News from July 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2013
News Release: On July 24, 2013, Antoine T. Thomas, a thirty-seven year old East St. Louis, Illinois, man pled guilty in federal district court, in East St. Louis, to unlawful possession of a firearm by an unlawful user of a controlled substance, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 25, 2013
News Release: A collection of fungi maintained by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) played a crucial role in helping scientists identify the specific fungus causing an anthracnose disease discovered in a southern turf grass, and another fungus destroying trees of edible fruits in Honduras.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 25, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Principal Deputy Commissioner Daniel Werfel regarding the lack of production of documents related to their May 14, 2013 request of all documents related to the targeting of organizations by the IRS.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today approved H.R. 2218, the Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act, with strong bipartisan support by a vote of 265 to 155. Sponsored by Rep. David McKinley (R-WV), the legislation will improve environmental protections and protect jobs by creating a state-based program that sets enforceable federal standards for coal ash.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, announced that four individuals were charged with being in the United States illegally, in separate cases.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 25, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - In a letter sent today, Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Tim Johnson (D-SD), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, and Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2013
News Release: ZUHAIR HAMED, age 51, and JIHAD HATEM HAMAD, age 27, both residents of Gretna, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today to one count of Conspiracy to Bribe an Agent of Local Government in Connection with a Program Receiving Federal Funds in a one-count Superseding Bill of Information, announced U. S. Attorney...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2013
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MT. - All 28 miles of the Inside North Fork Road between Fish Creek Campground and Polebridge is anticipated to open this weekend. Glacier National Park road crews are currently completing temporary repairs, including utilization of existing gravel to fill holes in the road due to annual spring runoff flooding. The section of the road between Polebridge and Logging Creek opened in May of this year to vehicle travel.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2013
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Gregory K. Davis, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, Gabriel Grchan, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation, Allen Bryant, Resident Agent in Charge, U.S. Secret Service, and Keith Morris, Inspector in Charge, U. S. Postal Inspection Service, announced recent indictments against seven individuals for stolen identity refund fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jerrileta Singer, 32, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Shiprock, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning to committing a robbery in Indian Country under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - A bipartisan coalition of senators on the U.S. Senate committee overseeing health policy today urged Senate action on their legislation to help prevent another compounding crisis like the 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak that has led to 61 deaths and 749 illnesses, as well as protect the nation’s drug supply chain for the nearly 4 billion prescriptions filled annually by establishing a uniform, national prescription drug-tracing framework.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today advanced two legislative proposals to improve transparency, efficiency, and accountability at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The FCC Process Reform Act, sponsored by Chairman Walden...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 25, 2013
News Release: U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works' Republican staff have released a report entitled, "Critical Thinking on Climate Change: Questions to Consider Before Taking Regulatory Action and Implementing Economic Policies." The report was initially released in conjunction with last week's full EPW Committee Hearing, "Climate Change: It's Happening Now" on July 18, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Ta-Sunka-Hinz Thunder Hawk, age 18, of Blackfoot, South Dakota, appeared before U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange on July 23, 2013, and pled guilty to a Superseding Information that charged him with Simple Assault.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2013
News Release: Charges Also Brought In Connection With Computer Hacks Of U.S. Financial Institutions That Resulted In The Theft Of Millions Of Dollars From Over 800,000 Victim Bank Accounts.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2013
News Release: Eight students from McCreary County High School were selected to work on a Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) project in the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. This year's project consisted of hands-on trail maintenance activities within the Big South Fork area of Kentucky.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 25, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) wrote to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Principal Deputy Commissioner Daniel Werfel regarding the status of IRS employees who resigned or were placed on...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2013
News Release: Employees’ Pensions & Life Insurance Policies Looted.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today advanced two legislative proposals to improve transparency, efficiency, and accountability at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The FCC Process Reform Act, sponsored by Chairman Walden...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today approved H.R. 2218, the Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act, with strong bipartisan support by a vote of 265 to 155. Sponsored by Rep. David McKinley (R-WV), the legislation will improve environmental protections and protect jobs by creating a state-based program that sets enforceable federal standards for coal ash.
