News from September 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2013
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - LEANN RICHARDSON, 48, of Edmond, Oklahoma, pled guilty today to health care fraud in connection with a scheme to bill Medicaid for behavioral counseling services never provided, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma. The Medicaid Program provides federal and state funds to pay for health care benefits for individuals who cannot afford necessary medical expenses.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 17, 2013
News Release: (WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) introduced the Audit the Pentagon Act of 2013, a bill that provides incentives for the Department of Defense, which is the only Federal agency that has never fully complied with financial management laws, to meet its audit schedule while also instituting consequences for further failure to follow the law.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2013
News Release: Contact: Public Information Officer. Number: (313) 234-4310. COVINGTON, Ky. - A Covington, Ky., man has been arraigned on federal charges alleging that he sold a quantity of heroin to another individual who died as a result of using the drug. On Sept. 12, 2013, a federal grand...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that three Wanblee, South Dakota, men have been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly using a blunt object and their shod feet to assault two other men on Oct. 15, 2012, in Wanblee. Both of the assaults resulted in serious bodily injury to the victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2013
News Release: JOHNNY SMITH, age 41, a resident of Raceland, Louisiana, was charged today in a two-count Bill of Information with the sexual exploitation of children and possessing images depicting the sexual victimization of children under the age of twelve-years-old, announced United States Attorney Dana J. Boente.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 17, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today addressed the American Enterprise Institute’s new Center for Internet, Communications, and Technology Policy during an event entitled, “Broadband, economic growth, and the implications...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Wanblee, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on Sept. 13, 2013, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 17, 2013
News Release: Traditionally, the training of bomb-sniffing dogs has been a hazardous job, but newly developed odor-releasing materials could take the risk out of that work. Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are seeking to patent a novel system that can capture scents and release them over time.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 17, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today addressed the American Enterprise Institute’s new Center for Internet, Communications, and Technology Policy during an event entitled, “Broadband, economic growth, and the implications...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2013
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Philip Woolery, a former officer with the Grapevine, Texas, Police Department, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Terry R. Means to 180 months (15 years) in federal prison and fined $5,000 following his guilty plea in March 2013 to an Information charging one count of production of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography. Today’s announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 17, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, made the following statement after the release of a joint University of Texas and Environmental Defense Fund study showing that methane leakage from shale gas development is not releasing nearly as much methane ...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 17, 2013
News Release: National Park ServiceNews Release. - Sept. 17, 2013. Merrith Baughman 402-223-3514. The Dirty Thirties Comes to Life!. In recognition of Prairie Appreciation Week, Homestead National Monument of America will have a special program by Historian Blake Bell titled The Dust Bowl: An American Legacy. Come...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2013
News Release: South Bend, IN-The United States Attorney's Office announced that a Grand Jury sitting in South Bend, Indiana, returned the following Indictment on Sept. 11, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2013
News Release: Kenyen R. Brown, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, announces the successful investigation and resolution of a complaint made by a person with disabilities who, like many others, could not access a local restaurant. Today, the federal district court entered a Consent Decree between the Department of Justice and the owners and operators of Cotton’s Restaurant in Orange Beach, Alabama.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 17, 2013
News Release: Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area will be celebrating National Public Lands Day on Saturday September 28th by authorizing one night of free camping at Alum Ford Campground and free backcountry camping permits. Other events that will be taking place during the day are the ribbon cutting...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2013
News Release: Almaz Nezirovic is Wanted in Bosnia for War Crimes Against Civilians.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2013
News Release: A South Holland, IL, resident was indicted on September 4, 2013, and charged with conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 17, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), will hold a hearing Wednesday, Sept. 18, on “The Obama Administration’s Climate Change Policies and Activities." On August 6, 2013, Chairman Whitfield sent requests to 13 federal agencies...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2013
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - The Department of Justice awarded grants totaling over $9 million to cities and counties in the Northern District of California, aimed at creating 30 new law enforcement positions, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 17, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, made the following statement regarding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) announcement today to drop their draft guidance to define "waters of the United States," as well as their plans to conduct ...
