News published on Federal Newswire in January 2013

News from January 2013


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a three page proposed rule on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Senate Foreign Relations Committee Approves Nomination of John Kerry for Secretary of State

News Release: Washington, DC - At a business meeting led by Senator Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) this morning, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved by voice vote the nomination of Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) to the post of Secretary of State.


Camp Statement on December Jobs Report

News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) released the following statement in reaction to the December jobs report from the U.S. Department of Labor. A net total of 155,000 jobs were created, and the unemployment rate for December rose to 7.8 percent from the 7.7 percent rate previously reported for November.


News Release: WASHINGTON- Three Congressional leaders sent a letter yesterday evening to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, seeking documents related to the incomplete Department of State Accountability Review Board (ARB) report on the failures that led to the fatal attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya that resulted in the death of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.


Leesville Accountant Pleads Guilty to Failure to Report Taxes - More than $190,000 Taken in Bonuses

News Release: LAFAYETTE, La: United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Larry Wayne Bruce, 60, of Leesville, pleaded guilty Tuesday before U.S. District Judge Richard T. Haik to two counts of failure to pay taxes.


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Mark James Denny Pleads Guilty In U.S. Federal Court

News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on Jan. 29, 2013, before Chief U.S. District Judge Richard F. Cebull, MARK JAMES DENNY, a 33-year-old resident of Hardin, pled guilty to theft from an organization receiving federal funding. Sentencing has been set for May 1, 2013. He is currently released on special conditions.


News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, José A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CID), Miami Field Office, and Paula Reid, Special Agent in Charge, United States Secret Service (USSS), Miami Field...


Attempted Illegal AK-47 Purchaser Sentenced To 5 Years

News Release: Jacksonville, FL- U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard yesterday sentenced Antwan Cameron (29, Jacksonville) to 5 years in federal prison for making a false statement to a federally licensed firearms dealer. A federal jury found Cameron guilty on Oct. 17, 2012.


Nine Residents Of Kingsport And Gate City Plead Guilty To Drug Distribution Conspiracy

News Release: ABINGDON, VIRGINIA -- United States Attorney Timothy J. Heaphy announced today that nine residents of Virginia and Tennessee entered pleas of guilty yesterday in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Abingdon to charges involving drug distribution. These charges resulted...


News Release: Albany, New York - NATHAN BROWN, age 33, of Fulton County, New York, was sentenced today by Chief United States District Court Judge Gary L. Sharpe, in Albany to 720 months of imprisonment and a lifetime period of supervised release for producing and possessing child pornography still images and videos...


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Christopher Daves, 26, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced to 46 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for his possession of child pornography conviction. Daves also will be required to register as a sex offender after he completes his prison sentence. The sentence was announced by U.S. Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales and Acting Special Agent in Charge Dennis A. Ulrich, II, with El Paso Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).


Tax Preparer Sentenced To More Than Five Years For Identity Theft And Tax Fraud

News Release: BOSTON - A Milford woman, and former tax preparer, was sentenced today to 61 months in prison for filing hundreds of false income tax returns for her clients and identity theft.


Ex-Augusta Tax Preparer Sentenced To 41 Months In Prison For Preparing False Tax Returns

News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: PAULA M. PENDLETON, 54, formerly of Augusta, Georgia, was sentenced last week by United States District Court Dudley H. Bowen, Jr. to 41 months in prison for conspiring to obtain names, dates of birth, and social security numbers of other individuals to be used in false income tax returns, to prepare and file false income tax returns, and then attempt to conceal such acts.


News Release: CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. DAYTON - A federal grand jury has charged Charles E. Suttles, 55, of Dayton with Fairfield with one count of possession of child pornography for allegedly viewing sexually explicit images of minor children while he was a patient at the Veterans Affairs Medical...


Illinois Man Sentenced To Two Years For Role In Credit Union Collapse

News Release: An Illinois man who played a role in one of the largest credit union collapses in American history was sentenced to two years in prison, United States Attorney Steven M. Dettelbach said.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, which oversees U.S. border and port security, immigration and customs, among other relevant issues, released the following statement reacting to the announcement of an immigration bill...