News from June 2013
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 4, 2013
News Release: At our first Hearing, and every day since, each of us on a bipartisan basis have condemned the actions within the IRS exempt organization division and condemned the actions by the IRS leadership who failed to accurately and adequately inform Congress after they had all of the facts of what had occurred between 2010 and 2012.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 4, 2013
News Release: Dive into history this summer with a Biscayne National Park Maritime Heritage Trail guided snorkel adventure! Tours depart every other Saturday morning and afternoon (June 15, June 29, July 13, and July 27). Morning tours depart at 9 a.m. for the Mandalay shipwreck, last four hours, and cost $55 per person. Afternoon tours depart at 1:30 p.m. for the 19th Century Wooden Sailing Vessel shipwreck, last three hours, and cost $45 per person.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Lower Brule, South Dakota man has been indicted by a federal grand jury.
By State Newswire | Jun 4, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement condemning the verdicts rendered by Egypt against international and Egyptian non-governmental organizations (NGOs)...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2013
News Release: Perpetrator of Investment Scheme Also Ordered to Pay More Than $28.6 Million.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 4, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., June 4, 2013 - Today, the House Natural Resources Committee held an oversight hearingentitled “Defining Species Conservation Success: Tribal, State, and Local Stewardship Vs. Federal Courtroom Battles and Sue-and-Settle Practices." At the hearing, Members and witnesses compared the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2013
News Release: CHICAGO - Two attorneys are among four defendants who have been indicted in two separate mortgage fraud cases, federal law enforcement officials announced today. In one case, an attorney, a real estate investor, and a loan originator were charged with allegedly participating in a scheme to fraudulently...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 4, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Interior Department announced today that the nation’s first offshore wind lease sale will occur on July 31 for two parcels off the shores of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), the top Democrat on the Natural Resources Committee with jurisdiction over offshore energy development, praised the move to advance wind energy off New England's coastline.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 4, 2013
News Release: The Chairman of the U.S. House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials, U.S. Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA), will hold a roundtable discussion in Springfield next Tuesday focusing on the impacts of freight and passenger rail transportation in Illinois. U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL), a member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, will join Chairman Denham for Tuesday’s meeting.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Indiana County resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of theft of government money, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2013
News Release: PHOENIX - On June 3, 2013, Jerome Lee Buckinghorse, 30, of Pinon, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snowto 110 months imprisonment. Buckinghorse pleaded guilty on March 19, 2013, to one count of assault resulting in serious bodily injury and one count of use of a firearm during a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2013
News Release: BOISE - U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced that Robert T. Guerrero, Jr., 36, and Jason Daniel Guerrero, 34, both of Meridian, Idaho, were sentenced today to federal prison terms as part of Operation Not For Human Consumption, which targeted illegal sales of drug paraphernalia and “spice" at 13 Treasure...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 4, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement regarding the Committee’s closed-door deposition of Ambassador Pickering regarding the Accountability Review Board’s review of the attacks in Benghazi...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - A second superseding indictment was unsealed today against former Philadelphia Police Officers Jonathan Garcia, 23, and Sydemy Joanis, 27, both of Philadelphia, charging them with conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery, Hobbs Act robbery, attempted Hobbs Act robbery, and carrying firearms...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota woman convicted of two counts of Assault by Striking, Beating and Wounding was sentenced on May 30, 2013 by U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 4, 2013
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management in Montana and the Dakotas announced today that it is reopening the public call for nominations for 23 open positions on its four Resource Advisory Councils, which advise the BLM on public land issues. The BLM will consider the nominations for 30 days after June 3, 2013...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 4, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today further expanded their examination into reports that Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius may have solicited funding or assistance from the health care industry to help implement the president’s health care law. Nearly one...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Earlier today in federal court in St. Paul, a 30-year-old man was indicted for possessing a.45-caliber pistol. Chandan Prentiss Hurd, of St. Paul, was specifically charged with one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian announced today that his office has settled a civil prosecution under the False Claims Act. This case involves allegations that an Ithaca-based defense contractor, Agave BioSystems, Inc. and its President, Noe Salazar, submitted false claims to the United States...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 4, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today further expanded their examination into reports that Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius may have solicited funding or assistance from the health care industry to help implement the president’s health care law. Nearly one...
