News from July 2014
By EPA 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: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Yadira Garcia, 35, has been convicted of all six counts of making false statements on firearm records, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with Robert W. Elder, special agent in charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). A federal jury convicted Garcia, of Alamo, late yesterday following two days of trial and approximately 30 minutes of deliberation.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: Due to a leak in the main waterline in the Kīpahulu District of Haleakalā National Park there is no potable water in Kīpahulu for the foreseeable future. The leak was discovered on Wednesday during routine inspections. Visitors should bring their own drinking water and expect intermittent closures of the main restrooms, as crews work to repair the line.
By DOE 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 EPA Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee members today wrote to Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Allison Macfarlane urging the Commission to act quickly on its waste confidence rule regarding the environmental impacts associated with spent nuclear fuel. A U.S. Court of Appeals decision...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee members today wrote to Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Allison Macfarlane urging the Commission to act quickly on its waste confidence rule regarding the environmental impacts associated with spent nuclear fuel. A U.S. Court of Appeals decision...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: A man who distributed child pornography was sentenced July 17, 2014, to five years in federal prison.
By State Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary: Yesterday’s passage of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2166 (2014) - which supports existing efforts to establish an independent international investigation into the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in eastern Ukraine on July 17th and demands that associated investigators...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: Defendants Allegedly Defraud Bank Of America Of More Than $500,000 By “Flipping" Property To Catholic All-Girls School For Nearly $1 Million.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Former IRS employee Viririana Hernandez, 30, was arrested this morning at her mother’s home in Parlier, charged with an identity theft conspiracy that used information stolen from the files of other IRS employees, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On July 16, 2014, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment against 10 defendants charged with distribution of a controlled substance for purpose of unlawful importation, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. Drug Enforcement Administration is in charge of the investigation.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) released the following statement today applauding the approval of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CPRD) by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and urging its consideration by the full Senate. Harkin is the Senate author of the 1990...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: The body of an overdue hiker was discovered at approximately 2:30 p.m. today, July 22, near the mouth of Cascade Canyon in Grand Teton National Park. Will Cornyn, 36, of San Francisco, California did not have a pulse when one of several search teams found him lying below a steep cliff band near Inspiration Point. He was pronounced dead on scene at 2:53 p.m. by park EMTs in consultation with the park's medical director, Dr. A.J. Wheeler.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: - Child was malnourished and in gross need of medical care for upper torso burns.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Thomas Caul, Special Agent in Charge, Social Security Administration (SSA), Office of Inspector General (OIG), Donnell Young, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), and...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON — As part of the U.S. Government’s aggressive campaign to respond to the recent rise in illegal migration into South Texas, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson, joined by U.S. Deputy Attorney General James Cole, U.S. Immigration ...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, July 22, 2014 — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today reminded producers that changes mandated through the 2014 Farm Bill require them to have on file a Highly Erodible Land Conservation and Wetland Conservation Certification (AD-1026). The Farm Bill relinked highly erodible land conservation and wetland conservation compliance with eligibility for premium support paid under the federal crop insurance program.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: The Department of Justice Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey will announce the results and next steps following its investigation into the Newark Police TODAY, TUESDAY, JULY 22, 2014, at 12:00 p.m. EDT, at the Newark office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey. The investigation, opened in May 2011, looked at allegations of use of excessive force and discriminatory policing among other issues.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: As part of his My Brother’s Keeper initiative, President Obama announced new AmeriCorps partnerships with federal agencies and the private sector to connect young people to mentoring, support networks and job skills to help them reach their full potential.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: The United States has intervened in a law suit against Symantec Corporation, alleging that Symantec submitted false claims to the United States on a General Services Administration (GSA) software contract, the Justice Department announced today. Symantec is a Fortune 500 company located in Mountain View, California, and it sells a variety of computer security products.
