News from May 2014
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that Maualuga Leaana, 43, of Anchorage was arraigned on federal charges that she committed identity theft and falsely claimed U.S. citizenship to obtain various federal and state benefits. The Indictment, which was returned by the federal...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Neptune, N.J., man today admitted his involvement in a 24-hour crime spree that took place in five separate shore-area towns and involved the shooting of a cab driver and a number of armed robberies, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Mexican national was sentenced in federal court today for illegally reentering the United States after having been deported.
By US DOT Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- The Co-Chairs of the Senate Climate Action Task Force, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), today announced that they will join other leading members of the House and Senate at a "Wake up Congress for Climate Action" press event on Wednesday, May 21st at 4:00 p.m. ET in Dirksen Senate Office Building room G-50.
By EPA Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent letters to the Department of Health and Human Services, Serco, Inc., Accenture, and CGI regarding reports that inaccurate subsidy payments may have been made to more than one million Americans through the health care law.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Jaime Homero Guerrero, 20, has been ordered to prison for conspiracy to possess and possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. A federal jury convicted Guerrero, of Brownsville and Matamoros, Mexico, on Jan. 24, 2014, following more than two days of testimony and approximately five hours of deliberation.
By DOE Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: The Energy Department today announced $7 million for six projects to develop lightweight, compact, and inexpensive advanced hydrogen storage systems that will enable longer driving ranges and help make fuel cell systems competitive for different platforms and sizes of vehicles. These advances in hydrogen storage will be critical to the widespread commercialization of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - A Westminster man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Worcester for bank fraud.
By DOE Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: Over the past several months, Energy and Commerce Committee leaders have sent numerous letters to the Obama administration regarding concerns surrounding the implementation and effects of the health care law. Despite the administration’s assertions that the health care law is finished business, these...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that KERA EVANS, 30, of Big Timber, was sentenced to a term of 96 months imprisonment, five years supervised release, and a special assessment of $100 during a federal court hearing in Billings, Montana, on May 14, 2014, before U.S. District Judge Susan Watters.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: Huntington, W.Va. - William Isiah Petties, 33, of Huntington, West Virginia, pleaded guilty today in federal court to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced. On Jan. 20, 2014, the Drug Enforcement Administration conducted a search of 1130 28th Street...
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: HUNGRY HORSE, Mont. - The Bureau of Reclamation announces the opening of the Hungry Horse Dam Visitor Center for the 2014 summer season beginning Memorial Day Weekend. The visitor center will be open daily from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. beginning May 24 through Sept. 13.
By Commerce Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: Over the past several months, Energy and Commerce Committee leaders have sent numerous letters to the Obama administration regarding concerns surrounding the implementation and effects of the health care law. Despite the administration’s assertions that the health care law is finished business, these...
By US DOT Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, today sent a letter to Secretary Penny Pritzker of the U.S. Department of Commerce, requesting a meeting to discuss the Louisiana Congressional delegation's concerns regarding the allocation of funds from the Resources and Ecosystem Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012 (RESTORE Act).
By Commerce Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent letters to the Department of Health and Human Services, Serco, Inc., Accenture, and CGI regarding reports that inaccurate subsidy payments may have been made to more than one million Americans through the health care law.
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: LOWELL, MA - Canal Boat Tours Begin Memorial Day Weekend at Lowell National Historical Park. Visit Lowell and cruise the historical canals by boat and ride a trolley though downtown. Canal boat tours begin for the 2014 season on Memorial Day weekend. Between May 24 and June 13 Lowell National Historical Park will offer its popular canal tours on Saturdays and Sundays. Canal boat tours are offered daily beginning Sunday, June 14.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Jose Antonio Hernandez, 41, and Genaro Vela-Rodriguez, 28, both of Fresno, pleaded guilty today before Senior U.S. District Judge Anthony W. Ishii to one count each of conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement and traffic in counterfeit labels and counterfeit documentation and packaging, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: GRAND COULEE, Wash. - The Bureau of Reclamation is seeking public comment to identify issues to be addressed in an environmental assessment for the proposed construction of a new fire station for the Grand Coulee Power Office Fire Department.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 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 a large amount of PCP for distribution and for illegally possessing firearms.
By EPA Newswire | May 19, 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) today continued the process leading to a #CommActUpdate with the release of a white paper focused on competition policy. Last year, Upton and Walden...
