News from May 2014
By US DOT Newswire | May 22, 2014
News Release: Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and top Republican on the EPW Committee, Senator David Vitter (R-LA), issued the following statement after the Senate voted 91 to 7 to adopt the Senate-House conference report for the Water Resources and Reform Development ...
By DOL Newswire | May 22, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Lawmakers in both the Senate and House today introduced legislation to protect students from unfair banking practices involving campus-sponsored financial products and to preserve the integrity of federal student aid programs.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2014
News Release: Claimed To Be Working Full Time On Two Separate NSA Contracts Causing a Loss to the Government of More Than $65,000.
By EPA Newswire | May 22, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Republican leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Senate Finance Committee, and Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions yesterday sent a letter to Marilyn Tavenner, Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, regarding the backlog...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Utah. Thursday, May 22, 2014. Persuaded Investors To Invest Ira Funds In Residential Real Estate Project In Vernal, Utah. SALT LAKE CITY - Martin A. Pool, age 44, of Atlanta, Georgia, and Armand R. Franquelin, age 57, of Liberty, Utah, pleaded guilty...
By State Newswire | May 22, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement following reports of a military coup in Thailand...
By Homeland Newswire | May 22, 2014
News Release: KABUL, Afghanistan - Special agents from the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Attaché Office based at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul hosted a two-week Cross Border Financial Investigations Training (CBFIT) program for 17 Afghan law enforcement and financial investigators.
By Commerce Newswire | May 22, 2014
News Release: House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Job Creation and Regulatory Affairs Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, today requested that the Department of Justice make DOJ Public Integrity Section Chief Jack Smith available for a transcribed...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Thursday, May 22, 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 in an indictment...
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2014
News Release: On Saturday, May 31 from 11 am - 3 pm, Fire Island National Seashore will host a book signing event at the William Floyd Estate. William Floyd biographer Larry Lowenthal will be on hand to discuss his recently published book, William Floyd, Long Island Patriot. Lowenthal worked as a historian for the...
By EPA Newswire | May 22, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today voted to protect the future of the Internet by agreeing to Rep. John Shimkus’ (R-IL) amendment to the National Defense Authorization bill that mirrors language from the Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters (DOTCOM) Act of 2014. Shimkus...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2014
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On May 22, 2014, Hector Galvan, Jr., 34, of Jonesborough, Tenn., was sentenced by the Honorable Pamela L. Reeves, U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee, to serve 60 months in prison. Galvan pleaded guilty in April 2013 to a federal indictment charging him with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and being a convicted felon in possession of firearms.
By Commerce Newswire | May 22, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee Peter DeFazio (D-OR) sent a second letter to Chairman Doc Hastings (R-WA) requesting an emergency hearing on the extreme drought and potential for catastrophic wildfires. DeFazio first requested a drought hearing in February...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Edward Lee, age 43, and Devan Martin, age 41, both of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to rob a hair salon and its owner.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2014
News Release: Memphis, TN - Pamela Beard, a/k/a “Princess," 43, of Memphis, TN, pleaded guilty today in a one count information to providing information regarding the detention and arrest of individuals in order to assist her husband, John L. Thomas III, in his effort to avoid law enforcement, announced U.S. Attorney Edward L. Stanton III and Shelby County Sheriff Bill Oldham.
By USDA Newswire | May 21, 2014
News Release: Agriculture Deputy Under Secretary Doug O’Brien today announced that USDA is seeking applications from eligible lenders for loan guarantees to finance the construction or rehabilitation of rural rental housing.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2014
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A California man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for inducing and enticing two minor girls to travel from Oakland, Calif., to Las Vegas, Nev., to work as prostitutes during April and May 2013, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2014
News Release: PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA - Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced that a federal grand jury returned an indictment yesterday charging Robert Leesean Williams (29) with possession and receipt of child pornography. Counts one and two of the indictment allege...
By Homeland Newswire | May 21, 2014
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 PHILADELPHIA— Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson traveled to Philadelphia where he delivered keynote remarks at the National Homeland Security Association’s 2014 National Homeland Security Conference, highlighting the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) important partnerships with state and local governments, as well as first responders, to strengthen safety and enhance security.
By Homeland Newswire | May 21, 2014
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 SAN ANTONIO, Texas— Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas today traveled to San Antonio, Texas where he delivered keynote remarks at the 86th Annual American Association of Airport Executives Conference and Exposition.
