News from November 2013
By EPA Newswire | Nov 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives this evening passed S. 252, the PREEMIE Reauthorization Act, by voice vote. With an average of one in eight children born prematurely, the PREEMIE Act seeks to strengthen the ongoing effort to track, prevent, and treat prematurity to ensure children have...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Lee Terry (R-NE) today met with Alberta Premier Alison Redford and Canadian Ambassador Gary Doer to discuss efforts to maximize the benefits of North America’s...
By DOL Newswire | Nov 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee delivered a speech on the floor of the Senate on the Drug Quality and Security Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that HILLEL NAHMAD, a/k/a “Helly," pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court in connection with his leadership role in the operation of a high-stakes illegal sports gambling business. NAHMAD was charged in April...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2013
News Release: U.S. Attorney Warns that “Parents Must Be Relentless About Reading Children’s Text Messages and Checking Their Social Media Accounts".
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Lonnie Dean, 48, of Belen, N.M., was sentenced this afternoon to 20 years in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for his conviction on methamphetamine trafficking and assault on a federal officer charges. Dean’s sentence was announced by Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit of the El Paso Division of the DEA, Acting U.S. Attorney Steven C. Yarbrough, and Chief Roy E. Melnick of the Los Lunas Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2013
News Release: SYRACUSE, New York - Richard S. Hartunian, United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, announced today that Edward Palmer, 47, of Phoenix, N.Y., was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Syracuse before the Honorable Frederick J. Scullin, for a felony violation of the Clean Air Act, 42...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 12, 2013
News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Security of HealthCare.gov." Witnesses to be announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas City, Kan., man has been sentenced to 10 years on a federal charge arising from a carjacking and armed robbery, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 12, 2013
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Forest Service will be holding a series of public workshops in December to provide information on the Nevada and Northeastern California Sub-Regional Greater Sage-grouse Draft Land Use Plan Amendments and Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DLUP/DEIS). The workshops...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2013
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: Allison Michelle Waddell, 33, of Beech Island, South Carolina pled guilty last week to information charging her with making false statements, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001. The false statements concerned the number of hours she worked for a National Security Agency (“NSA") subcontractor. In total, Waddell claimed she worked almost 750 more hours than she actually did, which caused the government to pay out $60,000 more than was actually owed.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2013
News Release: BROOKLYN, NY - Earlier today, Evan Jose Peña pleaded guilty to participating in two worldwide cyberattacks that inflicted $45 million in losses on the global financial system in a matter of hours. Peña’s plea followed two other guilty pleas in this case entered by defendants Emir Yasser Yeje and Elvis...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives this evening passed S. 252, the PREEMIE Reauthorization Act, by voice vote. With an average of one in eight children born prematurely, the PREEMIE Act seeks to strengthen the ongoing effort to track, prevent, and treat prematurity to ensure children have...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 11, 2013
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina and the Deparment of Justice National Security Division announced that on November 5, 2013, a federal grand jury in Raleigh, North Carolina returned a one-count indictment charging BASIT JAVED SHEIKH with attempting...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 11, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) released the following reaction to the U.S. Postal Service's announcement that it will deliver packages seven days a week through a new partnership with Amazon...
By Commerce News Now | Nov 11, 2013
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today issued a statement on Veterans Day.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 11, 2013
News Release: “Today is an important opportunity to honor America’s veterans, both those we have lost and those currently serving our nation at home and abroad. I am proud of the thousands of veterans who continue to take up the call of public service as part of our team at the Commerce Department, and throughout ...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 11, 2013
News Release: Dear Mr. Chairman: We are writing to request that you withdraw the unnecessary and misguided subpoena you issued last week to compel U.S. Chief Technology Officer Todd Park to testify before the Committee in response to your unfounded accusations that he lied to the American people about the status...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 11, 2013
News Release: Merrith Baughman 402-223-3514. Winter Festival of Prairie Cultures. at Homestead National Monument of America. See sparkling decorations from many countries showcasing ethnic traditions at both the Education Center and Heritage Centers at Homestead National Monument of America, from Nov. 29, 2013...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 11, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Butte, on November 8, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon, JERRI ROWHER McCUBBINS, a 63-year-old resident of Butte, was sentenced to a term of.
