News from June 2013
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today continued its look into opportunities to expand U.S. energy exports with a hearing focused on regulatory, market, and legal barriers to the export of American coal and natural gas. America is entering a...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing the Energy and Commerce Committee’s ongoing oversight of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) today announced that the subcommittee has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, June 26, 2013. The hearing is entitled “Overview of the Renewable Fuel Standard: Government Perspectives." Witnesses to be announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a Northampton County man was sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge Edwin M. Kosik to serve 48 months in prison on the charge of conspiracy to distribute cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: Little Rock - Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced Fred Neal, Jr., age 80, of Marshall, Texas pled guilty before United States District Judge Billy Roy Wilson to Counts Two and Three in a federal Indictment charging he corruptly interfered with...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: JNEW HAVEN, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Joseph Jackson, also known as “Mighty" and “M.I.," 37, of New Haven, was sentenced today...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today continued its look into opportunities to expand U.S. energy exports with a hearing focused on regulatory, market, and legal barriers to the export of American coal and natural gas. America is entering a...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Ashley Vanderwalker, age 24, of White River, South Dakota appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno on June 17, 2013, and pled guilty to Simple Assault and Aiding and Abetting.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: POCATELLO - Virginia Mecham, 40, of Ammon, Idaho, was sentenced today in federal court in Pocatello to two months in prison, followed by two months of home detention for embezzlement by a credit union employee, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Mecham to serve three years of supervised release and pay restitution of $23,625. She pleaded guilty to an information on February 8, 2013.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: As a special experience for the visiting public and local communities, the National Park Service will be offering Full Moon Climbs of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse the evening of Sunday, June 23, 2013.Two tours will be given; one at 8:30 p.m. and a second at 9:30 p.m. and each tour is limited to 30 people.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of New York. Monday, June 17, 2013.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Meadowood Special Recreation Management Area has been undergoing some major changes in the mountain bike arena. Meadowood already has 13.4 miles of hiking trails, 7 miles of horseback riding trails and 4.7 miles of mountain bike trail, but future plans are about to...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: Michael Lashawn Johnson admits distributing nearly 2 kilos of crack cocaine.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations Chairman John Mica (R-Fla.) will convene a hearing entitled “Federal Government Approaches to Issuing Biometric IDs: Part II " on Wednesday, June 19th at 9:30 a.m.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has cited Superior Tomato-Avocado Ltd., of San Antonio, Texas, for failure to pay for produce.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announces $4.7 million in additional investment for rural small businesses WASHINGTON, June 17, 2013 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today kicked off National Small Business Week by highlighting USDA's actions to help rural small businesses create jobs, get access ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: Walter Lee Williams, a former university professor, has been indicted for allegedly engaging in sexual conduct with minors and producing child pornography, Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Assistant Director Ronald T. Hosko of the FBI Criminal Investigative Division announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it will monitor the municipal election on June 18, 2013, in the city of Evergreen, Ala., to ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The Voting Rights Act prohibits discrimination in the election process on the basis of race, color or membership in a minority language group.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: The owner and operator of a Louisiana-based durable medical equipment (DME) company was sentenced today to serve 97 months in prison for his role in a $6.7 million Medicare fraud scheme, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney ...
By Labor Gazette | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs today announced a $2 million competitive solicitation to fund one or more projects to reduce child labor in the home-based production of carpets in Afghanistan.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs today announced a $7.7 million competitive solicitation for a cooperative agreement to support a reduction of the worst forms of child labor by building local and national capacity of governments in at least 10 countries.
