News published on Federal Newswire in September 2013

News from September 2013


News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, released this statement following the release of the sixth U.S. Climate Action Report. The report is submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which requires domestic greenhouse gas emissions projections every four years.


News Release: Funding Targets Federal-Local Partnership To Reduce Gun-Related Crimes In East And South Seattle.


Former Vice President Of Alberici Constructors Pleads Guilty To Fraud

News Release: St. Louis, MO - Clone Jefferson Oliver pled guilty to participating in a scheme to defraud Alberici Constructors, Inc. by inflating invoices.


News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Missoula, on Sept. 25, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Donald W. Molloy, DANIEL AARON ROY, a 33-year-old resident of Missoula, was sentenced to a term of.


News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Black Hawk, South Dakota, man convicted of Theft of Government Property was sentenced on Sept. 25, 2013, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.


Harkin, Durbin, Rockefeller, Waxman, and Members of Congress Call on E-Cigarette Makers to Explain Marketing Tactics Targeting Kids

News Release: Dear Mr. Weiss: We write to express our concern about the marketing and sale of electronic cigarettes to minors. Electronic cigarettes, also called e-cigarettes and e-cigs, are battery-operated products that simulate traditional cigarettes by converting cartridges typically filled with addictive nicotine, ...


United States and Japan Streamline Organic Trade Across the Pacific

News Release: BALTIMORE, Maryland, Sep. 26, 2013-The United States and Japan today announced that beginning Jan. 1, 2014, organic products certified in Japan or in the United States may be sold as organic in either country.


News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Missoula, on Sept. 26, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Donald W. Molloy, DOUGLAS ROBERT BROOKS, a 51-year-old resident of Missoula, was sentenced to a term of.


News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury in Rochester has returned a two-count indictment charging Barbara Tripi, 62, of Lyndhurst, Ohio, with interstate transportation of money taken by fraud and theft in connection with health care benefit program. The charges carry a maximum p[enalty of 20 years in prison and a $500,000 fine.


News Release: BOSTON - A self-described financing consultant to small and emerging companies was sentenced yesterday for his role in a kickback scheme.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Special agents of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations (ICE HSI) arrested a Bergen County man at his home this morning after discovering alleged child pornography on his computer, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


Chairman Hastings: Increasing Domestic Production of Copper is Vital to Jobs, Economy & National Security

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 26, 2013 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings delivered the following statement on the House floor today in support of H.R. 687, the Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act.


News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on Sept. 26, 2013, before Chief U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen, DAVID ELMER MUSKRAT, a 35-year-old resident of Poplar and an enrolled member of a federally-recognized tribe, was sentenced to a term of.


Two Sentenced In HUD Mortgage Fraud Case

News Release: Defendants Each Agree to Pay Nearly $43,000 in Restitution.


Former Fund Manager Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To 30 Months In Prison In Connection With Multimillion-Dollar Commodities Fraud Scheme

News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that THOMAS HAMPTON, formerly the Managing Director of Hampton Capital Markets, LLC (“Hampton Capital" or the “Fund"), was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 30 months in prison in connection with an...


Most of Rocky Mountain National Park Reopens

News Release: Estes Park, CO -- On Thursday, Sept. 26, ninety-three percent of Rocky Mountain National Park is now open to the public. By Thursday afternoon gates will be opened on Bear Lake Road, Upper Beaver Meadows, Lumpy Ridge and Longs Peak Road. Trail Ridge Road opened earlier in the day after a second convoy of critical rock crusher equipment moved through the park from Grand County to Estes Park.


Report: TSA Needs Proper Strategy for Body Scanner Roll Out

News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement in response to a Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General (DHS OIG) report on the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) deployment of advanced...


William Szudera Sentenced In U.S. District Court

News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on Sept. 26, 2013, before Chief U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen, WILLIAM SZUDERA, a 76-year-old resident of Havre, was sentenced to a term of.


Chairman Hastings Statement on Obama Administration's Proposed Habitat Designation of the Canada Lynx

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 26, 2013 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement regarding U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s proposal to designate over 26 million acres of habitat in six states for the Canada Lynx, which has been listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).


News Release: DALLAS - Joseph Roy Brown, 39, of Collierville, Tennessee, and John Michael Kelly, 43, of Plano, Texas, were sentenced yesterday afternoon, by U.S. District Judge Jorge A. Solis, to twelve months and one day in prison, and a 12-month term of probation, respectively, following their guilty pleas earlier...