News from October 2013
By USDA Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced 14 awards for projects to bring broadband to unserved rural communities. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utilities Service Administrator John Padalino made the announcement on the Secretary's behalf while addressing a regional meeting of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association in San Antonio.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: POCATELLO - U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced today that three co-defendants-Fausto Enrique Urias, Benito Vasquez Joya and Misti Chapman-were sentenced to serve federal prison sentences for their involvement in an Eastern Idaho meth trafficking operation. The defendants appeared before Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill at the federal courthouse in Pocatello.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 24, 2013 - Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement regarding the memorandum issued today by the Department of Energy on the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: WHAT: “7th STATEWIDE PRESCRIPTION DRUG TAKE-BACK EVENT" -
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: Four people from Northeast Ohio were indicted for operating an identity-theft scheme which they used to defraud six states out of more than $361,000 in unemployment benefits, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on Oct. 22, 2013, before Chief U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen, THOMAS MARK MARCEAU, a 28-year-old resident of Browning and an enrolled member of the Blackfeet Tribe, was sentenced to a term of.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Max Baucus (D-Mont.), and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said today that a new report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) shows a direct correlation between doctors who have a financial relationship in spinal...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana has opened a Twitter account to assist in providing the citizens in our communities with information about news, events, and special announcements through this social media channel, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Allen Polite, Jr.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - A Salvadoran national arrested last year by authorities in Contra Costa County for traffic violations was handed over to authorities in El Salvador Wednesday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after it was determined the man was wanted for murder in his native country.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on Oct. 22, 2013, before Chief U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen, JESS JAMES RUTHERFORD, JR., a 28-year-old resident of Heart Butte and an enrolled member of the Blackfeet Tribe, was sentenced to a term of.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: Glen Jean West Virginia,Oct. 24, 2013- The New River Gorge National River recently solicited public input on a proposal to charge fees at the park's new flagship campground, the Meadow Creek Campground, near Sandstone, WV. Most of the feedback from government representatives, stakeholders and the...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Montana/Dakotas announces the new date for the close of the comment period for several planning documents throughout the three states.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: Dear Chairman Camp: The recent government shutdown and a near default ground our legislative system to a halt and undermined the confidence of the American people in their government. For this reason, we renew our call to work in a bipartisan manner to craft thoughtful tax reform legislation. Comprehensive...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Boston Group Supervisor John MacKinnon and the Operation Holitna team received the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal in Homeland Security and Law Enforcement, Oct. 3. Less than three weeks later, President Barack Obama met with all of the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals finalists and winners at the White House, Oct. 23, to congratulate and thank them for their service.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Charles Link, 53, of Washington, D.C., was found guilty today of a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon stemming from the November 2012 stabbing of a man in Northwest Washington, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: LONDON, KY - A former mayor of Martin, KY., her daughter, and two other city employees have been indicted for engaging in a scheme to defraud the Social Security Administration (SSA) and to misapply federal funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A salesman for a South Jersey roofing company, pleaded guilty today to filing false income tax returns for 2007 and 2008, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman, District of New Jersey, and Assistant Attorney General Kathryn Keneally of the U.S. Department of Justice, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on Oct. 22, 2013, before Chief U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen, JESS JAMES RUTHERFORD, JR., a 28-year-old resident of Heart Butte and an enrolled member of the Blackfeet Tribe, was sentenced to a term of.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: Corrupt Officer Protected Drug Dealer, Filed False Police Reports,.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today that Justin A. Vangilder, of Shiloh, Illinois, was indicted by a federal grand jury for possessing unregistered destructive devices.
