News published on Federal Newswire in September 2013

News from September 2013



News Release: NEW BERN - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that Friday in federal court, Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced Jason Antwan Williams, 26, of Columbus County to 58 months of months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release.


Beyond Peer Review: NIST and Five Journals Find a Way to Manage Errors in Research Data

News Release: Traditional peer review is not enough to ensure data quality amid the recent boom in scientific research findings, according to results of a 10-year collaboration between the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and five technical journals.


News Release: Jacob Nelson, 32, of Dupo, was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison on September 9, 2013, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.


News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita, Kan., man who was arrested in Hutchinson in January after a standoff with police has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.


Portsmouth Man Sentenced For Armed Robbery Spree

News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Jonathan Ray Allen, 28, of Portsmouth, Va., was sentenced today to 384 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy, robbery and firearm charges.


New Special Agent In Charge To Lead IRS Criminal Investigation, Cincinnati Field Office

News Release: Kathy A. Enstrom has assumed the position of Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), Cincinnati Field Office, a position to which she was appointed by the Chief, Criminal Investigation, Richard Weber, in August 2013.


News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a St. Francis, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.


Former Davenport Man Sentenced For Receiving Child Pornography

News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On September 6, 2013, David Adair Woolison, age 34, formerly from Davenport, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose to 70 months in prison, after pleading guilty to receiving child pornography, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt.


Rosebud Man Charged With Assaulting And Resisting A Federal Officer

News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts of Assaulting, Resisting, Opposing, and Impeding a Federal Officer.


Computer Technology Firm CEO To Plead Guilty To Bank Fraud, Money Laundering

News Release: CompUtopia Executive Allegedly Defrauded Rockland Trust Of More Than $5.3 Million.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today approved H.R. 2052, the Global Investment in American Jobs Act of 2013, by a vote of 379 to 32. This bipartisan jobs legislation, authored by Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Lee Terry (R-NE) and Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky...


Menendez Speaks on Senate Floor on Authorizing the Use of Force in Syria

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, spoke on the Senate Floor today, talking about his resolution to authorize the use of military force in Syria.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today approved H.R. 2052, the Global Investment in American Jobs Act of 2013, by a vote of 379 to 32. This bipartisan jobs legislation, authored by Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Lee Terry (R-NE) and Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky...


Former Toledo Teacher Sentenced To Six Year In Prison For Child Pornography Crime

News Release: A Toledo man was sentenced today to more than six years in prison for receipt of child pornography, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.


Bipartisan Effort to Boost U.S. Foreign Direct Investment and Create Jobs Achieves Strong Support

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives will vote today on H.R. 2052, the Global Investment in American Jobs Act of 2013. The bill, authored by Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Lee Terry (R-NE) and Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), seeks to increase the United States’ ...


News Release: Eminence MO: Beginning on March 1, 2013, Federal law required Ozark National Scenic Riverways to reduce its annual budget.The park had to reduce staffing and services to absorb these cuts this fiscal year ending September 30th and into next fiscal year.As difficult as it was, the cancellation of the...


News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Helena, on September 9, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon, RENEE RACHELLE VOORHIS, a 28-year-old resident of Billings, was sentenced to a term of.


Scalise Kicks Off House Debate on FCC Consolidated Reporting Act

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today will vote on legislation to streamline Federal Communications Commission reporting requirements by reducing the number of reports the commission is obligated to produce. Authored by Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) along with Communications and Technology...


Harkin: New Anti-Smoking Data Proves Prevention Fund Works

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today hailed an announcement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that the “Tips From a Former Smoker" (“Tips") 2012 national ad campaign led an estimated 1.6 million smokers to attempt to quit smoking and helped more than 200,000 Americans...