News from January 2014
By USDA Newswire | Jan 29, 2014
News Release: The Agricultural Act of 2014. The 2014 Farm Bill recognizes the diversity of American agriculture and the importance of providing access to healthy foods by strengthening programs that focus on fruits, vegetables and organic crops. Sales of specialty crops total nearly $65 billion per year, and organics ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2014
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - On Jan. 28, 2014, Scott Norman Hart, age 37, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, was sentenced in United States District Court in Council Bluffs on charges of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, and carrying a firearm regarding drug trafficking, announced United States Attorney...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 29, 2014
News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary: I am writing to request your help in ensuring that millions of students across the country who engage in the challenging process of applying for financial aid are treated in accordance with federal law by institutions of higher education. Over the past several months, the Democratic...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Ohio. Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014. CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. DAYTON, OHIO -Joshua E. Knisley, 35, of Wilmington, Ohio was sentenced to 15 months in prison and five years of supervised release for bilking the funds he...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2014
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Michelle A. Morin has been arrested following the return of a 14-count indictment alleging she aided and assisted in the preparation of false and fraudulent income tax returns, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2014
News Release: Phillip D. Webb, 33, plead guilty in the United States District Court to a four-count indictment charging him with Armed Bank Robbery, Use and Carry of a Firearm During a Crime of Violence, Possession with Intent to Deliver Cocaine, and Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2014
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - BOBBIE J. DAILEY, 62, from Midwest City, Oklahoma, pled guilty today to making false statements to a government agency by submitting false attendance records for tutoring sessions of students attending Oklahoma City Public Schools, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 29, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) today sent a letter to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy seeking information and documents relating to the agency’s communications with environmental...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 29, 2014
News Release: Agriculture represents a bright spot in the U.S. economy and is underpinning the nation’s economic recovery. Passing a five-year Farm Bill creates the certainty needed for farmers, ranchers and businessesthroughout a sector critical toour entire economy.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 29, 2014
News Release: Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today released the following statement regarding the House’s vote to pass The Agricultural Act of 2014.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 29, 2014
News Release: As part of President Obama's all-of-the-above strategy to continue to expand safe and responsible domestic energy production, a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) oil and gas lease auction today netted $17,504,250 in revenues from the sale of 40 Federal leases, totaling 2260.89 acres, in North Dakota.Diamond...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 29, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, February 5, 2014, at 9:30 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Protecting Consumer Information: Can Data Breaches Be Prevented?"
By USDA Newswire | Jan 29, 2014
News Release: National Conservation and Farm Leaders Praise 2014 Farm Bill for one of the ‘Strongest Ever’ Conservation and Forestry Investments
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Jose A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), and Scott J. Israel, Sheriff, Broward County Sheriff’s Office, announce today the conviction of Camilla Gonzalez, 29, and...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 29, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, February 5, 2014, at 9:30 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Protecting Consumer Information: Can Data Breaches Be Prevented?"
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2014
News Release: DENVER - Todd A. Lawton, age 31, an inmate who was housed at the United States Penitentiary (USP) in Florence, Colorado, at the time of his crime, was sentenced on Monday, Jan. 27, 2014 by U.S. District Court Judge Philip A. Brimmer to serve one year and a day in federal prison for indecent exposure...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a criminal Information was filed today in U.S. District Court in Scranton charging a Kingston resident with distributing heroin and cocaine during a four-year time period.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Steven Metz, 42, of Hamburg, N.Y. who was convicted of possession of child pornography, was sentenced to five years in prison and five years of supervised release by U.S. District Court Chief Judge William M. Skretny. The judge ordered that the defendant be remanded immediately.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 29, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) today sent a letter to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy seeking information and documents relating to the agency’s communications with environmental...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2014
News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that KENNETH TODD PUCKETT, age 40, of Garland, Texas, pled guilty to Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C).
