News from February 2013
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 14, 2013 - The House Natural Resources Committee today held a Full Committee hearing entitled, The Past, Present and Future of the Federal Helium Program, which focused on, the “Responsible Helium Administration and Stewardship Act," bipartisan legislation that applies free-market principals to prevent a global helium shortage and provide American taxpayers with a fair return for the resources.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: Park Plans to Burn 386 Acres Near Tiprell, Tennessee.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - At a Senate Finance Committee hearing today, Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) called on states and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to keep up their progress building health insurance marketplaces. Senator Baucus helped create the marketplaces as part of the Affordable...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: California Rep. Garamendi Fills Last Committee Vacancy.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON- House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., offered the following statement on the United States Government Accountability Office 2013 High-Risk List...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: James Cobler Sentenced To 120 Years In Federal Prison.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: An Environmental Assessment (EA) evaluating draft alternatives for plowing the Denali Park Road beyond park headquarters during the winter is now available for public comment. The National Park Service (NPS) is considering plowing the road as far as the Mountain Vista Rest Area (Mile 12) in order to...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A former employee of the Internal Revenue Service has pleaded guilty to theft of public funds, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Morris County, N.J., man was sentenced today to 41months in prison for possessing child pornography on two laptop computers at his residence, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
Release: For 80 years, Rogue Creamery has been passionate about the art of cheese making. This small company located in Oregon’s scenic Rogue River Valley produces a variety of handcrafted artisan cheeses using milk from its dairies. Its blue cheeses are considered “ambassadors" for the American Artisan and Farmstead...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Douglas Dean Hollingsworth (aka Doug Hollingsworth) pleaded guilty in federal court in San Francisco yesterday to wire fraud and money laundering, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: Two men and two women have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: H.R. 273 is scheduled for House floor consideration Friday
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: A Poland, Ohio, man was charged in federal court with one count of violating the Clean Water Act, said Steven M. Dettelbach, the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: Boston - A Winthrop man was convicted today in federal court of mail and wire fraud in connection with a 10 year scheme that centered on investments in “life settlements," by which he defrauded more than 20 victims of at least $4.5 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: MANHATTAN - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division Office of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) announced today that Jonathan Feliz, the former leader of the Manhattan branch of the “Trinitarios," ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jaime Jesus Sanchez-Ramos, 23, a Mexican national, was sentenced this afternoon to 46 months in prison for his bank robbery conviction. Sanchez-Ramos will be deported to Mexico after he completes his prison sentence. He also was ordered to pay restitution to the four banks he robbed between Jan. 2012 and April 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: South Bend, IN-The United States Attorney's Office announced that a Grand Jury sitting in South Bend, Indiana, returned the following Indictments on Feb. 13, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine was sentenced Feb. 14, 2013, to more than 24 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday today sentenced Jermaine Lee Lippett to 5 years and five months in federal prison for conspiracy, theft of government funds, and aggravated identity theft. Lippett was also ordered to forfeit $96,805.12 and to pay restitution to the Internal Revenue Service in the amount of $96,553.12. Lippett pleaded guilty on Nov. 2, 2012.
