News from January 2013
By Interior Newswire | Jan 14, 2013
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park wildlife staff recently received numerous reports of unusual winter bat activity. Normally, bats should be hibernating during the winter, but bats have been described as flying erratically during the day and diving down toward people. Park biologists do not know the exact cause of this unusual bat activity, but urge all visitors to exercise caution as bats are known to carry diseases such as rabies. Skin to skin contact should be avoided.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 14, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation has taken aggressive steps to address deficiencies identified by a recent U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspection at Hoover Dam. Reclamation has worked cooperatively with OSHA during and following its inspection and is fully...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 14, 2013
News Release: The Federal Subsistence Board is accepting proposals through March 29, 2013 to change Federal regulations for the subsistence harvest of wildlife on Federal public lands for the 2014-2016 regulatory years (July 1, 2014-June 30, 2016).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2013
News Release: Las Vegas, Nev. - Las Vegas lawyer Gerry Zobrist pleaded guilty today to federal felony conspiracy and fraud charges for his involvement in a mortgage fraud scheme that caused federally insured financial institutions to suffer losses of more than $30 million, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada.
By State Newswire | Jan 14, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will testify before the Committee on Wednesday, January 23 to answer questions about the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi, Libya. In the attack, terrorists killed Ambassador Chris Stevens, Sean Smith, Tyrone Woods, and Glen Doherty.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2013
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. today sentenced Dale Munroe II (35, Winter Haven) to 12 months and one day in federal prison for his role in stealing the information of Florida Hospital patients. As part of his sentence, Munroe was also ordered to serve a two-year term of supervised release. Munroe pleaded guilty on Oct. 22, 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2013
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By US DOT Newswire | Jan 14, 2013
News Release: U.S. Senator David Vitter (R-La.) is again urging Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner for answers to his department's involvement in developing a carbon tax. Treasury avoided a Freedom of Information Act request for the emails, as well as Vitter's initial inquiry from nearly two months ago.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2013
News Release: Acknowledges Receiving $55,000 in Bribes. LAFAYETTE, La.: United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Barna D. Haynes, 58, of Lafayette, La., the former office administrator and secretary to the District Attorney for the 15th Judicial District, pled guilty to a one count Bill of Information...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 14, 2013
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 120,000 metric tons of soybeans to China during the 2012/2013 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2013
News Release: Macon J. Dew, 64, of Mr. Juliet, Tennessee, was sentenced on Jan. 11, 2013, by Chief U.S. District Judge William J. Haynes, Jr., to serve 12 months and 1 day in federal prison, and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $205,535.00 to the IRS for his role in the preparation of false tax returns, announced Jerry E. Martin, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. Dew was also prohibited from preparing or filing any future tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2013
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On Friday, Jan. 11, 2013, brothers Rocky Houston, 52, and Leon Houston, 54, both of Ten Mile, Tenn., were arrested on federal firearms charges. Agents and officers from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Roane County Sheriff's Office, and other local...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 14, 2013
News Release: Sean Denniston, Chief of Resources Management and Interpretation at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, began duties Monday as Oregon Caves National Monument's acting superintendent while Superintendent Vicki Snitzler is away on a detail as acting superintendent at Crater Lake National Park.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 14, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) today announced that the oversight subcommittee would spearhead the committee’s examination of a range of programs and issues within its jurisdiction, ...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 14, 2013
News Release: Contact: Matt Dennis 202-225-6506. Congresswoman Nita Lowey, Ranking Democrat on the Appropriations Committee, today delivered the following statement at the Rules Committee regarding consideration of emergency disaster relief: Mr. Chairman, I am grateful for the opportunity to testify here on behalf...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotic laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 14, 2013
News Release: WOODBRIDGE, VA-On Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, Reps. Gerry Connolly and Elijah E. Cummings, top Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, will host a forum to examine the challenges voters faced in the 2012 election and to discuss needed election reforms. This fact-gathering panel...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 14, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) today announced that the oversight subcommittee would spearhead the committee’s examination of a range of programs and issues within its jurisdiction, ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 14, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) today announced that the oversight subcommittee would spearhead the committee’s examination of a range of programs and issues within its jurisdiction, ...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 14, 2013
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