News from June 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2013
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Columbus man was sentenced to five years and ten months in federal prison for distribution of 28 grams or more of crack cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. Tyree Antonio Spraggins, 25, previously pleaded guilty to crack cocaine distribution in March. The sentence was handed down by Chief United States District Judge Robert C. Chambers.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - Members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today responded to a declaration regarding the investigation into the IRS’ targeting of Tea Party and conservative groups made by Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-MD) on CNN’s State of the Union with Candy Crowley. Ranking Member Cummings stated, “based upon everything I’ve seen, the case is solved and if it were me, I’d wrap this case up and move on, to be frank with you."
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Lindsey Joe Brown, II, 40, of Farmington, N.M., was sentenced this morning to 17 years in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for his methamphetamine trafficking and firearms conviction. Brown’s sentence was announced by U.S. Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales, District...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A citizen of Mexico has been sentenced in federal court to two months including time served on his conviction of re-entry into the United States after deportation, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2013
News Release: Seneca Falls, NY - Women's Rights National Historical Park will offer a special program and kick-off event "1964 Civil Rights Act Revisited" with park ranger Jamie Wolfe and volunteer Harlene Gilbert on June 22 at 11:00 AM in the Wesleyan Chapel.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2013
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) has announced that its Climbing and Canyoneering Management Plan for Arches National Park is available for public review and comment.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 10, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement today on the 50th anniversary of the enactment of the Equal Pay Act.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2013
News Release: National Park ServiceNews Release. - June 10, 2013. Merrith Baughman 402-223-3514. Life and Times of Laura Ingalls Wilder. During Homestead Days, learn all about one of the most beloved pioneer girls: Laura Ingalls Wilder. Laura was the daughter of homesteaders who wrote a timeless book series about her...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The president of Parsippany, N.J.-based Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services LLC (BLS), three BLS employees and three associates admitted today to a conspiracy in which millions of dollars in bribes were paid to physicians over a number of years in exchange for blood sample referrals worth more than $100 million to the company, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 10, 2013
News Release: U.S. Senator Thad Cochran, R-Miss. Statement for Senate Passage of the Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013 (S.954). June 10, 2013. Madam President, I am pleased to join the distinguished Senator from Michigan in urging approval of this bill by the Senate. It has been a pleasure working with ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2013
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By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that John J. Barden, III, 55, of Snyder, N.Y., who was convicted of failing to pay employment taxes, was sentenced to time-served with three months of home detention and two years of supervised release by Chief U.S. District Court Judge William M. Skretny. Barden was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $75,568.74 to the Internal Revenue Service.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2013
News Release: WARTBURG, Tennessee: The Obed Wild and Scenic River will be hosting a guided hike on Friday, June 21, to celebrate National Bring Your Dog to Work Day.Rangers and their dogs will be hiking the Point Trail.This 3.8-mile, round-trip hike includes several scenic overlooks and traverses a narrow ridge separating...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Vision 20-20 Inc., a Nebraska Corporation located in Falls City, Nebraska was sentenced in federal court in Omaha. Vision 20-20 entered a plea of guilty to an offense involving the illegal abatement and disposal of asbestos. The Honorable F.A. Gossett...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 10, 2013
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, reminded Gina McCarthy, nominee to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), of his request for five specific transparency commitments. Since the beginning of her nomination process, Vitter and EPW Republicans have made the same five requests, some of which include releasing documents.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2013
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - The schedule for summer ranger-led activities in Glacier National Park through June 30 has been released. The activities include a variety of hikes, talks, boat tours, demonstrations, and evening programs. Hour-long to day-long hikes led by rangers are offered in many areas of the...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 10, 2013
News Release: Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act Will Save Taxpayers More Than $24 Billion, Strengthen Economy
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Oglala, South Dakota woman convicted of Possession of a Stolen Firearm was sentenced on June 7, 2013 by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced today that it is extending the public comment period on its proposed revised rule to regulate hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas on public and Indian trust lands. Notice of the 60-day extension, which extends the comment period deadline to Aug. 23, 2013, will be published in the Federal Register on Monday, June 10.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Michael A. Brown, a former member of the Council of the District of Columbia, pled guilty today to a charge of bribery for a scheme in which he accepted a total of $55,000 in a series of meetings, spanning eight months, with undercover FBI agents posing as officials of a company that purportedly wanted to win government contracting opportunities.
