News from May 2014
By Commerce Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued the following statement regarding today's floor action on the EXPIRE Act.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit this week vacated the probationary sentence a federal judge imposed last year on a former Birmingham police officer convicted of using excessive force on a handcuffed arrestee. The appeals court returned the case to U.S. District Court for resentencing, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that an Edwardsville woman pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani to aiding and abetting another person in transporting a female from Pennsylvania to New Jersey to engage in prostitution.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: Project Ceasefire. 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 illegally possessing firearms. Christopher J. Harris, 31, of Kansas City, was sentenced by U.S. District...
By USDA Newswire | May 15, 2014
Release: Northeast China has been a difficult market for U.S. companies to crack in the past. The region is traditionally an area of farming and manufacturing, making it difficult to find a place for U.S. agricultural exports. But recent economic growth and development have sent the region’s agricultural imports...
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 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, José A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), and Tom Weschler, Chief...
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: Marvis Charles Box, age 67, of Converse, TX, stands charged with stealing an estimated $478,000 of United States Postal Service equipment announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and U.S. Postal Inspection Service Inspector in Charge Robert Wemyss, Houston Division.
By US DOT Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: The Conference Report to H.R. 3080, the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA), was filed in the House of Representatives today. WRRDA was introduced in the House by Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA), Committee Ranking Member Nick J. Rahall, II (D-WV), Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Chairman Bob Gibbs (R-OH), and Subcommittee Ranking Member Tim Bishop (D-NY).
By Commerce Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: The National Digital Stewardship Alliance Innovation Working Group is honoring NIST for a software archive that has proven highly valuable to digital forensic investigators and is also paying off in other unimagined ways.
By Interior Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: In celebration of the 60th anniversary of what some have called the most important US Supreme Court decision of the 20th century, Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site is proud to announce a Twitter re-enactment of the Brown v. Board of Education decision and the national reaction that followed.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 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 possessing phencyclidine, or PCP, to distribute.
By Interior Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: The War in the Pacific National Historical Park is pleased to announce its first ever educator professional development workshop, titled History Methods: Teaching with Historic Places. In partnership with Pacific Historic Parks and Guam Preservation Trust, the workshop will explore how historic places...
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that SAMUEL PIERRE, who was employed by a Member of Congress at the time of his offense, was sentenced yesterday in Manhattan federal court to three months home confinement for accepting an illegal gratuity in...
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Alysa D. Erichs, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI), and Rear Admiral John H. Korn, Commander, 7th Coast Guard District (USCG), announce today the...
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - In connection with National Police Week - the week that includes Peace Officers Memorial Day on May 15 - the United States Attorney’s Office today encouraged all Marylanders to take a moment to remember officers who have been killed or wounded in the line of duty and to express their appreciation to the men and women who work every day to protect public safety.
By USDA Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, May 15-Total losses of managed honey bee colonies from all causes were 23.2 percent nationwide for the 2013-2014 winter, according to the annual survey conducted by the Bee Informed Partnership and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Richard.
By Commerce Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., announced the issuance of a new subpoena for testimony to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to appear at a May 29, 2014, hearing on his Department’s failure to comply with three subpoenas for documents...
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Barry Rhodes, 28, of Stockton, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. to over 7 years and three months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: Summer is right around the corner and the National Park Service is getting ready for another great summer at Blue Mesa Reservoir.
