News from June 2014
By DOE Newswire | Jun 3, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, June 11, 2014, at 10:30 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Media Ownership in the 21st Century." Witnesses to be announced.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 3, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, June 11, 2014, at 10:30 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Media Ownership in the 21st Century." Witnesses to be announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Kelvin Robinson, a former candidate for the Council of the District of Columbia, pled guilty today to a felony charge for conspiring to defraud the District of Columbia’s Office of Campaign Finance by receiving and concealing campaign contributions in excess of those permitted under D.C. campaign finance laws.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 3, 2014
News Release: Rodney Brooks, founder, chairman and chief technology officer of Rethink Robotics, Inc., has joined the Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology (VCAT), the primary advisory committee of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Brooks was appointed to a three-year term by Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and NIST Director Patrick Gallagher.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 3, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, June 11, 2014, at 10:30 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Media Ownership in the 21st Century." Witnesses to be announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2014
News Release: Gulfport, Miss - Jeffrey Jerome Isabell, 51, of Gulfport, was sentenced to seven months in federal prison and six months of home confinement with electronic monitoring for attempting to evade income taxes, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and Special Agent in Charge Gabriel Grchan with IRS -...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 2, 2014
News Release: Heading into the final stretch of a year-long trial run, the experimental net-zero energy house at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Md., must overcome an energy deficit of 154 kilowatt hours-equivalent to about $20-during the month of June.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2014
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- U.S. District Judge L. Scott Coogler last week sentenced a Fairfield man to 26 years in prison on drug distribution and gun charges, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Jeffrey L. Fulton.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - Two Linn County men pleaded guilty Monday to federal firearms violations, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, and Ric Bradshaw, Sheriff, Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, announce that Jerrick David Bartee, 31, of West Palm Beach...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, and Jose A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), announce that Nydia...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, José A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), Paula Reid, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Secret Service, and George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 2, 2014
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 As I have seen firsthand and stated repeatedly, addressing the rising flow of unaccompanied children crossing our southwest border is an important priority of this Administration and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). It requires a whole of government coordinated and sustained response.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 2, 2014
News Release: HQ-14-40 Contact: FEMA News Desk Phone Number: 202-646-3272 E-mail: FEMA-News-Desk@fema.dhs.gov WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)—through its regional offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Kansas City and Denton (Texas)—is monitoring the possibility ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 2, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, June 2, 2014 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today kicked off the 6th annual Feds Feed Families Campaign at the USDA Headquarters in Washington D.C. The food drive is an annual event in which Federal employees in the Washington metropolitan area and around the country collect food for distribution by food banks, food pantries, and shelters.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2014
News Release: Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole, Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney for Western District of Pennsylvania David Hickton, FBI Executive Associate Director Robert Anderson and Deputy Under Secretary Dr. Phyllis Schneck of the Department of Homeland Security will hold a news conference TODAY, MONDAY, JUNE 2, 2014, at 12:00 p.m. EDT, to announce criminal charges and two global cyber fraud disruptions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2014
News Release: The Justice Department today announced a multi-national effort to disrupt the Gameover Zeus Botnet – a global network of infected victim computers used by cyber criminals to steal millions of dollars from businesses and consumers – and unsealed criminal charges in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Omaha, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2014
News Release: A Massachusetts man was charged today with allegedly hacking into computer networks around the country – including networks belonging to law enforcement agencies, a local police department and a local college – to obtain highly sensitive law enforcement data and alter academic records. He also obtained stolen credit, debit and payment card numbers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2014
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it will monitor elections on June 3, 2014, in Alameda and Napa Counties, California, and Cibola County, N.M., to ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act and other federal voting rights statutes. The Voting Rights Act prohibits discrimination in the election process on the basis of race, color or membership in a minority language group.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2014
News Release: A federal jury today convicted the former chief executive officer and the former chief financial officer of ArthroCare Corporation, a publicly traded medical device company based in Austin, Texas, for orchestrating a fraud scheme that resulted in shareholder losses of over $400 million.
