News from November 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2013
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Patrick A. Miles, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury charged Kim Mulder, the owner and CEO of Kentwood Pharmacy, with a charging conspiracy to misbrand drugs and conspiracy to create false prescription records. Mulder also faces a charge of structuring cash transactions in order to avoid bank reporting regulations which was part of an earlier indictment.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 21, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today voted to approve H.R. 1900, the Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act, by a bipartisan vote of 252 to 165. Authored by Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS), this bill will make commonsense reforms to the permitting process for interstate natural gas pipelines, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2013
News Release: In response to multiple media questions regarding today’s drug enforcement action, the U.S. Attorney’s Office issued the following updated statement.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 21, 2013
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) joined House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) as the Speaker signed S. 252, the PREEMIE Reauthorization Act, bringing the important bill one step closer to enactment. The bipartisan legislation also provides for the creation of the National Pediatric...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 21, 2013
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) joined House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) as the Speaker signed S. 252, the PREEMIE Reauthorization Act, bringing the important bill one step closer to enactment. The bipartisan legislation also provides for the creation of the National Pediatric...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two doctors with a practice in New York admitted today to accepting bribes in exchange for test referrals as part of a long-running and elaborate scheme operated by Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services LLC (BLS), of Parsippany, N.J., its president and numerous associates, New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell III sentenced Thurston Lindsey, whose true name is Daniel Mitchell Williams, Jr., age 43, of Phoenix, Arizona, today to 10 years in prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute marijuana.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 21, 2013
News Release: NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. - Today, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman joined with officials from Clemson University to dedicate the nation’s largest and one of the world’s most advanced wind energy testing facilities in North Charleston, S.C. Led by Clemson University’s Restoration Institute...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein; Special Agent in Charge Stephen E. Vogt of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; Secretary Gary D. Maynard of the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services; Baltimore City State’s Attorney...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 21, 2013
News Release: Hello, my name is Jeremy Laselute. I am 22 years old, a Zuni Pueblo Indian, and live on the Zuni Reservation in New Mexico. I am a student at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, New Mexico, majoring in electrical engineering technology (EET) with a minor in renewable energy technology. With an...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 21, 2013
News Release: Buffalo National River maintenance reports that the Lost Valley Trail will likely remain closed for another week and a half. The aggregate material has been placed and requires a period of curing before the application of a final topcoat is applied. Although progress is going well, it will take longer with the cool and rainy weather we are currently experiencing.
By State Newswire | Nov 21, 2013
News Release: Washington D.C. - Ranking Member Eliot Engel, the senior Democratic Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement today regarding Georgia’s European future.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a St. Francis, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assaulting, Resisting, Opposing, and Impeding a Federal Officer.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 21, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today voted to approve H.R. 1900, the Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act, by a bipartisan vote of 252 to 165. Authored by Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS), this bill will make commonsense reforms to the permitting process for interstate natural gas pipelines, ...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 21, 2013
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced that East Texas Seed Company, Tyler, Texas, has paid $525 to settle alleged violations of the Federal Seed Act.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 21, 2013
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) joined House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) as the Speaker signed S. 252, the PREEMIE Reauthorization Act, bringing the important bill one step closer to enactment. The bipartisan legislation also provides for the creation of the National Pediatric...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 21, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today announced a departure from her Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee staff. Colin Hayes, senior professional staff, will leave the committee on Dec. 6 to pursue a new career opportunity.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 21, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today continued its oversight of the development and build out of FirstNet and other emergency communications networks. FirstNet is a nationwide, interoperable broadband public safety network created...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2013
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A federal grand jury in Seattle indicted former ATF Special Agent and Group Supervisor James Contreras today with embezzlement of public funds and making false statements, United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Special Agent in Charge Frank J. Cabibi, United States Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General, Los Angeles Field Office, announced.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: Recent Visitor Survey Shows 98% Satisfaction Rate.
