News published on Federal Newswire in July 2014

By DOE Newswire | Jul 11, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) will address the U.S. Energy Information Administration 2014 Energy Conference on Tuesday afternoon to share his vision for America’s energy policy - the Architecture of Abundance. Chairman Upton will outline the policies needed to construct this new architecture that will allow us to harness the benefits of America’s growing energy resources.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2014

News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On July 9, 2014, Tamra Vance Robinson, 41, of Kingsport, was sentenced to serve 33 months in federal prison by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Judge. Robinson pleaded guilty in March 2014 to a federal grand jury indictment charging her with credit union embezzlement. Upon her release from prison, Robinson will serve three years of supervised release. She was also ordered to pay $420,000 in restitution and a $100 special assessment.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2014

News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced today that.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2014

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Richard Lee Gray, 57, of Foresthill, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Troy L. Nunley to one year in prison for destroying U.S. Post Office letter boxes, being a felon in possession of ammunition, and possessing over 15 unauthorized access devices with intent to commit fraud, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. Judge Nunley ordered Gray to pay $10,333 in restitution to the United States Postal Service.

By US DOT Newswire | Jul 10, 2014

News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) released the following statement on H.R. 5021, the Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014, a bill introduced in the House by Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), and cosponsored by Shuster...

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2014

News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a Wilkes-Barre man was sentenced yesterday, in federal court in Wilkes-Barre, by United States District Judge A. Richard Caputo, to serve 41 months in prison on a charge of conspiracy to distribute heroin.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON - Assistant Director H. Richard Holgate, Office of Science and Technology/Chief Information Officer for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), congratulates David T. Sheppard, Ph.D., on being recognized as one of seven 2014 fellows selected by the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE).

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2014

News Release: BOISE - Robert Eoff, 31, of Boise, Idaho, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Edward J. Lodge to 26 months in prison for conspiring to launder money, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. United States District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Eoff to serve 36 months of supervised release, and complete 80 hours of community service. Eoff will self-surrender as directed by the United States Bureau of Prisons.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2014

News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - The former chief operating officer of a defunct Nevada endoscopy center, pleaded guilty today to conspiring with the former owner/physician of the center, Dipak Desai, to defraud Medicare, Medicaid and other private health insurance companies by inflating and overcharging for anesthesia services it provided, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2014

News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that an inmate at SCI Waymart pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion to participating in a conspiracy that distributed heroin during November 2013 to January 2014.

By Homeland Newswire | Jul 10, 2014

News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 Chairwoman Mikulski, Ranking Member Shelby, and Members of this Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today about the Department’s efforts to address the recent rise of unaccompanied children and adults with children crossing the southwest border in the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas.

By Homeland Newswire | Jul 10, 2014

News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 On July 11, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson will travel to Artesia, New Mexico and Weslaco, Texas. While in Artesia, Secretary Johnson will visit the Artesia Temporary Facility for Adults with Children on the Federal Law Enforcement ...

By USDA Newswire | Jul 10, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON, July 10, 2014—U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack today made the following statement on the Senate Confirmation of Darci Vetter as U.S. Chief Agricultural Negotiator: "I am pleased that America's farmers, ranchers and rural communities will continue to benefit from Darci's experience ...

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2014

News Release: Jose Rodrigo Arechiga-Gamboa, also known as “Chino Antrax,” was formally extradited to the United States by the Netherlands today.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2014

News Release: Three Police of Puerto Rico (POPR) officers and two civilians were charged with robbery, firearms violations, drug conspiracy and civil rights violations for their involvement in a July 2012 robbery in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, and an additional POPR officer was charged with lying to federal agents.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2014

News Release: Houston-based CCS (USA) Inc. and several of its operating subsidiaries will pay a $2.5 million civil penalty relating to operations at its Shreveport, Louisiana, industrial wastewater treatment plant, the Department of Justice, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the state of Louisiana announced today. The settlement will resolve violations of the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act and the hazardous waste law known as RCRA.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2014

News Release: Four patient recruiters pleaded guilty in connection with a $20 million health care fraud scheme involving Trust Care Health Services Inc. (Trust Care), a defunct home health care company.

By Labor Gazette | Jul 10, 2014

News Release: HOUMA, La. — B & D Contracting Inc., a labor recruiting and staffing agency that caters to oil field services and maritime fabrication facilities along the Gulf Coast, has agreed to pay $1,660,438 in back wages to 1,543 current and former employees. An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor found ...

By Labor Gazette | Jul 10, 2014

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Kan. — The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division will offer a comprehensive compliance seminar for employers, community rehabilitation programs and other stakeholders on the rules governing the payment of workers with disabilities under Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards ...

By Labor Gazette | Jul 10, 2014

News Release: HOUMA, La. — B & D Contracting Inc., a labor recruiting and staffing agency that caters to oil field services and maritime fabrication facilities along the Gulf Coast, has agreed to pay $1,660,438 in back wages to 1,543 current and former employees. An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor found ...