News from May 2014
By Commerce Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) today responded to changes to the nuclear waste fee. Effective tomorrow, the fee will be zeroed out to 0.0 mill per kilowatt hour of electricity generated and sold. In November, a federal court ordered the Department...
By US DOT Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee unanimously approved S.2322, the MAP-21 Reauthorization Act, a long-term bipartisan bill to reauthorize the nation's transportation programs for six years at current funding plus inflation, illustrating broad bipartisan support ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Robert Romero, 26, of Santa Fe, N.M., pleaded guilty today to federal narcotics trafficking and firearms charges. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Romero will be sentenced to ten years in federal prison followed by four years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that this week, in the Eastern District of California, two defendants were sentenced, three defendants pleaded guilty and one defendant was indicted for child pornography offenses. These cases were brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative by the Department of Justice to combat the epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.
By DOE Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) today responded to changes to the nuclear waste fee. Effective tomorrow, the fee will be zeroed out to 0.0 mill per kilowatt hour of electricity generated and sold. In November, a federal court ordered the Department...
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced that two Beckley area residents were sentenced today in federal court for obtaining oxycodone by fraud. Sherry Lively, age 46, of Crab Orchard, West Virginia and Justin Woodie, age 22, of Beckley, West Virginia received prison sentences...
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - United States Attorney Pamela C. Marsh announced today that United States District Judge Robert Hinkle sentenced Jerry Samuel Joseph, 33, formerly of Tallahassee, to a total of 81 months in federal prison on two indictments. One case involved five charges relating to fraudulent federal income tax returns, and the other case involved failing to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: - Allegedly failed to report earnings and pay income taxes on $386,183.67 during a six year period and overstated business expenses of $581,519.91.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that two Blue Springs, Mo., real estate agents and several co-defendants have been sentenced in federal court for their roles in an $11 million mortgage fraud scheme.
By Commerce Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today released a report regarding its investigation of federal programs that address severe mental illness (SMI). Since January 2013, following the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut, and against the backdrop of subsequent mass killings tied to untreated...
By Interior Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - As part of the Obama Administration's continued effort to bring relief to California communities suffering from the historic drought, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced today that the Bureau of Reclamation will invest $20 million in nine water reclamation and reuse projects.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Anthony D. Williams, Special Agent in Charge of the Los Angeles Field Division, announced today that area residents turned in more than 35,(17.5 tons) of medication as part of the 8th DEA National Prescription Drug Take-Back Program. This event was held on Saturday, April 26th, and provided a safe, convenient and responsible means for disposing unused and unwanted medications.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Thursday, May 15, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that DOMINGOS DIAS, 44, of formerly of Trumbull and currently residing in Easton, was sentenced yesterday...
By EPA Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) expressed disappointment following today’s Federal Communications Commission’s vote on Chairman Tom Wheeler’s proposed “open Internet" rules.
By Commerce Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) released the following statement in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement that Russia will cut off natural gas supplies to Ukraine unless it receives pre-payments.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III sentenced Jacqualyn Sue Caldwell, age 55, of Baltimore, today to a year and a day in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiring to defraud a student financial aid program.
By EPA Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Lee Terry (R-NE) today put forward draft text of legislation to address illegitimate patent demand letters. The legislation aims to protect businesses from abusive patent assertion entities (PAEs), or patent trolls, while preserving...
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: ALICIA A.G. LIMTIACO, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that ANTONETTE ELATICO PARR (“PARR") was sentenced on Monday, May 12, 2014, by Chief Judge Frances Tydingco-Gatewood, in the District Court of Guam, to 21months incarceration, and three years of supervised release.
By DOE Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today released a report regarding its investigation of federal programs that address severe mental illness (SMI). Since January 2013, following the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut, and against the backdrop of subsequent mass killings tied to untreated...
By Interior Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: As part of a National Trails Day celebration, the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area will host a day of trail repair and clean-up on Saturday, June 7. The event will be held on the Middle Creek Nature Loop, and volunteers will meet at the parking area of the Middle Creek Nature Loop off Divide Road at 8:30 a.m. EDT.
