News from December 2014
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: Digital evidence plays a growing role in a wide variety of crimes as cell phones, computers, GPS and other digital devices carry increasing amounts of information about our everyday lives. To support development of standards and guidance for digital forensics, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the U.S. Department of Justice have named 20 experts to the Digital Evidence Subcommittee of the Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC).
By Interior Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: Gateway National Recreation Area is proposing to increase camping and parking fees in the park. Camping fees at all three units would increase from $20 to $30 for the 2015 season. Parking fees would increase at both Sandy Hook and Riis Beach in 2017. This would be Gateway's first parking fee increase since 2012, and the first increase in camping fees since the park's camping program began.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury in Buffalo has returned a three-count indictment charging Anthony Thompson, a/k/a Fresh Tone, 34, of Buffalo, NY, with sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion and sex trafficking of a minor. The charges carry a maximum penalty of life in prison, and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - The former owner of a Lawrence-based financial services company was sentenced today for defrauding investors, filing false tax returns on behalf of certain clients, and filing his own false tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal jury today returned a guilty verdict against a civilian employee of the U.S. Navy posted at the Capodichino Navy Base near Naples, Italy, for obstructing an investigation and making false statements, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt of the Southern District of Iowa.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: SPRINGFIELD - A Springfield landlord was convicted in federal court today of fraud and related charged in connection with fires at two of his Springfield properties.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) is one of the most sensitive and informative surface analysis techniques available. However, XPS requires a high vacuum to operate, which makes analyzing materials in liquid and gaseous environments difficult.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: USDA Rural Development State Director Quinton Robinson announced today that USDA is soliciting applications for Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 Community Connect Program grants. The program provides grants to establish essential broadband services in rural communities where it is currently not available.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced the federal Grand Jury for the District of Nebraska has returned a five-count indictment against Rigoberto Schmidt, 22, of Grand Island. The Indictment charges Schmidt with four counts of selling a firearm to a felon resulting from two incidents in April, 2014, and two incidents in May, 2014. The fifth count charges Schmidt with the sale of a stolen firearm from an incident in May, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Fernando Martinez, 26 years old, was sentenced on Dec. 18, 2014, to serve 262 months imprisonment, and 5 years of supervised release after his prison sentence is complete, by the Honorable Richard G. Kopf, Senior United States District Court Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced the federal Grand Jury for the District of Nebraska has returned a two-count indictment against Harvey Fuller, 48, and Christina Doyle, 47, both of Grand Island. The Indictment charges Fuller and Doyle with one count each of distribution of methamphetamine in March, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2014
News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder released the following statement Saturday regarding the fatal shootings of two New York City police officers: “I condemn this afternoon's senseless shooting of two New York City police officers in the strongest possible terms. This was an unspeakable act of barbarism, and I was deeply saddened to hear of the loss of these two brave officers in the line of duty.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 20, 2014
News Release: Op-Ed by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry , U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Jacob J. Lew Opinion Editorial, Miami Herald President Obama’s New Cuba Policy Looks Forward, Not Back President Obama’s decision to begin normalizing relations with Cuba will advance ...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2014
News Release: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites the public to participate in a 1.3 mile, 2-hour interpretive hike at Moccasin Bend National Archeological District on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015, beginning at 2 pm. To join this tour take Moccasin Bend Road toward the Moccasin Bend Mental Health Institute and follow the Special Event signs directing you to the parking area.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2014
News Release: MEDORA, ND: Theodore Roosevelt National Park invites volunteers to participate in the nationwide Audubon Christmas Bird Count on Saturday, Dec. 27, 2014. The event is free.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 19, 2014
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON— As part of Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson’s effort to enhance the manner in which the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) collects and reports statistics, today DHS released its fiscal year (FY) 2014 enforcement statistics ...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 19, 2014
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 The cyber attack against Sony Pictures Entertainment was not just an attack against a company and its employees. It was also an attack on our freedom of expression and way of life.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 19, 2014
News Release: Report confirms that pesticide residues do not pose a safety concern for U.S. food WASHINGTON, Dec. 19, 2014 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has posted data from the 2013 Pesticide Data Program (PDP) Annual Summary. The PDP summary confirms that ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2014
News Release: In New Video, Attorney General Hails Finding as ‘Significant Milestone’ That Shows Crime and Incarceration Levels Can Be Reduced at Same Time Attorney General Eric Holder announced today that the number of persons under the supervision of adult correctional systems in the United States has fallen to its lowest level since 2003. This finding is highlighted in a study to be released today by the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
