News from September 2013
By DOE Newswire | Sep 10, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today heard from a number of groups responsible for the implementation of the president’s health care law on the readiness and functionality of the federal health exchanges. With open enrollment scheduled to commence on October...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JENNIFER CARRION-SEGARRA, 29, of Bristol, pleaded guilty today before United States Magistrate Judge Donna Martinez in Hartford to one count of possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 10, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today heard from a number of groups responsible for the implementation of the president’s health care law on the readiness and functionality of the federal health exchanges. With open enrollment scheduled to commence on October...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 10, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today held a hearing on “Implementing the Nuclear Waste Policy Act - Next Steps." The hearing comes on the heels of the August 13 ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit that the Nuclear...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 10, 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 FCC’s announcement of a voluntary agreement regarding interoperability in the 700 MHz band...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2013
News Release: Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, in conjunction with the State’s Attorneys of Madison and St. Clair Counties, as well as federal, state, and local law enforcement officers, announced today that there will be a press event held Thursday, Sept. 12...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2013
News Release: POCATELLO - Noe Munguia-Diaz, a/k/a Juan Ernesto Medina-Munguia, 35, of Rexburg, Idaho, was found guilty today in federal court in Pocatello of six counts of distributing methamphetamine, one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, and two counts of unlawfully possessing firearms...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2013
News Release: Human Trafficking Rescue Project. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for child sex trafficking and producing child pornography, which was discovered during an investigation...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Tricia Lee Pond, age 42, of Pine Ridge, South Dakota, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Veronica L. Duffy, on September 6, 2013, and pled guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 9, 2013
News Release: Agency Offers Fee-free Day Sept. 28 as Part of National Volunteer Effort WASHINGTON, Sept. 9, 2013 – The U.S. Forest Service is offering a fee-free day on Sept. 28 in conjunction with the 20th annual National Public Lands Day, the nation's largest, single-day volunteer effort for public lands.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 9, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, Sept. 9, 2013 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack made the following statement today: "On Friday we received the news that U.S. Forest Service Engine Captain Token Adams lost his life while scouting a fire on the Santa Fe National Forest in New Mexico. Token and his family are in our thoughts ...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 9, 2013
News Release: Website and Hotline Provide Peak Viewing and Trip Planning Information WASHINGTON, Sept. 9, 2013 –The U.S. Forest Service is urging people to get outdoors, spend time in rural communities and urban forests, and enjoy one of nature's most spectacular seasons with its Fall Colors 2013 campaign.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2013
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it will monitor elections on Sept. 10, 2013, in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and in Queens County, N.Y. The monitoring will ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination in the election process on the basis of race, color or membership ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2013
News Release: A member of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas (ABT) gang pleaded guilty today to racketeering charges related to his membership in the ABT’s criminal enterprise, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson of the Southern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2013
News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder met with Mexican Attorney General Jesús Murillo Karam today to discuss the release by the Mexican government of Rafael Caro Quintero, who was convicted of murdering Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena in February 1985. Caro Quintero was convicted ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2013
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that Kevin Casaus, 24, a former corrections officer at the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced this morning to serve 15 months in federal prison followed by one year of supervised release for his conviction on obstruction of justice and falsification of records charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2013
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it reached an agreement with Kelly Services Inc., a staffing company based in Troy, Mich., resolving an allegation of discrimination based on citizenship status during the employment eligibility re-verification process at one of its branch locations in Schaumburg, ...
By Fed Newswire | Sep 9, 2013
News Release: Chairman Ben S. Bernanke will host a town hall meeting with educators from across the country on November 13. The educators will join the Chairman at 7 p.m. EST in the Board Room of the Federal Reserve Board's main building in Washington, D.C., and participate via videoconference from Federal Reserve ...
By DOT News Wire | Sep 9, 2013
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Sept. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Sep 9, 2013
The US State Department published a one page notice on Sept. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
