News published on Federal Newswire in April 2014

News from April 2014


News Release: PLATTSBURGH, NEW YORK - NICHOLAS VARACALLI, 66, was sentenced on April 3, 2014 by United States District Court Judge Glenn T. Suddaby to 120 months imprisonment and five years supervised release for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute more than one thousand (1,000) kilograms of marijuana announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian.


News Release: A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment charging Myron A. Nash, age 39, of Canal Fulton, Ohio, with possession with intent to distribute cocaine and heroin, and being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.


Edgewater, Maryland Woman Pleads Guilty To Scheme To Defraud The IRS

News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Georgia Smith, age 52, of Edgewater, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to defraud the United States in connection with a scheme to file false tax returns by concealing income and inflating expenses.


Highlights of 2015 Military Construction/VA Appropriations Act

News Release: Highlights of 2015 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act.


California Man Charged With Child Exploitation, Traveling To Ohio To Have Sex With A Minor

News Release: Edwin Franco Rolffo-Zavala, 24, of Novato, California, was charged with sexual exploitation of a child, transporting visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, and travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power today approved H.R. 6, the Domestic Prosperity and Global Freedom Act, by a vote of 15 to 11. Authored by Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO), the legislation would cut through the red tape blocking exports of U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG). H.R. 6 grants...


News Release: Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, announced today that William Lintala, 31, of Wickliffe, Ohio, was charged with receiving, distributing and possessing visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.


News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.


Pennsylvania Woman Indicted On Drug And Gun Charges

News Release: Lynda Hang Vang, 46, of Akron, Pennsylvania was charged today by Indictment with attempted possession with intent to distribute Methylenedioxy-N-methylcathinone (“methylone") and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.


Subcommittee Advances Bill to Speed Up LNG Exports

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power today approved H.R. 6, the Domestic Prosperity and Global Freedom Act, by a vote of 15 to 11. Authored by Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO), the legislation would cut through the red tape blocking exports of U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG). H.R. 6 grants...


Engel Opening Statement at Subcommittee Hearing “Advancing U.S. Interests in the Western Hemisphere: The FY 2015 Foreign Affairs Budget”

News Release: Washington D.C. - Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the Ranking Member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, gave the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at today’s Western Hemisphere Subcommittee hearing “Advancing U.S. Interests in the Western Hemisphere: The FY 2015 Foreign Affairs Budget.".


Man Charged With Murder On The Meskwaki Nation Settlement

News Release: Jonathan Curtis Youngbear, age 20, from the Meskwaki Nation Settlement, Iowa, has been charged with murder in “Indian Country." The charge is contained in a Complaint filed on April 8, 2014, in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.


News Release: WASHINGTON- Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, highlighted the public release of data by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that shows Medicare payments to physicians. For more information and to view the data, visit HHS’s website, here.


News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - JAMESE L. WILLIAMS, 29, of Brooklyn, pled guilty today before United States District Judge Mae A. D’Agostino to conspiracy to commit access device fraud, access device fraud, and aggravated identity theft, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and the United States...


New Nonpartisan Analysis Raises Questions Surrounding Legality of Administration’s Pivot to Subsidize Health Plans Outside of Federal Exchange

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A recent memo prepared by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service (CRS) in mid March raises questions about the legality of the administration’s Feb. 27, 2014, decision to allow states to offer subsidies to individuals enrolling in health care coverage outside of the exchanges.


News Release: On Friday, April 18, from 1 to 4 p.m., the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Billings Curation Center (BCC) will host the fourth annual Artifact Road Show in partnership with the Montana Archaeological Society's Archeology Month.The event invites the public to bring in artifacts they have to be analyzed...


Coral Gables Physician Sentenced For Tax Fraud

News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Jose A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), announce that Lourdes Margarita Garcia, 62, of Pinecrest, a Medical Doctor, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge...


News Release: International Falls, MN - Voyageurs National Park's new reservation/fee amenity program is up and running on www.recreation.gov. The program has been running for one full week and park officials would like to report the process has gone well with minimal glitches in the network system.


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SECRETARY VILSACK APPOINTS NEW MEMBERS TO USDA NAREEE ADVISORY BOARD

News Release: WASHINGTON, April 8, 2014 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the appointment of eight individuals to serve on the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics (NAREEE) Advisory Board.