News from July 2014
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 31, 2014
News Release: Dear Administrator Tavenner: It is no secret that the rollout of the state and federal exchanges established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) did not go smoothly. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has now issued a report highlighting a number of findings regarding...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 31, 2014
News Release: This measure affects tens of millions of Americans living with disabilities and their families who want to provide some measure of economic security for them. Whether it is costs associated with transportation or housing or health prevention and wellness, this legislation aims to ease the financial burden by encouraging and assisting families to save money for disability-related expenses.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2014
News Release: DOLORES, Colo.-The Bureau of Land Management’s Southwest Resource Advisory Council will meet Friday, Aug. 15, at the Dolores Public Lands Center, 29211 Hwy. 184, Dolores, Colo.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 31, 2014
News Release: Webinar Sponsors: EERE Tribal Energy Program, DOE Office of Indian Energy, Western Area Power Administration.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2014
News Release: July 31, 2014 - Sedro Woolley, WA - North Cascades National Park Service Complex has announced a campfire ban at all campgrounds in the lower Stehekin Valley. The fire ban is being issued in response to the increased fire hazard brought about by dry fuel conditions, daily high winds, commitment of fire-fighting...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2014
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By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2014
News Release: SAN DIEGO, CA - Ivan Soto-Barraza, who is charged with the first degree murder of United States Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, was extradited to the United States from Mexico today, announced Attorney General Eric Holder and U.S. Attorney Laura E. Duffy of the Southern District of California.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2014
News Release: OAKLAND - Hugh Leslie Baras, was sentenced today to thirty months in prison and ordered to pay restitution of $593,513 to the Internal Revenue Service and the Social Security Administration for tax evasion and theft of government property, United States Attorney Melinda Haag, and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge José M. Martinez announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2014
News Release: SAN JOSE - Jose Corona-Mata was sentenced yesterday to 14 years in prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Jay Fitzpatrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment charging Marisela Rico-Tzintzun, 38, her daughter Vanessa Garcia, 23, and friend Brenda Ruiz-Tovar, 26, all of Fresno, with conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, distributing methamphetamine, and possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2014
News Release: An Atlanta-area woman was charged in a two-count criminal information for operating a $4.8 million fraud conspiracy involving nearly 1,000 people who resided in Northeast Ohio, said Steven M. Dettelbach and Kathy Enstrom, IRS-Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2014
News Release: Principals Of MBE And WBE Admit To Engaging In Fraud And Agree To Forfeit Crime Proceeds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2014
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez today sentenced Raymond Brown to 48 months in prison for use of a communication facility to facilitate a federal drug crime, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2014
News Release: Potomac, MD-The Chesapeake and Ohio National Historical Park (C&O Canal) seeks local educators to assist with delivery of the new education programs in Montgomery county at Great Falls in Potomac, Maryland. The C&O Canal Trust, the park's official non-profit partner, will offer a daily stipend. A training workshop will be held for new recruits September 3-5, 2014 at the C&O Canal Great Falls Tavern Visitor Center.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Robert G. Bard, age 47, of Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo to 262 months’ imprisonment, ordered to pay $4.2 million in restitution to 66 victims, and was placed on two years supervised release after release from prison.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 31, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Leaders today opened an investigation into the Federal Communications Commission’s decision-making process ahead of granting a waiver of auction rules to Grain Management LLC. Bloomberg News broke the story that the waiver would permit Grain to circumvent commission rules designed to ensure the independence of small businesses that receive bidding credits in FCC auctions.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 31, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing on the status of the implementation of the president’s health care law and examined what plagued its first open enrollment period. The Government Accountability...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 31, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON -Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., spoke on the Senate floor today to urge support for a short-term extension of the Internet Tax Freedom Act, and to call for a permanent legislative solution to defend the Internet against multiple and discriminatory taxes. The bipartisan Internet Tax Freedom Act (ITFA), which Wyden co-wrote in 1998 and extended three times, is currently scheduled to expire Nov. 1, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for drug-trafficking and illegally possessing firearms after shooting at pursuing police officers during a foot chase that ended in his arrest.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2014
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that on July 30, 2014, an Anchorage jury convicted a Wasilla woman, Karen Olson, 68, of one count of false statements to influence the United States Department of Agriculture, Rural Development Program, and one count of misprision of...
