News from July 2013
By Interior Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: What: Bumble Bee Identification & Survey Workshop and a public talk entitled “Bumble Bee Declines in North America: Placing Local Events into the Big Picture".
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: DENVER - Michael James Turnock, age 69, of Denver, Colorado, was sentenced late yesterday by U.S. District Court Judge Christine M. Arguello to serve 77 months in federal prison for mail fraud and one count of money laundering as part of a Ponzi Scheme, the United States Attorney’s Office, IRS - Criminal...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - Two technologies advanced by the Office of Fossil Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) in collaboration with strategic partners have been recognized by R&D Magazine as among the 100 most technologically significant products introduced into the commercial marketplace within the past year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - Tax attorney and Certified Public Accountant (CPA) William R. Zweifel has been sentenced for his convictions on two counts of willfully aiding and assisting in the preparation and presentation of U.S. Individual Income Tax Returns that were false or fraudulent, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today along with Special Agent in Charge Lucy Cruz of Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI). Zweifel pleaded guilty March 8, 2013.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The decision to delay enforcement of the employer mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) has created a host of new questions and concerns that need to be addressed, according to a letter sent today to President Obama from House Republican leaders.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - On the heels of last week’s abrupt announcements by the Obama administration to delay full implementation of the health law’s employer mandate by one year and scale back verification of exchange applicants’ information, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA - Gerald Roberson, 46, of Nahunta, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States Chief District Judge Lisa Godbey Wood to 262 months in prison for his roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy and an insurance fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, woman convicted of Assault by Striking, Beating and Wounding and Simple Assault was sentenced on July 8, 2013, by U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - David J. Rainsberger, 33, formerly a law enforcement officer with the State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service, was sentenced today to 366 days in prison, followed by 1 year of supervised release, for receiving unlawful gratuities while stationed at the U.S. embassy in Kingston...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ) today engaged in a colloquy on the House floor in support of language included the FY 2014 Energy and Water Appropriations bill to provide the Nuclear Regulatory Commission with the funds needed to complete its review of the Yucca Mountain license application.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Gonzalo Esquivel, aka Gunner, 34, and Efren Steve Jiminez, aka Grande, 33, both of Los Banos; Kenneth Hernandez, aka Kenny, 30, of Dos Palos; Gustavo Moreno, aka Gus Gus, 33, and David Torres, 33, both of Madera pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine before...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: A former employee of the Cuyahoga Heights School District was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for the theft of more than $3.4 million from the district, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Expanding its investigation into the implementation of Obamacare, House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders and members of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee today wrote to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on the administration’s recent decision...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: Lee Bentley became the Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida following the departure of U.S. Attorney Robert E. O’Neill on July 8, 2013. Previously, Mr. Bentley served as the First Assistant to U.S. Attorney O’Neill. Mr. Bentley has been an Assistant United States Attorney...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today held a hearing to discuss H.R. 1900, the Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act. The bipartisan legislation, authored by Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS), is a commonsense solution to expedite and modernize the federal review process for natural gas pipeline permits.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Timothy M. Stone, 34, of Rochester, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiracy to commit burglary of a railcar, burglary of a railcar, and theft of an interstate shipment following a jury trial, was sentenced to 12 months and ordered to pay $3,069.28 in restitution by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today wrote to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Bob Perciasepe requesting information about the methodology used by the agency to estimate the cost impacts of its rulemakings. Setting a July 24, 2013, deadline to respond, members are concerned EPA’s economic analyses neglect economy-wide impacts and lack full consideration of a proposed rule’s effect on jobs.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The decision to delay enforcement of the employer mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) has created a host of new questions and concerns that need to be addressed, according to a letter sent today to President Obama from House Republican leaders.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - On July 8, 2013, Joshua Samuel Jenkins, 33, of Mohave Valley, Ariz. and a member of the Fort Mojave Indian Tribe, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell to 63 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and forfeiture of a firearm and ammunition. Jenkins pled...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: Just days after President Obama outlined his expanded attack in the war on coal, FirstEnergy has announced that it will shut down two of its coal-fired power plants in Pennsylvania, citing compliance costs with current and future environmental regulations. The Hatfield’s Ferry and Mitchell plants represent...
