News from May 2013
By DOE Gazette | May 16, 2013
The US Energy Department published a two page rule on May 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 16, 2013
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on May 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 16, 2013
The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on May 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 16, 2013
The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on May 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | May 16, 2013
The US Commerce Department published a three page rule on May 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: This year marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of Olympic National Park and the National Park Service is inviting park visitors and neighbors to join in remembering and celebrating the park's first 75 years.
By Homeland Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: Mr. Chairman, you have done a good job in your mark, working with the low funding allocation presented to you. While this mark hews closely to the overall spending figure requested by the President, I don't believe either number is sufficient to fully provide DHS with the resources it needs to help keep the nation safe.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Chad Anthony Chertos, 37, of Ada, Michigan, was sentenced to 30 months in prison and Gregory Edward VanDyke, 39, of Newaygo, Michigan, was sentenced to 63 months in prison, for conspiring to defraud the U.S. Treasury, U.S. Attorney Patrick Miles announced today. U.S. District Judge Robert J. Jonker also ordered both defendants to pay more than $240,000 in restitution to the U.S. Treasury.
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - The 2013 operating dates for concessioners operating in Glacier National Park are scheduled. These concessioners, who work under contract within Glacier National Park, provide visitor services including lodging, food service, retail shops, tours, transportation, horseback riding, guided day hikes and backpacking trips, boat tours and small boat rentals. Services are listed in alphabetical order.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: OAKLAND - Otis Mobley and D’Marce Hutcherson were sentenced today to 114 months and 104 months, respectively, in prison for assaulting and attempting to rob an undercover federal agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) in March of 2012, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: DENALI PARK, Alaska:The National Park Service (NPS) is proposing to upgrade the utility systems in the headquarters area of Denali National Park and Preserve. The purpose of the project is toprovide reliable utility service for the headquarters facilities; protect the health and safety of park staff in performing operations and maintenance; increase the utility infrastructure energy efficiency; and reduce the park's energy consumption and operating costs.
By Commerce Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: Dear Inspector General George: As members of the Senate Finance Committee, we are charged with oversight of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). We are writing to request that the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) investigate the IRS’s improper, and likely illegal, disclosure...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Earlier today in federal court in St. Paul, a 20-year-old Bemidji man pleaded guilty to the Dec. 10, 2012, armed robbery of the First State Bank of Bigfork, which is located in Kelliher, Minnesota. Travis Michael Burns specifically pleaded guilty to one count of aiding and abetting armed bank robbery. Burns, who was indicted on Jan. 16, 2013, along with a co-defendant, entered his plea before United States District Court Judge Donovan W. Frank.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Ji Hui Chen, 43, a merchant in downtown Laredo, has pleaded guilty to trafficking in counterfeit goods, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today along with Vincent Iglio, acting special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: SANJOY BHATTACHARYA, age 56, a resident of New Orleans, was sentenced today in federal court by U. S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier to serve three years probation and pay a $15,000 fine, after pleading guilty to one count of making false statements to an agency of the United States, announced U. S. Attorney Dana J. Boente.
By USDA Newswire | May 16, 2013
Release: The House Agriculture Committee held a business meeting to consider H.R. 1947, the 2013 Farm Bill.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: Defendants Transported And Distributed Meth And Heroin; One Heavily Armed.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Alberto Lopez, aka Alberto Lopez-Reyna, 40, of Roma, has been ordered to prison for nearly seven years following his conviction of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute in excess of 100 kilograms of marijuana, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Lopez entered into a written plea agreement Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney Robert E. O'Neill announces the arrests of Husein Kermali (37) and Sikandar Kermali (33), both from Sanford, Florida, for conspiring to steal government property. If convicted, both men face up to five years in federal prison.
By DOL Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Phil Roe (R-TN) issued the following statements today after the U.S. House of Representatives approved H.R. 45, legislation that would repeal President Obama’s government takeover of health care...
