News from October 2014
By Interior Newswire | Oct 5, 2014
News Release: Friday, October 3 at 4:54 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2014
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. -Shawn Butler, a/k/a “Dickie," 39, of Portsmouth, Virginia, was sentenced today to 170 months in prison, followed by 8 years of supervised release for heroin distribution.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 5, 2014
News Release: The BLM's Utah State Office has valued our relationship with the Utah Department of Corrections and we regret that it has decided to terminate the Wild Horse Inmate Program (WHIP) at Gunnison. This program has aided in the rehabilitation of inmates and has, through the gentling of horses, helped place...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2014
News Release: OAKLAND, Calif. - Anthony Keslinke was charged today by superseding indictment in a scheme involving short sale mortgage fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Jay Fitzpatrick, and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge José M. Martinez.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 4, 2014
News Release: The 2015 entrance fee free days are.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 3, 2014
News Release: Unique Partnership Will Create Jobs, Produce Advanced Domestic Fuel and Reduce Greenhouse Gases BATON ROUGE, La., Oct. 3, 2014 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced a $91 million loan guarantee to help finance an innovative advanced biofuel plant in Rapides Parish, Louisiana.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2014
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that it will not challenge a proposal by CyberPoint International LLC to offer a cyber intelligence data-sharing platform known as TruSTAR. The TruSTAR platform allows members to share threat and incident data along with attack information and develop remediation solutions to help define more effective strategies across industries to prevent successful cyber attacks.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2014
News Release: Three Colombian citizens pleaded guilty today for conspiring to transport more than 1,000 kilograms of cocaine on board “go-fast boats” from the north coast of Colombia into international waters on vessels subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2014
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that the department, on behalf of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey against Pharmaceutical Innovations Inc. and Gilbert Buchalter, who is the company’s founder, owner, and chairman ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2014
News Release: Eric St-Cyr, an investment advisor, and Patrick Poulin, an attorney, were sentenced today to serve 14 months in prison and three years of supervised release each for conspiring to launder monetary instruments, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2014
News Release: A Northern California real estate investor has agreed to plead guilty for his role in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern California, the Department of Justice announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2014
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today a second superseding indictment in a sex trafficking conspiracy charging six individuals for offenses related to their involvement in sex trafficking adult victims in New Orleans and elsewhere. Five defendants, Granville Robinson, aka “Bear” and “HB,” 25; Duane ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2014
News Release: The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and U. S. Attorney A. Lee Bentley III for the Middle District of Florida announced today that they reached an agreement with Key Safety Systems Inc. resolving claims that Key Safety Systems violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) by demoting U.S. Army National Guard Member Ronald Collins Jr. following the announcement of his military deployment.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2014
News Release: Justice Department spokeswoman Dena Iverson released the following statement Friday regarding the just-completed, two-day visit to Ferguson, Missouri, by senior Justice Department officials: “At the request of Attorney General Eric Holder, Department of Justice leadership traveled to Ferguson, Missouri, ...
By Commerce News Now | Oct 3, 2014
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker issued the following statement today on the release of the August 2014 U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services data. U.S. exports of goods and services increased to a record $198.5 billion from $198.0 billion in July, reaching record levels in capital ...
By Commerce News Now | Oct 3, 2014
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today issued a statement following President Obama’s announcement of the creation of a new National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI) institute.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 3, 2014
News Release: On Manufacturing Day, Secretary Pritzker and Senior Department Officials Participate in Events at Manufacturing Facilities Nationwide In honor of National Manufacturing Day, senior U.S. Commerce Department officials joined President Obama, several Cabinet secretaries and other government leaders today in events celebrating American manufacturers.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 3, 2014
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker issued the following statement today on the release of the August 2014 U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services data. U.S. exports of goods and services increased to a record $198.5 billion from $198.0 billion in July, reaching record levels in capital ...
By Commerce News Now | Oct 3, 2014
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today issued a statement following President Obama’s announcement of the creation of a new National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI) institute.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 3, 2014
News Release: On Manufacturing Day, Secretary Pritzker and Senior Department Officials Participate in Events at Manufacturing Facilities Nationwide In honor of National Manufacturing Day, senior U.S. Commerce Department officials joined President Obama, several Cabinet secretaries and other government leaders today in events celebrating American manufacturers.
