News from October 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2013
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - United States Attorney Pamela C. Marsh announced today that Gary Wayne Thomas, 64, of Daphne, Alabama, and Brian Keith Thomas, 40, of Birmingham, Alabama, both former residents of Destin, Florida, have been convicted for their involvement in a bank fraud and money laundering scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Amos Jones, 23, and Edwin Holmes, 20, both of Washington, D.C., have been sentenced to prison terms for robbing a man and contributing to the delinquency of two minors who joined in the attack, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 30, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today applauded new voluntary guidelines for schools and early care centers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regarding the management of food allergies in schools. The voluntary guidelines are required by the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, which Harkin authored and led passage of as Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA -Aarti Gupte, 31, of Houston, TX, was sentenced today to 36 months for her involvement in a scheme to defraud the Philadelphia Sheriff’s Office (“PSO"). Gupte was found guilty in June of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud. The scheme stole funds from the PSO’s bank accounts.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2013
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A federal grand jury today indicted a Lee County man for a string of bank robberies in North Alabama in January, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and FBI Special Agent in Charge Richard D. Schwein Jr.
By State Newswire | Oct 30, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced that two victims of human trafficking will testify at the Committee’s upcoming field hearing entitled, “Regional Perspectives in the Global Fight Against Human Trafficking." The hearing will begin at 10:00 a.m. PT in the Titan Student Union building on the campus of California State University, Fullerton.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2013
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma -- SSM Health Care of Oklahoma, Inc. ("SSM"), who owns and operates St. Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, has agreed to pay $475,000 to the United States to settle civil claims relating to SSM’s billing Medicare for inpatient services that should have been billed as outpatient services, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2013
News Release: Little Rock - Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas; announced Roger Stephen Clary, age 61, of Little Rock was sentenced by United States District Judge J. Leon Holmes to 30 months in federal prison to be followed by two years of supervised release. Special...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 30, 2013
News Release: “Thank you Chairman Lucas. I’m glad to be here for what is, hopefully, the beginning of the end to a process that I first started almost four years ago when I was Chairman. I think I speak for all of us in saying that it is long past time to finish the farm bill.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 30, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) provided a brief recap following today’s full committee hearing on PPACA Implementation Failures: Answers from HHS with Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. Now five weeks into the botched rollout, administration officials have set...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 30, 2013
News Release: “Thank you M__ Speaker. I yield myself such time as I may consume.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2013
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A federal grand jury today indicted a Lee County man for a string of bank robberies in North Alabama in January, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and FBI Special Agent in Charge Richard D. Schwein Jr.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 30, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON -At a Senate Finance Committee hearing today, Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) said the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the United States and European Union could yield huge economic benefits and create thousands of jobs across the country. He also highlighted the importance of passing Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) to help the talks move forward.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 29, 2013
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on three produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2013
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Terrence Womack, 38, of Jackson, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate to 72 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute more than 28 grams of cocaine base (“crack"),announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and FBI Special Agent in Charge Daniel McMullen. Womack was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $9,000 to the FBI.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 29, 2013
News Release: Annapolis, MD -- The National Park Service Chesapeake Bay Office announces the appointment of 23 members to the Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail Advisory Council.Members of the Council, appointed by U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, will consult with the Secretary and the National Park Service on matters related to the trail, including trail development, public access, recreation opportunities, and educational programs along the trail route.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Adam Jacob Zottoli, 32, of Fairfax, Va., pleaded guilty today to two counts of production of child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 29, 2013
News Release: Keystone, S.D. - Join officials from the United States Mint and the National Park Service for the official launch of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial quarter on November 6, 2013. The ceremony will take place at the National Guard Armory in Custer, 527 Montgomery Street, South Dakota, at 10 a.m. Mountain...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 29, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - The House Oversight and Government Reform today approved by a vote of 19-15 H.R. 3316, the Grant Reform and New Transparency Act of 2013 (GRANT Act), sponsored by Subcommittee Chairman James Lankford, R-Okla. The GRANT Act will improve the way taxpayer funds are awarded by enhancing the transparency and accountability of the federal grant process. Spending on grants has increased from $135 billion in 1990 to over $600 billion this past fiscal year.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 29, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., subpoenaed Quality Software Services, Inc. (QSSI), one of the main contractors hired to build HealthCare.gov, after the group failed to comply with the Committee’s original request for documents related to their role in the website’s development.
