News published on Federal Newswire in June 2014

News from June 2014


Experience Kahuku at Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park's Annual Cultural Festival, July 12

News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - Save the date and participate in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park's 34th annual Cultural Festival, Saturday, July 12, 2014 at the park's Kahuku Unit in Ka'ū, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free!.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing schedule for the week of June 16, 2014. The committee will continue its investigation into the General Motors ignition switch recall and review EPA’s proposed power plant regulations.


Easton Woman Charged With Tax Evasion

News Release: Lilliam Zawarski, 60, of Easton, PA, was charged today by Information with one count of tax evasion, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The defendant is charged with willfully evading the payment of $131,349.31 in federal income taxes owed by her to the United States of America for.


Look Ahead: Committee Announces Hearing Schedule for the Week of June 16

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing schedule for the week of June 16, 2014. The committee will continue its investigation into the General Motors ignition switch recall and review EPA’s proposed power plant regulations.


Nursing Home Chain To Pay $750,000 To Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Foundation Health Services, Inc. (FHS), its affiliated nursing facilities, and its president and chief executive officer Richard Daspit, Sr., have agreed to pay $750,000 to the United States and the State of Maryland to resolve allegations that they submitted false claims for payment...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced the following upcoming Committee events...


Foreign Affairs Subcommittees to Convene Hearing on Implications of Bergdahl Exchange

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade, and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, announced that on Wednesday June 18 they will convene a hearing to examine the...


Towpath Breach

News Release: Clear Spring, MD. - Due to heavy rains and flash floods a towpath reroute is in effect just below Dam No. 5, mile marker 106, on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park (C&O Canal) in Washington County, Maryland. Maintenance staff reported to the area immediately this morning to stabilize...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued this statement following President Obama’s South Lawn remarks on Iraq...


Vilsack Announces Farm Bill Funding for Bioenergy Research, Converting to Biomass Fuel Systems

News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced up to $14.5 million in funding for two USDA bioenergy programs made available through the 2014 Farm Bill. USDA's Rural Development (RD) announced it is accepting applications from companies seeking to offset the costs associated with converting...


Harrisonburg Resident Pleads Guilty To Human Trafficking Charge

News Release: Elin Coello-Ordonez Admits To Forcing Young Honduran Woman Into Prostitution.


News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A registered sex offender, who previously was convicted in North Carolina of taking indecent liberties with a minor child, was sentenced today in federal court to 40months in prison to be followed by 2 years of supervised release for returning to the United States after he was ordered removed in immigration proceedings.


News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Little Eagle, South Dakota, man convicted of Domestic Assault by a Habitual Offender was sentenced on June 9, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.


News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Friday, June 13, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. On May 21, 2014, Ahamad R. Atkins, a/k/a “Omar," and “O," 33, of Colp, and Antuan D. Perkins, a/k/a “Little Man," 22, of Carbondale, were charged by indictment with conspiracy to distribute...


News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota, man convicted of Sexual Abuse of a Person Incapable of Consent was sentenced on June 9, 2014, by U.S. District Court Charles B. Kornmann.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement regarding the Department of the Interior starting the public comment process for developing the next five-year (2017-2022) leasing program for the Outer Continental Shelf.


Wyden Statement on the Committee's Ongoing Bipartisan IRS Investigation

News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement regarding the Committee’s bipartisan investigation of the IRS’s review and processing of applications for tax exempt status...


News Release: Natchez, Miss - Two inmates were sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge David Bramlette on June 12, 2014 for rioting at the Adams County Correctional facility on May 20, 2012, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis.


Roommates Sentenced On Conspiracy Convictions Stemming From A Tax Refund Fraud Scheme

News Release: DALLAS - A local man was sentenced yesterday afternoon, by U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle, to 45 months in federal prison and ordered to pay approximately $52,000 in restitution on a conspiracy conviction stemming from his role in a tax refund fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.


Two Men Arrested In Multimillion Dollar Synthetic Drug Ring

News Release: (SANTA ANA, Calif.) -Two Orange County men were arrested this morning on federal drug trafficking charges that allege they were part of a far-reaching conspiracy to smuggle, manufacture and distribute millions of dollars’ worth of analogue drugs, commonly called “spice" and “bath salts."