News from May 2014
By Commerce Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has requested public comments on its newly proposed "Secure Hash Algorithm-3" (SHA-3) Standard, which is designed to protect the integrity of electronic messages.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Thursday, May 29, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that the government has reached a settlement with the Hospital for Special Care in New Britain to resolve...
By Interior Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: Mount Rainier National Park Superintendent Randy King advises the park has scheduled several local community meetings beginning next week. The meetings are focused on the gateway communities to provide updates on activities and projects ongoing within the park. Meeting dates and locations are.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA -United States Attorney Walt Green announced that RONALD JOSEPH OLAH, JR., age 35, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James J. Brady to serve eight (8) months incarceration in a halfway house and two (2) years of probation for his role in a fraudulent scheme to secure financing for a new fitness facility in Baton Rouge.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: Richard Lee, 55, of Swarthmore, PA, was charged today by Information with willfully failing to file a tax return, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The Information alleges that Lee had approximately $90,371 in gross income in 2010, which required him to file a federal 2010 tax return. The Information alleged that he willfully failed to file the return.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - United States Attorney Karen Loeffler announced that James Joseph Baehm, Jr., 47, and Melody Baehm, 41, of Anchorage, were sentenced today for their involvement in stealing mail just before Christmas 2013. The Baehms were arrested in the early morning hours of Dec. 22, 2013, in...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - The government has filed a complaint against CA Inc. (CA) for violations of the False Claims Act in connection with a General Services Administration (GSA) contract, the Justice Department announced today. CA manufactures and sells information technology products and is headquartered in Islandia, New York.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that Wasilla resident James C. Riggs plead guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Sharon L. Gleason to possessing an unregistered silencer and for killing a bull moose in Denali National Park in 2012.
By State Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement regarding the recent elections in Egypt...
By Interior Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: The Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area will provide assistance on Friday, June 6, and Saturday, June 7, for family members who wish to visit remote cemeteries and do minor clean-up of graves of their relatives. This assistance will be provided to the park cemeteries that are not easy to...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A licensed pharmacist pleaded guilty in federal court today to attempting to develop, produce and possess the potentially deadly toxins ricin and abrin for use as weapons and to possessing equipment for producing illegal narcotics, New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Ohio. Thursday, May 29, 2014. CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. COLUMBUS, OHIO - Terry Dragash, DO, 59, of Pataskala, Ohio pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiring to distribute oxycodone. Carter M. Stewart, United...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary General: We are writing to express our deep concerns regarding France’s contract to supply two Mistral warships to the Russian Federation this fall and to propose a solution to this vexing problem. In light of Russia’s recent aggression against Ukraine, we believe that the sale would...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - A federal grand jury in Greeneville returned an indictment on May 13, 2014, against Jayesh Dahyabhai Patel, 48, of Knoxville, Tenn., charging him with five counts of bank fraud.
By DOE Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: Upcoming Webinars. June 5: Live Webinar on Energy Efficiency Expert Evaluations: A Customized Assessment Approach. Webinar Sponsor: Federal Energy Management Program. The Energy Department will present a live webinar titled "Energy Efficiency Expert Evaluations: A Customized Assessment Approach" on Thursday...
By DOE Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today welcomed the release of a new study detailing the potential benefits to the U.S. economy of lifting the federal government’s 1970s-era ban on oil exports.
By Commerce Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: Mr. Chairman, I don’t doubt that medication can be an appropriate component in a treatment plan to help children with mental health or behavioral problems. But instead of being one option in a broader treatment plan, psychotropic drugs too often seem to be the first and only treatment for children in our foster care system.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that John Cirulli, of Buffalo, N.Y., pleaded guilty to two counts of deprivation of rights under color of law, before Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. Each charge carries a maximum sentence of one year in prison and a fine of $100,000.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington today sentenced Tammy Roaderick (40, Palm Harbor) to thirty-three months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The court also entered a money judgment against Roaderick in the amount of $2,396,498.25, which are the proceeds traceable to the offense. Roaderick pleaded guilty on July 18, 2013.
By Interior Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. - A recently installed sign at the Natural Entrance to Wind Cave was developed by representatives of American Indian tribes. The sign was a result of 5 consultation meetings dating back to 2006 held between the park and tribes with cultural or historical ties to Wind Cave.
