News from February 2013
By DOE Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing to discuss the current flu season, its impact on Americans and the nation’s preparedness and response efforts. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Thomas Frieden, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - One resident of Turtle Creek, Pa., has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of escape from federal custody, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: NatureBridge, the largest residential environmental education partner of the National Park Service, opened registration for the Summer Field Research Course at its Yosemite campus. This two-week immersive backcountry expedition will give participants the opportunity to conduct rigorous field science investigations in one of the most iconic national parks in the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Yesterday afternoon, a federal judge in Las Cruces, N.M., sentenced Derek Marcus Garcia, 35, of Deming, N.M., to ten years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for his methamphetamine trafficking conviction.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON-Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement today in support of President Obama’s re-nominations of Richard Griffin and Sharon Block to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB):
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Ohio. Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013. CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. COLUMBUS - Cameron Green, 36, of Pickerington, Ohio was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court on Monday, February 4, 2013, TERRY ALSTON, 46, of Harnett County, North Carolina, was sentenced by Senior United States District Judge W. Earl Britt to 114 months imprisonment for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today overwhelmingly approved the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act, H.R. 267, bipartisan legislation authored by Energy and Commerce Committee members Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Diana DeGette (D-CO). H.R. 267 will help facilitate the development...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today delivered the following remarks during a Senate Finance Committee hearing considering the nomination of Jacob Lew to serve as Treasury Secretary...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Liddon Young, 32, of Atlanta, Georgia, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to deal in firearms without a license, dealing in firearms without a license, transporting a firearm in interstate commerce...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: (Munising, MICH.) The National Park Service has released a summary of comments received during public scoping for the personal watercraft use environmental assessment underway Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. It is available at.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: On Feb. 13, 2013, a Williamson County resident was sentenced in United States District Court in Benton on a one-count indictment charging Possession of a Listed Chemical Knowing it was Going to be Used to Manufacture a Controlled Substance, announced Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Vice Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) today responded to President Obama’s executive order on cybersecurity and reiterated their support for legislation to improve information sharing to mitigate and respond to cyber...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: Former Central Falls Mayor Charles Moreau Admitted To Receiving Gratuities From Businessman And Political Supporter Michael Bouthillette In Return For Providing.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: Defendants Charged With Providing Security for Undercover Cocaine Transactions.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) released the following statement tonight in reaction to the President’s State of the Union address.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that today a Grand Jury in Scranton has returned an indictment charging Lackawanna County Attorney Danielle Ross Pietralczyk, age 37, of Jermyn, Pennsylvania with two counts of tax evasion and two counts of filing a false federal income tax return.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, announce that Salita St. Simon, 30, of Belle Glade, was arrested today on a charge of identity theft, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1028(a)(7). If convicted, St. Simon faces up to five years imprisonment and three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: A Florida resident pleaded guilty today to causing a presidential campaign committee to make a false statement to the Federal Election Commission (FEC), announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department?s Criminal Division and Robert O. Davis, Acting U.S. Attorney for the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that, as part of its Barrier-Free Health Care Initiative , it has reached a settlement with Woodlawn Family Dentistry, of Alexandria, Va., under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This is the third settlement addressing HIV discrimination by a medical provider reached by the Justice Department in three weeks.
