News from October 2014
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 6, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - The first U.S. federal law enforcement app designed to seek the public's help with fugitive and unknown suspected child predators is now available for Android smartphones, and in Spanish for both Apple and Android versions.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 6, 2014
News Release: Point Reyes Station - The National Park Service today announced the joint filing of a settlement agreement and proposed consent decree that, if approved by the U.S. District Court, would end litigation with Drakes Bay Oyster Company that has been ongoing since December 2012. The agreement would allow...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 6, 2014
News Release: HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA - Biscayne National Park is looking for Harbor Host volunteers to live on Elliott Key. One or more positions are available from Nov. 1, 2014, to March 30, 2015. All applicants must have their own boat.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2014
News Release: DAYTON, OHIO - Eugene Roberts, 59, of Dayton, Ohio was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 240 months in prison and lifetime supervision for distributing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2014
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Clearfield, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to defraud the government, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 6, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to an announcement by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that it is revising the scoring methodology for its “five-star" rating system for nursing homes...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2014
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By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2014
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - STEVEN RUSSELL HART, 55, of Madill, Oklahoma, was sentenced last week to serve 33 months in prison for defrauding an Oklahoma City investor of more than $700,000, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 6, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Energy and Commerce Committee’s bipartisan 21st Century Cures initiative maintains momentum this month as members continue hosting roundtables in their home states. Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) is hosting an event in Kalamazoo, Michigan, tomorrow, Tuesday, October 7, 2014, and Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC) will host an event Thursday, October 9, 2014, in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2014
News Release: MONROE, La. -United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a man from Missouri was sentenced to 70 months in prison for possessing more than 3 kilos of cocaine meant for sale.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2014
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Shekeila Jones, 29, of Jackson, was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy to defraud the United States, U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis announced today. She was also ordered to pay restitution to the government in the amount of $55,660.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 6, 2014
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management, in conjunction with other agencies within the Department of the Interior, will waive recreation-related fees for visitors to the National System of Public Lands on four occasions in 2015 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Jan. 19), Presidents’ Day weekend (Feb. 14-16), National Public Lands Day (Sept. 26), and Veterans Day (Nov. 11). One fee-free day remains for 2014: Veteran’s Day, Nov. 11.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 6, 2014
News Release: Fire crews plan to begin ignitions on the North Boundary Prescribed Burn in Kings Canyon National Park on Wednesday, October 8, weather and air quality conditions permitting.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2014
News Release: 1125 Chapline Street, Federal Building, Suite 3000 ● Wheeling, WV 26003.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2014
News Release: On Dec. 19, 2012, a complaint was filed with the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, pursuant to Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), alleging the playground equipment at the city park in Keystone, South Dakota, was not accessible to individuals who use wheelchairs.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 6, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Energy and Commerce Committee’s bipartisan 21st Century Cures initiative maintains momentum this month as members continue hosting roundtables in their home states. Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) is hosting an event in Kalamazoo, Michigan, tomorrow, Tuesday, October 7, 2014, and Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC) will host an event Thursday, October 9, 2014, in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2014
News Release: OAKLAND - Starkisha Benson pleaded guilty on Oct. 3, 2014, to conspiring to file false claims and aggravated identity theft, United States Attorney Melinda Haag and IRS-CI Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation Division Special Agent in Charge José M. Martinez, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2014
News Release: GREENVILLE - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today before United States Magistrate Judge Kimberly A. Swank, MATTHEW MARKS WESTBROOKS, 33, of Lexington, South Carolina, pleaded guilty to a Criminal Information charging him with Making Material False Statements, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1001.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 6, 2014
News Release: The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program, the component of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that manages the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award in cooperation with the private sector, has announced three changes in the eligibility requirements for the 2015 award. These...
