News from May 2013
By DOL Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today reintroduced the Fitness Integrated with Teaching Kids Act (FIT Kids Act), a bill to combat childhood obesity and improve the well-being of all students by supporting improved...
By DOL Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: The U.S. House of Representatives recently approved the Improving Postsecondary Education Data for Students Act (H.R. 1949). Sponsored by Rep. Luke Messer (R-IN), the legislation will help strengthen higher education transparency and ensure students and families have access to the data they need to choose the right college.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: A Cleveland man was indicted for robbing a bank in Middleburg Heights, Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA-The United States Attorney’s Office announced that today JAMES M. BERNHARD, III, age 37, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Brian A. Jackson to twenty-seven (27) months of imprisonment. BERNHARD was also ordered to pay a fine of $10,000. BERNARD will also be required to serve a two-year term of supervised release following his release from prison.
By Commerce Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: Seasonal hurricane forecasters are calling for a 70 percent chance of 11 to 16 named storms, which includes 5 to 8 hurricanes, of which 1 to 4 are expected to become major hurricanes (Category 3, 4 or 5 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale).
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Juan Francisco Leal, 39, of Laredo, has been ordered to federal prison for 10 years for being a felon in possession of a shotgun, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Leal pleaded guilty to the charge Dec. 10, 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: (BELLINGHAM, Wash.) - - A 37-year-old Bellingham woman who was a key player in a Whatcom County drug distribution ring was sentenced on May 21, 2013, in U.S. District Court in Seattle to nine years in prison and four years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. Rosie...
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut; Joseph P. Faughnan, United States Marshal for the District of Connecticut; Kimberly K. Mertz, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; Fairfield Police Chief Gary MacNamara...
By DOL Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- Today, as the HELP Committee approved the Pharmaceutical Compounding Quality and Accountability Act-legislation that would improve the safety of compounded human drugs by making clear the compounding oversight responsibilities of state and federal authorities-Senators Tom Harkin (D-IA), ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A federal magistrate in McAllen has accepted the guilty pleas of Guatemalan National Luis Gilberto Cruz-Solis, 19, of willfully and maliciously harming a police animal and for illegally entering the country, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Somerset County, N.J., man made his initial court appearance today after being arrested for allegedly possessing multiple, sexually suggestive images of children, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOL Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: Once again Washington is working to prevent subsidized Stafford Loan interest rates from doubling. The House is expected to vote tomorrow on the Smarter Solutions for Student Act, legislation that provides a permanent solution on behalf of students and taxpayers.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: Timothy D. Burns, 33, of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania was charged today by Information in a $20 million fraud scheme that involved mail fraud, wire fraud and loan fraud announced, United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. Defendant Burns was the sole owner of ESG Family Services, among other businesses.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A Peabody man was convicted today of heading an interstate identity theft ring that used the identities of a Florida-based company’s employees to cause almost $370,000 in credit losses at large retail stores throughout New England.
By Commerce Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) said today that legislation he and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) introduced to strengthen and modernize U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is key to maintaining the flow of trade and keeping the U.S. competitive in the global economy.
By Homeland Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: Editor's note: This was originally posted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency on May 22.
By Homeland Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 MOORE, Okla. — Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Deputy Administrator Rich Serino and Red Cross President Gail McGovern today traveled to Moore, Okla. where they met with Governor Mary ...
By Homeland Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 JOPLIN, Mo. — Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today traveled to Joplin, Mo. where she joined Missouri Governor Jay Nixon, Joplin Mayor Melodee Colbert-Kean, Joplin City Manager Mark Rohr, Federal Emergency Management Agency ...
By USDA Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, May 22, 2013 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced a series of immediate steps the Department is taking to help homeowners affected by recent tornadoes in Oklahoma.
By USDA Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, May 22, 2013--The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently published a Notice of Solicitation for Nominations for its Advisory Committee on Minority Farmers for 2-year membership terms in the Federal Register dated April 30, 2013.
