News from July 2014
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 14, 2014
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued for public review and comment a draft report summarizing 65 challenges that cloud computing poses to forensics investigators who uncover, gather, examine and interpret digital evidence to help solve crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2014
News Release: BOISE - Michael Sean Crist, 46, of Boise, Idaho, was sentenced today in United States District Court to 44 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for unlawfully possessing ammunition, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Crist to forfeit the firearm and ammunition involved in the offense.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 14, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Today, the House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation introduced by Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, to extend a pilot program under the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act for three additional years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2014
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Jamar Holt, a/k/a “Reds," “Jamal Holt" and “Rex," age 36, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 20 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute five...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2014
News Release: BOISE - Michael Sean Crist, 46, of Boise, Idaho, was sentenced today in United States District Court to 44 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for unlawfully possessing ammunition, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Crist to forfeit the firearm and ammunition involved in the offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2014
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Corona woman, who is already charged with a $15 million bank fraud and bankruptcy fraud, was indicted on Friday on new charges. Carolyn Marie Jones, 51, of Corona, who was the Chief Executive Officer of a high-end denim jean company, was charged in an indictment returned by the grand jury late Friday afternoon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Michael Dewayne Kimbrell, 52, of Saraland was sentenced to fifteen years in prison for receipt and distribution of child pornography. Kimbrell was sentenced by United States District Judge Charles R. Butler. Following his release, Kimbrell will be supervised by the United States Probation Office for the rest of his life and will be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2014
News Release: CHARLESTON, W. Va. - Ronald Barnette, 53, of Holden, West Virginia, and Gary Griffith, 62, of Oceana, West Virginia, both pleaded guilty today to making a materially false statement in a federal matter, U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin announced. Barnette and Griffith now each face up to five years in prison.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 14, 2014
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement after it was announced Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Director Josh Gotbaum would step down...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Gabriel Arsola, 40, of Silver City, N.M., was sentenced today to three years of probation for making false and fictitious entries on U.S. Postal Service forms. Arsola also was ordered to pay $10,834.68 in restitution to the U.S. Postal Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Monday, July 14, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that GIOVANNI MASUCCI, also known as John Masucci, 46, of Woodbridge, was arrested yesterday on an indictment...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2014
News Release: The Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park will host the Waterton-Glacier Science and History Day on Tuesday, July 29, from 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. at the Falls Theatre in Waterton Lakes National Park of Alberta, Canada. The event is free of charge and all are encouraged to attend. This year marks the 11th annual event. Each year the event alternates between Glacier and Waterton Lakes National Parks.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2014
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz.- A man who died while hiking the North Kaibab Trail in Grand Canyon National Park has been identified as 47-year old Andrew Sammler of Lancaster, OH.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2014
News Release: A rafting accident on the Snake River resulted in the death of one member of a private boating party Sunday evening, July 13, in Grand Teton National Park. Donna Viehman, 63, of Jackson, Wyoming was riding in a rubber raft just north of the Moose Landing with five other people, including her husband...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2014
News Release: WHAT: Gateway National Recreation Area Fort Hancock 21st Century Advisory Committee.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2014
News Release: By Michael Hess, Park Ranger. SITKA NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK -- When Europeans first laid eyes on indigenous coastal villages in Southeast Alaska, wooden bears and ravens unblinkingly returned their gaze from their positions on intricately carved totem poles. Traders and travelers marveled at the skillfully...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2014
News Release: Contact: Jim Wheeler. (707) 465-7764. Redwood National and State Parks Present a Tolowa Dance Demonstration, July 19th 2014. On Saturday, July 19th, members of the Tolowa Nation will present a Tolowa Dance Demonstration at 1:00 p.m. at the Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park day use area...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 14, 2014
News Release: The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, chaired by U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA), will mark up the following legislation at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, July 16, 2014 in 2167 Rayburn House Office Building...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 14, 2014
News Release: On Tuesday, July 15 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, chaired by Rep. Todd Rokita (R-IN), will hold a hearing entitled, "Protecting America’s Youth: An Update from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2014
News Release: The National Park Service has extended the deadline for nominations to the Gateway National Recreation Area Fort Hancock 21st Century Advisory Committee by one week. The new deadline is Monday, July 21. Applicants must nominate themselves; a third party cannot nominate someone else.
