News from April 2014
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 1, 2014
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, along with Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), and Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), sent a letter to Nancy Stoner, Acting Assistant Administrator for Water at the U.S. Environmental Protection ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Hunterdon County, N.J., man was sentenced today to 23 months in prison for fraudulently collecting Social Security disability payments while continuing to do work he claimed he was unable to do for his private detective firm, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 1, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, April 8, 2014, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Examining the Implementation of the Tobacco Control Act." Witnesses to be announced.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 1, 2014
News Release: Boston National Historical Park's recent study of inclusion and multiple perspectives through the George Wright Society's Park Break Program was created to address Superintendent Cassius Cash's challenge to create a 21st century visitor experience that is relevant to current and intended audiences. It...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 1, 2014
News Release: Hundreds of Volunteers Honor the Heroes of Flight 93.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 1, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Top officials from six state health insurance exchanges will testify Thursday, April 3rd in a House Oversight and Government Reform joint subcommittee hearing entitled, “Examining ObamaCare’s Problem-Filled State Exchanges." This will be a joint hearing by the Subcommittee on Economic Growth, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today the filing of a Criminal Information in U.S. District Court in Scranton charging Jeremiah Anderson, age 29, of Port Jervis, New York, with the attempted robbery of a convenience store in Milford, Pennsylvania.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 1, 2014
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 continued the process of seeking public input as part of the review leading to an update of the Communications Act. In December, Upton and Walden...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2014
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - On April 1, 2014, a federal grand jury for the Northern District of California returned an indictment charging Pacific Gas and Electric Company (“PG&E") with multiple violations of the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 (“PSA"), announced U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag, California...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2014
News Release: Defendants Managed “Cash Out" Crews for Organization that Allegedly Capitalized on Information Hacked From Customers of More Than a Dozen Global Financial Institutions.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Joel Meeks, 20, of Albuquerque, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning to violating the Hobbs Act by interfering with a business involved in interstate commerce by robbery and the federal carjacking and firearms laws. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Meeks will be sentenced to prison for 20 to 25 years followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2014
News Release: Fraudulently Obtained $200,000 and Attempted to Obtain Another $500,000 through a National Science Foundation Small Business Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2014
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that today in federal court today, Senior United States District Judge W. Earl Britt sentenced CRYSTAL D. DICKENS, age 25, of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, to 35 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release. DICKENS was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $652,413.00.
