News from July 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Pamela C. Marsh, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced today that nine individuals have been sentenced in federal court in the past two months for filing false claims with the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF) related to the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 23, 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 expressed concern with media reports that highlight irregular FCC process and that allies of President Obama are receiving special treatment...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: Stabenow Convenes Panel of School Meal Experts to Discuss What’s Working and to Examine Strategies to Overcome Obstacles in Feeding Healthy Meals to Children in Schools
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Linda Harvey-Irvin, 62, of Jackson, Donald Walton, 51, of Vicksburg, and Markuntala Croom, 45, of Columbia, Mississippi have been indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiring to embezzle money from the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community Action Agency (“GCCAA"), an organization that receives more than $10,000 in federal funding each year, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and Acting FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: For the third consecutive year, Grand Teton National Park served as host site for the Plein Air for the Park fine art exhibition and sale. Jointly organized and co-hosted by the Grand Teton Association (GTA) and Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters (RMPAP), the 2014 exhibition enticed 41 professional artists...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Ethel Whitaker (a/k/a Ethel Gainey), 73, of Rochester, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford, to theft of government funds. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, a fine of $250,000, or both.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research, Created in 2014 Farm Bill, Will Leverage Public-Private Funding to Strengthen Agriculture
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Bo Cai, 28, a Chinese national, pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico this afternoon to violating the Arms Export Control Act and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) by scheming illegally to export defense articles with military application...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee today held its third roundtable discussion in the 21st Century Cures initiative. Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) led the discussion on personalized medicine with participants from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Ovarian...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: Subcommittees: * Health (113th Congress) . Participants: Dr. Jeff Shuren. Director. Center for Devices and Radiological Health, U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Dr. Richard Moscicki. Deputy Center Director for Science Operations. Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Rogersville, Mo., couple has been indicted by a federal grand jury for selling $1 million worth of synthetic marijuana, also known as K2, from their store.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: Investigation resulted in the discovery and dismantling of a meth lab in a Newport motel room
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On July 21, 2014, Garry Lee Brown, 25, of Chattanooga, Tenn., was sentenced by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 150 months in federal prison, for his conviction of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth Allen Polite, Jr. announced today that GREGORY STEWART, a/k/a “Rabbit," 22, a resident of New Orleans, pled guilty before U. S. District Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown, to participating in a wide-ranging heroin conspiracy and several gang- related murders. Specifically, STEWART...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: Subcommittees: * Health (113th Congress) . Participants: Dr. Jeff Shuren. Director. Center for Devices and Radiological Health, U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Dr. Richard Moscicki. Deputy Center Director for Science Operations. Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 23, 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 expressed concern with media reports that highlight irregular FCC process and that allies of President Obama are receiving special treatment...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Jorida Davidson, 34, of Chevy Chase, Md., was found guilty by a jury today of voluntary manslaughter for causing a traffic crash in October 2010 that killed a woman near Dupont Circle, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today held a hearing on “Modernizing the Business of Environmental Regulation and Protection." The hearing examined ways states and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are modernizing and streamlining environmental programs and regulations, and explored opportunities for increased cooperation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a 31-year-old Stroudsburg man pleaded guilty today before Senior U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley to distributing crack cocaine in the Monroe County area during a seven-month time period.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: Investigation Resulted In The Discovery And Dismantling Of A Meth Lab In A Newport Motel Room.
