News from September 2014
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 11, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives this week built upon the Energy and Commerce Committee’s #RecordOfSuccess by approving two more commonsense and bipartisan pieces of legislation.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a mother and son in northwest Missouri and a Kansas City, Mo., man have been sentenced in federal court for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and for illegally possessing firearms.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 11, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives will vote today on H.R. 3522, the Employee Health Care Protection Act, authored by Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-LA). The bill helps to protect American workers from the president’s #BrokenPromises by allowing health insurance plans currently available on the group...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 11, 2014
News Release: National Park Service Announces. Park Advisory Commission Meeting to be Held September 18th. Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park announces the next meeting of the Park Advisory Commission will be held on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014 at the Middletown Town Hall, 7875 Church Street, Middletown...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2014
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Senior U.S. District Judge G. Kendall Sharp sentenced Darrell Roby (41, Orlando) yesterday to 15 years in federal prison for possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon. Roby was also ordered to serve a 5-year term of supervision, upon his release from prison. Roby pleaded guilty on June 2, 2014.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 11, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing to review H.R. 5411, the Trafficking Awareness Training for Health Care Act of 2014, authored by Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC). The legislation seeks to provide health care professionals the tools necessary to identify and care for victims of human trafficking. Witnesses discussed the important role health care providers can play in helping these victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that the United States reached a settlement with an Emery, South Dakota, woman in a civil case involving false claims.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Nicholas McDonald, 33, of Eddington, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to 75 months in prison and three years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute heroin and possession of a firearm by a felon. He pleaded guilty on March 4, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Senior U.S. District Judge G. Kendall Sharp sentenced Mauricio Arbelaez (42, Haines City) to five years and three months in federal prison for smuggling goods from the United States, possessing an unregistered silencer, and possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number. Arbelaez pleaded guilty on June 25, 2014.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials remind park visitors to exercise caution as they view and photograph elk so that both the animals and themselves are protected. Elk are currently entering the fall breeding season, known as the rut. During this time period, from September 1 through Oct. 31, fields in Cataloochee and Oconaluftee are closed to all use. Even if the elk are not present, people are not allowed to walk into the fields.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: Buffalo, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that James M. Meyers, 28, of Lackawanna, NY, has been arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession of child pornography. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a fine of $250,000 or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - A Peabody investment advisor was sentenced today for defrauding several Boston-area residents out of their retirement savings.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON- Today, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) held the hearing, “Cybersecurity, Terrorism, and Beyond: Addressing Evolving Threats to the Homeland." The hearing examined several key global threats and the impact they have on the U.S. homeland including cyber threats, terrorist threats from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), foreign fighters in Syria, and terrorist travel.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: (Grand Marais, MICH.) Guy "Brody" Block will retire on September 28 following a lifetime of public service. Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore invites the community and visitors to stop by the Grand Sable Visitor Center on Friday, September 26. An open house is planned from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Brody's honor. The visitor center is located at E21090 County Road H-58, about 3 miles west of Grand Marais.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Energy Department announced today that it has issued the final authorization to Cameron LNG, LLC (Cameron) and Carib Energy LLC (Carib) to export domestically produced liquefied natural gas (LNG) to countries that do not have a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States. The Cameron...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Science & Technology Press Office Contact: John Verrico, (202) 254-2385 Washington, DC – The very first technology foraged under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology’s (S&T) Transition to Practice (TTP) program has transitioned to the commercial market almost two years ahead of schedule.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: Shannon Conley, age 19, of Arvada, Colorado, pleaded guilty this morning before U.S. District Court Judge Raymond P. Moore to one count of conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, U.S. Attorney John Walsh for the District of Colorado and Special Agent in ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: The United States has requested that the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi permanently bar a Greenville, Mississippi, man from preparing federal income tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today announced that eight non-profit organizations have been selected to receive approximately $2.2 million in awards through the Commerce Department’s Market Development Cooperator Program. The financial assistance will support projects aimed at increasing ...
By Commerce News Now | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today announced that eight non-profit organizations have been selected to receive approximately $2.2 million in awards through the Commerce Department’s Market Development Cooperator Program. The financial assistance will support projects aimed at increasing ...
