News from May 2013
By DOT News Wire | May 8, 2013
The US Transportation Department published an eight page proposed rule on May 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | May 8, 2013
The US Labor Department published a one page proposed rule on May 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | May 8, 2013
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on May 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | May 8, 2013
The US Commerce Department published a seven page proposed rule on May 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | May 8, 2013
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on May 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | May 8, 2013
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on May 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By USDA Newswire | May 8, 2013
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative action under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) against Liborio Market Inc.

By State Newswire | May 8, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - At a press conference today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, signed on as lead cosponsor and spoke out in support of the Vietnam Human Rights Act. The legislation, authored by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), blocks non-humanitarian assistance to Vietnam if the Communist government fails to make progress regarding its political and religious prisoners.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Joseph Packer, Jr., 64, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted of theft of public money, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny, to time served and two years supervised release. The defendant was ordered to wear and ankle bracelet for eight months and pay restitution in the amount of $160,101.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Twenty-nine residents of Doña Ana County, N.M., and El Paso County, Texas, including 22 who were arrested this morning, are facing federal drug trafficking charges as the result of a multi-agency investigation. The charges and arrests were announced by U.S. Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales...

By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Anthony Maurice Cottle, age 23, of Owings Mills, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to sexual exploitation of a minor to produced child pornography and to possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2013
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Michael V. Covello, 42, of Chili, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer, to distribution of child pornography and possession of child pornography. Because of a prior sexual abuse conviction, distribution...
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2013
News Release: “After half-a-day of deliberations, a jury convicted Semyon Domnitser - the highest ranking insider to participate in this unconscionable fraud against the Holocaust Claims Conference - and two co-conspirators who recruited applicants who received benefits to which they were not entitled. And with the...
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A self-employed mason was charged today with filing false tax returns and cashing nearly $3 million in checks at a check cashing service and not reporting the income.

By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2013
News Release: Defendants Intentionally Caused Motor Vehicle Accidents In Kings And Nassau Counties To Obtain Insurance Payments.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2013
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Liberal, Mo., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for receiving and distributing child pornography over the Internet. Timothy Curless, 52, of Liberal...

By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former Newark police officer admitted today that he conspired with another individual to fraudulently obtain payments under the federal public housing assistance program known as “Section 8," U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

By Commerce Newswire | May 8, 2013
News Release: Additional Media Contact: SRC: dan@franciscogrp.com (Dan Francisco). 916-293-9030. NRI Second Phase Features Multi-University Network Focused on Research Centers at SUNY's College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln and University of Texas at Austin. GAITHERSBURG, Md.

By State Newswire | May 8, 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 on the Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s hearing on the Benghazi terrorist attacks...
By DOL Newswire | May 8, 2013
News Release: Right now the House is considering H.R. 1406, the Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013. This commonsense legislation modernizes an outdated federal law that prevents private-sector employers from offering employees the option to accrue paid time off or ‘comp time’ for working overtime hours.