News published on Federal Newswire in May 2013

News from May 2013


LOOK AHEAD: Committee Announces Hearings for Week of May 6

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its schedule for the week of May 6, 2013. Beginning on Tuesday, the Subcommittee on Energy and Power will look at the potential effects of U.S. energy exports both here and abroad, and the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, ...


Week In Review – Fort Wayne

News Release: Fort Wayne, Indiana-The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.


DEA/FBI Set Up New Tip Lines

News Release: (SAN DIEGO) - - William R. Sherman, Special Agent in (SAC), San Diego Office of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) is announcing a new tip line and email address for the public to provide information concerning drug trafficking organizations operating in the San Diego and Southern California areas as well as Northern Baja California, Mexico.


News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Yesterday in federal court, a 33-year-old Oakdale man was sentenced for his role in a mortgage fraud scheme that caused losses to lenders exceeding $7 million. On May 2, 2013, United States District Court Judge David S. Doty sentenced Bryan Joseph Lenton to three years of probation on one...


Return With Honor Temporary Exhibit Opens at Andersonville National Historic Site

News Release: ANDERSONVILLE, Georgia - Andersonville National Historic Site is pleased to announce the opening of its latest temporary exhibit, Return With Honor. This exhibit commemorates the 40th Anniversary of the release of American POWs held during the Vietnam War.


New Report Shows LNG Exports Will Create Jobs and Benefit Small Businesses

News Release: The Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) this week released a new report showing liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports will benefit the U.S. economy and spur job creation. The report highlights how the natural gas industry has helped stimulate employment and small business growth across...


Ozark Attorney Pleads Guilty to Failing to Pay Taxes

News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that an Ozark, Mo., attorney pleaded guilty in federal court today to willfully failing to pay both the payroll taxes he deducted from his employees’ paychecks and his personal income taxes.


LOOK AHEAD: Committee Announces Hearings for Week of May 6

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its schedule for the week of May 6, 2013. Beginning on Tuesday, the Subcommittee on Energy and Power will look at the potential effects of U.S. energy exports both here and abroad, and the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, ...


News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Jeffrey J. Sykes, 54, of San Bernadino County, California, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge John McBryde to 120 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $16,867,037 in restitution, following his guilty plea in January to two counts of securities fraud stemming...


News Release: SAN JOSE, Calif. - James P. Kleier was charged yesterday with three counts of failure to file a tax return, United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge José M. Martinez announced.


News Release: Midland resident and land surveyor, Steven Leonard Prewit, was arrested Thursday, May 2, 2013, on a sealed criminal complaint charging Prewit with possession of unregistered firearms, announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Dallas Field Office Special Agent in Charge Robert Champion and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Mark Morgan.


News Release: Join National Park Service rangers for a full moon walk on Saturday, May 25, 2013 on Mt. Wanda, part of the John Muir National Historic Site (NHS) in Martinez, CA. This free, two-hour program begins at 8:30 p.m. with a one-mile, moderately strenuous hike to watch the full moon rise over nearby Mt. Diablo.


Businessmen Convicted In Securities Fraud Scheme

News Release: BOSTON - The chief executive officer of California-based Vida Life International, Ltd., and a self-described financing consultant to small and emerging companies were convicted today for their role in a securities fraud scheme.


News Release: The Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) this week released a new report showing liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports will benefit the U.S. economy and spur job creation. The report highlights how the natural gas industry has helped stimulate employment and small business growth across...


News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has identified the preliminary preferred alternatives for the proposed Boardman to Hemingway Transmission Line (B2H Project). The preferred routes, along with the map being released today, are the ones that BLM will contemplate in the development of the draft Environmental...


News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) has issued a prospectus soliciting proposals for the award of three (3) concession contracts for guided interpretive backcountry vehicle tours within Arches and Canyonlands National Parks.


News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.


News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Kimberly Yvette Dinkins, 44, of Manassas, Va., was sentenced to 18 months in prison, followed by two years of supervised release, for dealing firearms without a license.


Armed Career Criminal Sentenced To 15 Years For Federal Firearms Violations

News Release: BOSTON - A former Mattapan man was sentenced today in federal court for being a felon in possession of a firearm.


FAS-Supported Project Helps Pakistani Farmers Reach Modern Markets

Release: NOTE: The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) partners with a variety of non-profit groups, cooperatives and international organizations promote food security and develop agricultural capacity in countries around the world. The following guest blog by Dan Gudahl, senior program officer with Winrock International, highlights the successful partnership between FAS and Winrock in Pakistan.