News from September 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Little Eagle, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury was sentenced on September 9, 2013, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2013
News Release: This week, Zion National Park welcomed volunteer astronomer Scott Spence to conduct astronomy programs for park visitors. Mr. Spence will be working in the park through October 18. While in the park he will conduct informal day and night viewing sessions using solar-scopes and telescopes. These sessions...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2013
News Release: National Park Service Continues Exotic Plant Management by Eliminating Lawns in Historic District of Grand Canyon National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2013
News Release: PLANO, Texas - A Colorado corporation has agreed to settle allegations of trade secret theft in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) voiced his support for H.R. 2775, the No Subsidies Without Verification Act...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 12, 2013
News Release: DOC Boulder Laboratories, including NIST offices and laboratories, will be closed again on Friday, Sept. 13, due to extensive flooding in Boulder County, Co.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2013
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Florida - Teachers across south Florida have a new tool to help them engage their students in classroom and place-based learning.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 12, 2013
News Release: U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, spoke out on the Senate floor against an amendment that supports the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline as part of the Shaheen-Portman energy bill (9/12/13).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2013
News Release: TAMPA, FL - Acting U.S. Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury today found Gregory Albert Darst (71, Palmetto) guilty of one count of attempted interference with the Internal Revenue laws and four counts of willfully failing to file income tax returns. Darst, who was indicted on April 11, 2013, faces a maximum penalty of seven years in federal prison.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a meeting today with Internal Revenue Service (IRS) nominee John Koskinen, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, urged full cooperation with a bipartisan committee investigation into the targeting of conservative groups by the IRS and raised concerns with the agency’s ability to administer the premium subsidies that are a part of ObamaCare. The Finance Committee oversees the IRS.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2013
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska -U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that an Anchorage man was sentenced in federal court to 120 months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possessing heroin while in prison.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2013
News Release: Copper Center, Alaska -Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve wildland fire staff will burn piles of debris consisting of trees and brush beginning September 16 through September 20. The piles are located in the McCarthy and Kennecott vicinity. Fire staff will ignite piles in the morning and monitor them throughout the day. Smoke may be visible throughout the area.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Samuel Billy, 49, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in El Rancho, N.M., which is located in San Ildefonso Pueblo, pleaded guilty this morning to a child sexual abuse charge. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Billy will be sentenced to 20 years in federal prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court. Billy will be required to register as a sex offender after he completes his prison sentence.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2013
News Release: Seneca Falls, NY - Teachers across Central and Western New York have a new tool to help them engage their students in classroom and place-based learning.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2013
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Joseph H. Hogsett, the United States Attorney, announced today that Todd Van Natta, of Seymour and Columbus, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge William T. Lawrence to 60 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to ten counts of bank fraud, three counts of wire fraud...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2013
News Release: National Park Service Helps Teachers Make Learning Fun & Relevant.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Fort Yates, North Dakota, woman convicted of Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on Sept. 11, 2013, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Vice Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) praised today’s introduction of bipartisan legislation by committee members Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-VA), Rep. Gene Green (D-TX), and Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) to reform the regulation...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 12, 2013
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, asked Dr. Linda Birnbaum, Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and National Toxicology Program (NTP), about her involvement in various matters related to U.S. chemical safety policy, including her planned participation in a panel preceding the screening of a film featuring emotional and scare tactics regarding exposure to chemicals.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement regarding the music partnership announced by Clear Channel and Warner Music Group...
