News from June 2014
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 10, 2014
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), and EPW Chairman Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), issued the statements below following the President's signing of the Water Resources and Reform Development Act (WRRDA) into law. Vitter was the lead Senate Republican on the conference committee who negotiated the final legislation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark, N.J., man today admitted committing six armed robberies of Newark convenience stores - including the same grocery store twice within a week, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 10, 2014
News Release: Mr. Chairman, I want to congratulate you on beginning the markup process for the Energy and Water bill. I would also like to thank the majority Subcommittee staff and your personal staff for their great work.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today advanced three bipartisan bills that have moved through the Subcommittee on Health, building on a proven record of success on public health issues. The committee advanced H.R. 4299, the Improving Regulatory Transparency for New Medical Therapies...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2014
News Release: ATLANTA - The United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia has reached a settlement agreement with Gwinnett College to resolve an investigation into allegations that it violated Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA") by not allowing an individual who has HIV to fully participate in its programs and classes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Tuesday, June 10, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M, Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Thomas O’Donnell, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the United States Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (“HHS-OIG"), announced the unsealing of a criminal...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Jeff Sessions (R-AL) sent a letter to newly-installed Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell regarding the legal ability of HHS to issue payments to health insurance...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today advanced three bipartisan bills that have moved through the Subcommittee on Health, building on a proven record of success on public health issues. The committee advanced H.R. 4299, the Improving Regulatory Transparency for New Medical Therapies...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today approved two bills that continue the committee’s efforts to create jobs, build the Architecture of Abundance, and advance energy efficiency as part of an “all-of-the-above" energy strategy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2014
News Release: WICHITA FALLS, Texas- Leonardo L. Sanchez, of Wichita Falls, Texas, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor to 110 months in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two members of a massive, international counterfeit goods conspiracy today admitted their roles in the scheme, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2014
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today Senior United States District Judge Malcolm J. Howard sentenced MICHAEL ANTHONY COWARD, 28, of Greenville, North Carolina, to 235 months imprisonment followed by 20 years supervised release. The court also imposed a $5,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2014
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA - Schella Logan Hope, 47, of Brunswick, Georgia, who was previously convicted by a federal jury of various health care fraud, aggravated identity theft, and money laundering offenses for her role in a multi-million dollar Medicaid fraud conspiracy, was sentenced last month to 16 years in...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 9, 2014
News Release: A new laboratory technique developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists could speed the search for soybean plants with resistance to the fungus that causes Phomopsis seed decay (PSD) in the legume crop.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 9, 2014
News Release: On Saturday, June 14, 2014, Gateway National Recreation Area will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Sandy Hook Lighthouse from 11 am to 4 pm. The public is invited to this free event.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 9, 2014
News Release: List Highlights How Forest Restoration, Fire Preparedness and other Activities were Postponed or Canceled Due to Lack of Adequate Fire Suppression Budget WASHINGTON, June 9, 2014 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture today released information showing how limited federal firefighting budgets have impacted ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 9, 2014
News Release: Farm Bill Implementation Continues as Energy Facilities Can Now Apply for Renewed Biomass Crop Assistance Program WASHINGTON, June 9, 2014 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will begin accepting applications June 16 from energy facilities ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 9, 2014
News Release: Updated Farm to School Census Demonstrates Economic Impact of Local Food Washington, D.C., June 9, 2014 -- Today, on behalf of the White House Rural Council, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Local Food, Local Places , a federal initiative that will provide direct technical support to rural communities ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2014
News Release: In a new step to boost voting access for American Indians and Alaska Natives, Attorney General Eric Holder today suggested the idea of requiring state and local election administrators whose territory includes tribal lands to place at least one polling site in a location chosen by the tribal government. ...
