News from October 2014
By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2014
News Release: There are nine more reasons to enjoy Fort Moultrie! Fort Moultrie will offer free admission on nine days in 2015. The 2015 entrance fee-free days are.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2014
News Release: Boston - A Plymouth man was indicted yesterday with distribution and possession of child pornography.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 3, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - Last night, the U.S. Senate approved bipartisan child welfare legislation aimed at reducing child sex trafficking, increasing adoptions and improving child support collections. The legislation was approved by the House on July 23, 2014.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 3, 2014
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on two produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 3, 2014
News Release: Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Ranking Member Elijah Cummings, D-Md., asked U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson to conduct a comprehensive external review of the Secret Service beyond the September 19 White House...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Friday, Oct. 3, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Brian J. Fields, 52, of Belleville, IL, was sentenced on a two-count information...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 3, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) must take bold and innovative action to combat more than $5 billion in fraudulent identity theft tax refunds, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The report, requested by leaders on the Senate Finance and Aging Committees...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2014
News Release: The Knoxville Area Dulcimer Club will be performing at the Blue Heron Interpretative Center for visitors on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014, at 12:00 p.m. ET.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2014
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - U.S. District Court Chief Judge William E. Smith today sentenced Andrew A. Calcione, 49, of Cranston, to 12 months and one day in federal prison for threatening to assault and murder an IRS agent and his family, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha; J. Russell George, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration; and Robert E. O’Malley, Special Agent in Charge, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, New York Field Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that an inmate at SCI Waymart who arranged drug transactions from prison was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison today by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2014
News Release: Elvin Hill was sentenced today to 43 years in prison at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn. In January 2014, following a jury trial, Hill was convicted of murdering Fredy Cuenca, a livery cab driver, during the course of a robbery on June 29, 1997, in Bushwick, Brooklyn.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that RAINER WITTICH, age 65, of River Ridge, Louisiana, and the company he owns, THE BRINSON COMPANY, of Harahan, Louisiana, were charged yesterday in a nine-count superseding indictment by a federal grand jury for their role in creating and selling fake Mercedes-Benz diagnostic equipment containing proprietary software without authorization.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2014
News Release: Harkers Island, NC -Cape Lookout National Seashore announced the beginning of its 2015 summer hiring process. Cape Lookout National Seashore hires 15 or more summer seasonal employees each year. Positions will be announced in the coming weeks at www.USAJobs.gov. Announcements are generally open 14-21 days so checking the site frequently is necessary. Applications must be completed online by the closing date of the announcement.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 3, 2014
News Release: This announcement marks the largest suite of Gulf early restoration projects selected thus far in the wake of the 2010 oil spill. The projects aim to address a range of injuries to natural resources and the subsequent loss of recreational use.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 3, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of both the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education (the LHHS subcommittee) and the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement calling for an...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 3, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following reaction to the U.S. Department of Treasury’s announcement on inversions.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2014
News Release: COLUMBUS - An investigation by federal, state and local law enforcement in Central Ohio has led to the arrest of Bryan Lehman, 50, of Westerville, Ohio for allegedly producing, receiving, distributing and possessing child pornography.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 3, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) says one year after a disastrous rollout, the Affordable Care Act still isn’t ready.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2014
News Release: The National Park Service is hosting a cleanup day to focus on the Yamacraw Bridge area on Saturday, October 25. The day will begin at 8:30 a.m. (Eastern Time) by meeting at the parking lot on the east side of the river off Highway 92 outside of Stearns. Morning snacks, coffee, and extra water will be available. All volunteers must meet and sign in at theYamacraw Bridge east parking lot.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - An employee of the Employment Development Department and a co-defendant for a scheme to defraud the EDD Disability Insurance Program, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
