News from May 2014

By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that Dr. James Howard Eastlick, Jr., the former Clinical Psychologist at the Rocky Boy Health Clinic, entered pleas today in three of four indictments handed down by the Grand Jury charging him with public corruption and tax fraud. Eastlick appeared before U.S. District Judge Brian Morris in Great Falls to enter the guilty pleas.

By Commerce Newswire | May 1, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today made the following statement in response to Secretary Sebelius’s announcement of final ACA enrollment numbers...

By Commerce Newswire | May 1, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today delivered the following opening statement at a committee hearing examining Obama Administration’s 2014 trade policy agenda...

By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Parmelee, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Appear was sentenced on April 28, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By EPA Newswire | May 1, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced the first roundtable in the 21st Century Cures initiative and released the first white paper, 21st Century Cures: A Call to Action, seeking input and soliciting ideas on how Congress can help accelerate the discovery, development, ...

By Commerce Newswire | May 1, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health today held a hearing, “Telehealth to Digital Medicine: How 21st Century Technology Can Benefit Patients," to explore how advances in technology can be harnessed to advance our nation’s health care system and help more patients. Subcommittee...

By USDA Newswire | May 1, 2014
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the availability of funding to promote long-term economic growth and community vitality in rural areas. With the announcement, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) invites applications for funding through three community and economic development programs administered by USDA Rural Development.
By DOE Newswire | May 1, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health today held a hearing, “Telehealth to Digital Medicine: How 21st Century Technology Can Benefit Patients," to explore how advances in technology can be harnessed to advance our nation’s health care system and help more patients. Subcommittee...
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2014
News Release: Station Managers Allegedly Submitted Fraudulent and Inflated Invoices for Landscaping and Cleaning Services in Exchange for Bribe Payments.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that David Woods, 37, Corfu, N.Y., who was convicted of distribution of child pornography, was sentenced to 120 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara.

By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Allen, South Dakota, man convicted of First Degree Burglary was sentenced on April 28, 2014, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.

By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2014
News Release: What: Public sailing on San Francisco Bay aboard the restored 1891scow schooner Alma.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assaulting, Resisting, Opposing, and Impeding a Federal Officer.

By EPA Newswire | May 1, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health today held a hearing, “Telehealth to Digital Medicine: How 21st Century Technology Can Benefit Patients," to explore how advances in technology can be harnessed to advance our nation’s health care system and help more patients. Subcommittee...
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Thursday, May 1, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today that Michelle Lynn Smith, 36, of Jerseyville, Illinois, was charged by way of a criminal...

By Commerce Newswire | May 1, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced the first roundtable in the 21st Century Cures initiative and released the first white paper, 21st Century Cures: A Call to Action, seeking input and soliciting ideas on how Congress can help accelerate the discovery, development, ...

By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2014
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted a Quinton man for threatening an African-American man at a restaurant in the Walker County town, and for threatening another person who ordered Higgins to leave the restaurant because of his behavior, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and Acting Assistant Attorney General Jocelyn Samuels, head of the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Division.

By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2014
News Release: ANCHORAGE -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking nominations for Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACECs) as part of its Bering Sea-Western Interior Resource Management Plan (RMP), now under development. The BLM will accept ACEC nominations until Aug. 29, 2014.