Devils Tower, Wyoming - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 395,203 visitors in 2011 spent nearly $14.8 million in Devils Tower National Monument and in communities near the park. That spending supported 220 jobs in northeast Wyoming.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A Tyler, Texas man and woman have pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: A new National Park Service (NPS) report for 2011 shows that the 361,862 visitors to Big Bend National Parkspent $16,703,000in communities surrounding the park. This spending supported 234jobs in the local area.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Michael Wilkerson, 47, of Pottstown, PA, and Denise Haines, 43, of Birdsboro, PA, were convicted today of engaging in a scheme to defraud JP Morgan Chase’s predecessor, Chase Manhattan Bank, by fraudulently obtaining home loans valued at more than $6 million for properties located in Schwenksville and Glenmoore, Montgomery County, PA.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: Washington - At a Senate Finance Committee hearing today looking at ways to improve the nation’s economy, Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) called for Congress to increase its focus on creating jobs, simplifying the U.S. tax code, and crafting a balanced deficit reduction package. Senator Baucus warned that...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on Feb. 26, 2013, before U.S. Magistrate Judge R. Keith Strong, the following individuals were arraigned.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: Glen Jean, WV - A new National Park Service (NPS) report for 2011 shows that the 1,226,000 visitors to New River Gorge National River, Bluestone National Scenic River, and Gauley River National Recreation Areaspent $53,000,000in communities surrounding the park.This spending supported 717jobs in the local area.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: A former owner of mental health facilities in Florida and North Carolina was sentenced yesterday to serve 168 months in prison for his leadership role in a health care fraud scheme involving defunct health provider Health Care Solutions Network Inc. (HCSN), announced U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer of...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Brett Joseph Barnes, 27, of Burleson, Texas, appeared in federal court on Friday and pleaded guilty to one count of bank robbery, admitting he robbed the Bank of America on South Crowley Road, in Crowley, Texas, in September 2009, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas. Barnes faces a statutory maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine. Sentencing is set for June 7, 2013, before Judge McBryde.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 37-year-old Brawley, CA, man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: Memphis, TN - Joseph G. Caronna, 48, of Cordova, TN, pleaded guilty today to four counts related to defrauding clients of his investment and insurance business, announced U.S. Attorney Edward L. Stanton III.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: A new National Park Service (NPS) report for 2011 shows that the 108,812 visitors to Andersonville National Historic Site spent $4,032,000 in communities surrounding the park. This spending supported 61 jobs in the local area.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: A new National Park Service report shows that 1.85 million visitors in 2011 spent almost 98 million dollars in Glacier National Park and in communities near the park. That spending supported 1,386 jobs in the local area.
