News from October 2013

By DOE Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Leaders today sent letters to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and four government contractors involved with implementation of the exchanges regarding rising security concerns surrounding the Federally Facilitated Marketplace.

By Commerce Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-Calif.) today pressed the Department of State, Department of Defense and Central Intelligence Agency to address a new report that a response team ignored...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Alisa Knight, age 29, of Dupree, South Dakota, appeared before U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange on Oct. 28, 2013, and pled guilty to Child Abuse and Neglect.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: Felicia C. Adams, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, and Gabriel “Gabe" Grchan, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation, New Orleans Field Office, announce that.

By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: DENVER - The earliest possible detection of quagga and zebra mussels has long been a goal of biologists seeking to discover their presence in water bodies. The Bureau of Reclamation's Detection Laboratory has released two reports identifying a new sampling method to improve the accuracy of quagga and zebra mussel detection while still at the microscopic larval stage.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: Desirique Rorie And Alphonzo Christian Have Admitted To Defrauding Lowe’s.

By EPA Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: Bloomberg Businessweek recently highlighted our nation’s nuclear waste woes, noting that radioactive waste continues to pile up at plants across the country with the Yucca Mountain repository shuttered. There is approximately 70,000 tons of waste stored at plants across the country. Illinois is home...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska-U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that an Anchorage man was sentenced in federal court after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug crime.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that four defendants pleaded guilty in federal court this week for their roles in a nearly $400,000 conspiracy to use identity documents, checks and credit cards that were either found in stolen vehicles or pilfered from vehicles to make fraudulent purchases and to obtain methamphetamine.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: A man who defrauded investors out of more than $1,000,000 was sentenced today to more than four years in federal prison.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: Sentenced For Involvement In Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: The National Park Service will resume the maintenance phase of the Elk Management Plan in Theodore Roosevelt National Park.A limited number of elk will be removed by park staff from November 5 through December 5.Volunteers will not be necessary during this phase.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: Agrees to Forfeit $8 Million Generated by Illegal Gambling Business.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted in July by a federal jury of Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury was sentenced on Oct. 28, 2013, U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: Bloomberg Businessweek recently highlighted our nation’s nuclear waste woes, noting that radioactive waste continues to pile up at plants across the country with the Yucca Mountain repository shuttered. There is approximately 70,000 tons of waste stored at plants across the country. Illinois is home...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: Let the scenic beauty of Arches National Park inspire you -- and your kids. On Saturday, November 9, 2013, take a free family art lesson with 2013 Community Artist-in-the-Parks, Sarah Hamingson. All materials provided -- just bring your inspiration.

By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: Winning entries from the 2013 California Coastal Art & Poetry Contest will be on exhibit through Monday, Nov. 11, at Channel Islands National Park.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Leaders today sent letters to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and four government contractors involved with implementation of the exchanges regarding rising security concerns surrounding the Federally Facilitated Marketplace.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Wanblee, South Dakota, man convicted of Distribution of a Controlled Substance was sentenced on Oct. 24, 2013, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.