News from February 2013
By Commerce News Now | Feb 28, 2013
The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on Feb. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 28, 2013
The US Labor Department published a one page rule on Feb. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Feb 28, 2013
The US Justice Department published a two page rule on Feb. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Dana J. Boente announced the filing of fourteen Bills of Information and one Indictment bringing felony charges against 15 individuals for filing fraudulent applications for relief relating to an April 20, 2010 explosion and fire which occurred on the Deepwater Horizon, an oil...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Floyd and Susan Martin, of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, d/b/a Chestnut Grove Kennel, entered guilty pleas today before U.S. District Court Judge John E. Jones, III, in Harrisburg.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC - Superintendent Patrick M. Kenney announced that the Prospectus for the ferry service that will operate under contract from National Park Service (NPS) ferry gateways in the Town of Beaufort and from the Harkers Island area was released on Feb. 28, 2013.The Prospectus outlines...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on Feb. 28, 2013, before Chief U.S. District Judge Richard F. Cebull, DORAN LESLIE HEWITT, II, a 32-year-old resident of Hardin, appeared for sentencing. HEWITT was sentenced to a term of.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging William Smith, age 20, of Erie, Pennsylvania, with one count of passing counterfeit currency, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: A former Michigan resident was found guilty by a federal jury today in Miami of child sex tourism charges, announced U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Wifredo A. Ferrer, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, and Special Agent in Charge Alysa D. Erichs of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Miami Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 28, 2013 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement on the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: Hurricane Sandy Recovery Update. "Many people use Gateway for numerous outdoor activities, from fishing and kayaking to bird watching. Our staff has worked diligently to get the park ready for the summer season and to ensure areas are safe before re-opening after Hurricane Sandy," said Superintendent...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 28, 2013 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) today followed up on his previous request to Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu for detailed documents and communications related to the issuance of Chu’s March 16, 2012, Memorandum (Memorandum)...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: Today, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, and Representatives Gwen Moore (D-WI), John Conyers (D-MI), applauded the passage of the Senate version of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) following the failure of the partisan and discriminatory proposal put forth this week by House Republicans. With ...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are giving guidance to farmers on using a tool designed to maximize the advantages of planting cover crops. The technology, known as a "roller/crimper," can reduce and sometimes eliminate the need for herbicides.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La: United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a federal grand jury indicted private investigator Robert Williamson, 64, of Lafayette on one count of conspiracy, six counts of bribery for operating a pay-for-plea scheme that garnered favorable treatment for defendants...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: Scheme Resulted in More Than $2 Million in Losses to Lenders.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: In Corpus Christi, a federal jury convicted 51-year-old Austin attorney Marc Garrett Rosenthal of federal charges related to a bribery scheme in South Texas announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Armando Fernandez, San Antonio Division, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Javier Pena, Houston Field Division, and Brownsville Police Chief Carlos Garcia.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: Today, former Chairmen of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. (R-Wis.) and Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) responded to oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court in the case Shelby County v. Holder. The bipartisan group of members filed a brief as amici curiae on February ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: DOMINIQUE ADAMS, age 22, a resident of Metairie, Louisiana, pled guilty today before U. S. District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo to violations of the Controlled Substance Law, the National Firearms Act and for escape from a federal officer, announced U. S. Attorney Dana Boente.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Chief U.S. District Judge Anne C. Conway sentenced Rodney A. Lick (42, Orlando) today to 20 years in federal prison for distributing and possessing child pornography. The court also ordered Lick to serve a life term of supervised release and to register as a sex offender. Lick was also ordered to forfeit his interest in the computers that he used to commit the offenses. He pleaded guilty on June 13, 2012.
