News from June 2013
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 7, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing schedule for the week of June 10, 2013. Beginning on Wednesday, the Subcommittee on Health will continue its Medicaid reform efforts, and the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology will continue its examination...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 7, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton issued the following statement in honor and recognition of his friend, Michigan colleague, and former Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John D. Dingell, who today became the longest-serving Member of Congress in the history of the United States.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 7, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing its bipartisan review of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), the House Energy and Commerce Committee today released the fourth in a series of white papers examining a number of issues emerging with the current system. Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman (D-CA) are leading this effort to review the law and its implementation and are soliciting input from interested stakeholders.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Mario Soto, 37, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted of illegal sale of a United States social security card, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to 12 months’ probation. In addition, Angel Pagan, 50, of Rochester...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2013
News Release: Hammond, Indiana - The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 7, 2013
News Release: National Park ServiceNews Release. - June 7, 2013. Contacts Name:ERIC CAMPBELL (540) 868-9176. Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park Announces Special "History at Sunset" Programs. Middletown, VA ----- Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park is pleased to announce a series...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 7, 2013
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management is scheduled to conclude a 130-day comment period on June 24 for the Grand Junction Field Office draft Resource Management Plan.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a St. Francis, South Dakota woman convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter was sentenced on June 3, 2013 by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on June 6, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon, STEVEN PATRICK GARCIA, JR., a 36-year-old resident of San Jose, California, appeared for sentencing. GARCIA was sentenced to a term of.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2013
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Deundrea R. Miller, 27, appeared in federal court yesterday, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffrey L. Cureton, and pleaded guilty to a superseding information charging conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of a minor. Co-defendant Brittanie S. Brattain, 22, pleaded guilty on May 1...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2013
News Release: DENVER - David Joseph Rezendes, aka Joseph David Rezendes, aka Joe Rezendes, age 27, was sentenced Tuesday by U.S. District Court Judge R. Brooke Jackson to serve 18 months in federal prison for intentionally damaging a protected computer and for possession of unauthorized access devices (credit card...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 6, 2013
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Acting Commissioner Thomas Winkowski today participated in a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Global Entry enrollment center and gallery ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 6, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, June 6, 2013 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture Acting Deputy Secretary Michael Scuse and Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Administrator Anne Alonzo will ring the bell Friday, opening the USDA Farmers Market for its 18th season on the Washington Mall.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 6, 2013
News Release: --AUDIO AVAILABLE-- WASHINGTON, June 6, 2013 – Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack hosted a media conference call to discuss Obama administration efforts to bring broadband service and economic opportunity to schools and communities in rural America. Secretary Vilsack's call followed President Obama's ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2013
News Release: The Justice Department announced that it has reached an agreement with the Linda County Water District, a special district in California, that, if approved by the court, will allow for the district to bail out from its status as a “covered jurisdiction” under the special provisions of the Voting Rights ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2013
News Release: Under a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today, Miami-Dade County in Florida has agreed to invest in major upgrades to its wastewater treatment plants and wastewater collection and transmission systems in order to eliminate sanitary sewer overflows. The state of Florida and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) are co-plaintiffs with the United States in this action.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2013
News Release: Lansing-area resident Dr. Paul Kelly was sentenced to 18 months in prison today for his role in a $13.8 million Medicare fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2013
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that a number of related entities and individuals agreed to pay $2,883,947 to resolve allegations that they falsely claimed disadvantaged business status on a number of federally-funded transportation projects. These entities are Dayton-based TesTech, Inc. and its ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2013
News Release: A former employee at the Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany (MCLB-Albany) and two local businessmen were sentenced today for their roles in a bribery scheme related to the award of contracts for machine products that resulted in approximately $907,000 in fraudulent overcharges to the U.S. Marines, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Michael J. Moore of the Middle District of Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2013
News Release: Steven Patrick Garcia, Jr., 36, of San Jose, Calif., was sentenced today in federal court in Billings, Mont., to 24 months in prison to be followed by one year of supervised release for selling and offering to sell migratory bird parts in violation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) and the Lacey ...
