News from October 2013
By Interior Newswire | Oct 29, 2013
The US Interior Department published a four page rule on Oct. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Oct 29, 2013
The US Energy Department published a two page proposed rule on Oct. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 29, 2013
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Oct. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 29, 2013
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Oct. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 29, 2013
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Oct. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Mark Anthony Harriman, 45, of Las Cruces, N.M., was sentenced this morning in Las Cruces federal court to 20 years in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for his drug trafficking and firearms conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2013
News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that Terrance Robinson, 29, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, was sentenced on Monday, Oct. 28, 2013, to 360 months imprisonment for possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine. Sentence was imposed by the Honorable Hugh Lawson, Senior United States District Judge sitting in Valdosta, Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2013
News Release: CHICAGO ― Two men who operated various businesses at multiple Chicago area locations since at least 2009 are facing federal fraud charges for allegedly charging thousands of dollars in advance fees, purportedly to help individuals modify their existing home mortgage loans, but then failing to provide...

By Interior Newswire | Oct 29, 2013
News Release: Biscayne National Park has announced the dates and themes for the 14th season of its popular Family Fun Fest series, along with some brand new features. The new season kicks off on Sunday, December 8, 2013 at the park's Dante Fascell Visitor Center. New this year will be Family Fun Fest Junior, a selection...

By DOL Newswire | Oct 29, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Last night, 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 nomination of Richard Griffin to serve as General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2013
News Release: Memphis, TN - Terrence Yarbrough, a/k/a, “T-Rex," 38, of Memphis, Tenn., was sentenced to 536 months in federal prison today by United States District Judge S. Thomas Anderson. There is no parole in the federal system. The sentencing follows Yarbrough’s December 2012 conviction by a federal jury on 10 counts of sex trafficking and one count of conspiracy to commit food stamp fraud.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 29, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today made the following statement regarding this morning’s Ways and Means Committee hearing on healthcare.gov...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 29, 2013
News Release: The National Park Service has issued a prospectus soliciting for proposals in response to a business opportunity to operate overnight rustic lodging, food and beverage, retail and horse stabling service at Charit Creek Lodge within the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area located in Oneida...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Tofeek Albanna, 37, of Lackawanna, N.Y., who was convicted of food stamp fraud, was sentenced to 15 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara. The defendant was also ordered to pay $73,400 in restitution to...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2013
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge today sentenced a former assistant professor at Jacksonville State University to five years in prison for attempting to receive child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Raymond R. Parmer Jr. and Alabama Bureau of Investigation's Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Commander Jeremy Lett.

By Commerce Newswire | Oct 29, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today slammed the President’s health law, saying it would be a “huge mistake to simply write off the problems with ObamaCare as a simple IT problem." During a speech on the Senate floor, Hatch again called for the delay of the flawed health law that is now forcing millions of Americans to lose their existing health insurance coverage.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2013
News Release: PHOENIX - On Oct. 28, 2013, Joseph N. Gagliano, 45, of Phoenix, was sentenced to 30 months in prison and ordered to pay $2,903,010.26 in restitution by U.S. District Court Judge G. Murray Snow.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2013
News Release: Doctor’s Receptionist Is Alleged Key Player in Pill Scheme.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Bishara Lott, 41, a Buffalo, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara, to production of counterfeit currency. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a fine of $250,000 or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2013
News Release: CHICAGO ― The administrator, medical director, and an employee of a Schaumburgbased in-home visiting physician group were indicted on federal charges for their alleged roles in a $12 million health care fraud scheme, federal law enforcement officials announced today. The defendants operated or were employed...