News from March 2013
By DOL Newswire | Mar 5, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Joined by business leaders and workers, U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Rep. George Miller (D-CA) today announced the introduction of legislation, the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013, to raise the federal minimum wage. Harkin and Miller’s proposal would raise the minimum wage to $10.10...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 5, 2013
News Release: Today, we will review the mission and programs of several of the major health agencies under the purview of this subcommittee. I hope this discussion will serve to demonstrate the irrationality of the budget policies currently being pursued by the House majority.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 5, 2013
News Release: When you hear the term "cultural heritage," what springs to mind? The dramas of Tennessee Williams, the paintings of Georgia O'Keeffe? Software from the early 1980s? The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Stanford University Libraries (SUL) hope their new project to catalog the data contained in about 15,000 software releases from the early days of microcomputing, many of which are game titles, will help give software its place in culture.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2013
News Release: ERIE, PA. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 24 months in prison on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2013
News Release: Four Co-Conspirators Sentenced Earlier. COEUR D’ALENE - Justin Edward Egner, 36, of Springfield, Oregon, the fifth defendant in a multi-state marijuana trafficking operation, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Coeur d’Alene, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District Judge...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2013
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore sentenced Terry Vernon Koontz (56, Apollo Beach) yesterday to 9 years and 7 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud. The court also ordered the forfeiture of a $50,000 cashier's check, which is traceable to proceeds of the fraud scheme, and a money judgment in the amount of $3,771,701.88, the proceeds of the fraud scheme.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 5, 2013
News Release: Three members of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Information Technology Laboratory were named to the 2013 list of the top 100 government, industry and academic leaders in the federal government IT community. The award recognizes individuals who are making a difference in the way technology has transformed their agency or accelerated their agency's mission.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Thirteen residents of Cibola County, N.M., have been charged with drug trafficking and firearms charges as a result of a multi-agency investigation spearheaded by the DEA, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales, Thirteen Judicial District Attorney Lemuel L. Martinez, Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit of the DEA’s El Paso Field Division, and Chief Robert Shilling of the New Mexico State Police.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 5, 2013
News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai'i - Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park has launched a new "Stewardship at the Summit" volunteer project to restore native Hawaiian forest surrounding one of the park's most historic and beloved trails, Halema'uma'u Trail.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Maureen O’Mara, Special Agent in Charge, United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Criminal Investigation Division, Atlanta Area Office, and Alysa D. Erichs, Special Agent in Charge, United States Immigration and...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal judge has ordered the landlord of a rental property in Manassas, Va., to return money owed a servicemember after he was penalized for breaking the rental lease because the military ordered him to move.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2013
News Release: VICTORIA, Texas - Corey Hammon Green, 29, of Victoria, has been sentenced to federal prison for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Green was convicted at trial on Oct. 24, 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2013
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Two individuals, Deundrea R. Miller, 27, and Brittanie S. Brattain, 21, charged in a federal felony criminal complaint with sex trafficking of a child, by force, fraud or coercion, made their initial appearance in federal court this afternoon, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffrey...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A Framingham man was charged in federal court in connection to crimes committed while in his official capacity as a Watertown police officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2013
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Santa Barbara-based certified public accountant has been sentenced to 36 months in federal prison for failing to report more than $1 million on federal tax returns by pretending that money earned through his accounting business came from a charitable foundation he called the Foundation for Harmony and Happiness.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 5, 2013
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) has issued a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Colter Bay Visitor Services Plan/Environmental Assessment (Colter Bay Visitor Services Plan/EA). Intermountain Regional Director John Wessels approved and signed the FONSI based on the environmental assessment. Implementation of the plan will begin when funding is secured.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 5, 2013
News Release: SELMA, AL - March 10, 2013 will mark the 100th anniversary of the passing Harriet Ross Tubman, one of America's foremost heroes of the 19th and 20th centuries. A native of Cambridge, Maryland, Harriet Tubman is most noted for her work as an operator on the Underground Railroad which earned her the nickname...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - Children’s Physician Services of South Texas (CPSST) and Radiology Associates have agreed to pay to settle claims they violated the False Claims Act and the Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act between 2002 and 2007, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. CPSST, a part of the...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Ohio. Tuesday, March 5, 2013. CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. CINCINNATI - Bennie Overton, 34, of Cincinnati was sentenced in U.S.District Court to 115 months in prison for carjacking and illegal possession of a handgun and...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2013
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