News from November 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on Nov. 20, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Donald W. Molloy, BLAYNE KYLE BRADY, a 22-year-old resident of Lame Deer and an enrolled member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, was sentenced to a term of.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: Was Wearing Polka Dot Dress and Wig During Robbery.
By State Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued this statement regarding Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Dr. Oscar Biscet.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: LOS ANGELES - In the third phase of Operation “SuperNova," a multi-agency task force investigation that targeted Mexican Mafia-affiliated street gangs in Ventura County, 17 people have been charged following an investigation by a task force comprised of the FBI, the Ventura Police Department and the Oxnard Police Department. Following arrests this morning, 14 of 17 defendants named in a federal criminal complaint unsealed this morning are now in custody.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: Kathryn G. Garten, 52, of Orlando, Florida, was sentenced on Nov. 19, 2013, in United States District Court, to 14 years in federal prison for her role in a nationwide telemarketing scheme which defrauded persons throughout the United States and Canada, including victims in seven counties in the...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 20, 2013 - Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1965, the Federal Lands and Energy Security Act of 2013, with a bipartisan vote of 228-192. This package of bills would protect and expand onshore American energy production and create new American jobs by streamlining...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: EL PASO, Texas - Federal and state authorities have arrested seven individuals, all of whom are believed to be associated with the Folk Nation gang operating in El Paso, charged in connection with a crack cocaine distribution conspiracy announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent In Charge Joseph A. Arabit, United States Attorney Robert Pitman, El Paso Police Chief Greg Allen and El Paso County District Attorney Jaime Esparza.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 20, 2013 - Today, the House of Representatives approved H.R. 2728, the Protecting States’ Rights to Promote American Energy Security Act¸ with a bipartisan vote of 235-187. This bipartisan bill, sponsored by Rep. Bill Flores (R-TX) and Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX), would protect American jobs and American energy production by limiting the Obama Administration’s ability to impose duplicative regulations on hydraulic fracturing on federal lands.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 20, 2013 - Today, the House of Representatives will consider of H.R. 2728, the Protecting States’ Rights to Promote Energy Security Act. Over 27 groups from across the country are calling for passage of this bipartisan legislation that protects American jobs and prohibits the Interior Department from enforcing federal hydraulic fracturing regulations in any state that already has in place.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has appointed seven members to serve on the National Mango Board.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: Defendant Continued Sales Despite Warnings From Auction Site And PayPal.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: Dear Secretary Sebelius: Last year, we wrote to you regarding the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) implementation of the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plans (CO-OP) loan program, which gives loans to help create non-profit health insurance issuers. Recent events, including the rollout...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today announced the 2013 appointments to the citizen-based Northwest Resource Advisory Council, which advises the Bureau of Land Management on public land issues in northwestern Colorado.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today advanced H.R. 3301, the North American Energy Infrastructure Act. Authored by full committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Rep. Gene Green (D-TX), the bipartisan bill would modernize the cross-boundary...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: DALLAS - Erik Willis, 31 of Purdon, Texas, was sentenced this afternoon by U.S. District Judge Jorge A. Solis to serve a total of 258 months in federal prison following his conviction at trial in July 2013 on three felony firearms offenses, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation is seeking applications from entities interested in participating in the Basin Studies program for 2014. Basin studies are conducted throughout the West as part of Reclamation’s role in the Department of the Interior’s WaterSMART initiative, which helps to provide...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: WELLINGTON, New Zealand - The Virtual Global Taskforce's (VGT) board of management applauded announcements made at a U.K. summit this week by government and industry leaders interested in combating online child sexual exploitation. The VGT is currently chaired by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of distribution and possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: Upcoming Webinars. November 20: Live Webinar on Jobs and Economic Development Impacts of Offshore Wind. Webinar Sponsor: EERE’s Wind and Water Power Technologies Office. The Energy Department will present a live webinar titled "Jobs and Economic Development Impacts of Offshore Wind" on Wednesday, November...
By State Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: Washington D.C. - Ranking Member Eliot Engel, the senior Democratic Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, praised the unanimous passage through the House Foreign Affairs Committee of H.Res.402, a resolution he authored supporting the European aspirations of countries from Eastern Europe and the Caucasus which are seeking to deepen their ties with the European Union (EU) through the EU’s Eastern Partnership initiative.
