News published on Federal Newswire in September 2013

News from September 2013


News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man has pleaded guilty to federal bank fraud charges in connection with a plan to build an apartment complex in Junction City, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.


Friends of Independence National Historical Park Host Benjamin Franklin Museum Ribbon-Cutting Event

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Celebrations for the Grand Opening of the Benjamin Franklin Museum in Independence National Historical Park will start on September 19. The Friends of Independence will kick-off the festivities with a ticketed reception in the museum on Sept. 19, including a ribbon cutting hosted by Ben Franklin himself.The park will host a day of family friendly activities in Franklin Court on September 20.


News Release: Defendant Used Home in Residential Area in Dallas to Deal Drugs.


U.S. Attorney Durkan Joins Tribal and DOJ Leaders for Conference on Indian Country Issues

News Release: Combatting Domestic Violence, Financial Fraud And Juvenile Justice Reforms On Agenda.


Big Spring Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Federal Prison For Possessing Child Pornography

News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Jacob Ray Albarado, 20, of Big Spring, Texas, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to 10 years in federal prison and a 15-year term of supervised release, following his guilty plea in June 2013 to one count of possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.


Ervin Salgado Osorio Sentenced In U.S. District Court

News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Helena, on Sept. 11, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon, ERVIN SALGADO OSORIO, a 32-year-old resident of Toppenish, Washington, was sentenced to a term of.


Baucus Comments on Choice of Jeffrey Zients to be Director of the National Economic Council

News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) made the following statement today regarding the selection of Jeffrey Zients to be the next director of the White House National Economic Council.


Upton, Walden Express Concern With FCC Proposal that Changes Rules in the Middle of the Game

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) yesterday wrote to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Acting Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn regarding a proposal to do away with the Ultra High Frequency...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of Sept. 16, 2013. On Wednesday the committee will examine the Obama administration’s climate plan and will continue its review of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). On Thursday the...


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - The last two of six men from Carlsbad, N.M., who perpetuated a string of commercial robberies in southeastern New Mexico between Nov. 2012 and Jan. 2013 have pleaded guilty, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven C. Yarbrough, 5th Judicial District Attorney Janetta B. Hicks, Special Agent...


Pine Ridge Woman Sentenced For Assaulting A Tribal Officer

News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, woman convicted of Assault on a Federal Officer was sentenced on Sept. 12, 2013, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.


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News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Missoula, on Sept. 11, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Donald W. Molloy, JOSEPH ALLEN LESMEISTER, JR., a 23-year-old resident of Kalispell, VIRGIL DUANE MATT, age 21, and LARRY CHARLES McCORMICK, age 21, residents of Columbia Falls, were each sentenced to a term of.


News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on Sept. 11, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon, KYLE LEE FULMER, a 29-year-old resident of Colstrip, was sentenced to a term of.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), today announced it will hold a hearing next week to mark the five year anniversary of the Keystone XL pipeline’s application and explore the economic consequences of the project’s lengthy wait for...


Subcommittee Set to Examine Keystone Pipeline’s Benefits to Jobs and the Economy Exactly Five Years After Application's Filing

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), today announced it will hold a hearing next week to mark the five year anniversary of the Keystone XL pipeline’s application and explore the economic consequences of the project’s lengthy wait for...


Whitfield: Attorneys General Confirm Overreach by Obama’s EPA on Coal-Fired Power Plant Regulations

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) today released a white paper report by the Attorneys General from seventeen states and one senior environmental regulator relating to the Environmental Protection Agency ‘s (EPA) planned...


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Report: DHS Needs to Fix and Improve Radio Program

News Release: (WASHINGTON) - The Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General (DHS OIG) released a report on radio management at DHS entitled "DHS Needs to Manage Its Radio Communication Program Better" (OIG-13-113). The report found that DHS's management of its radio communications program is ineffective.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of Sept. 16, 2013. On Wednesday the committee will examine the Obama administration’s climate plan and will continue its review of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). On Thursday the...