News from September 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Assistant United States Attorney Jeb Terrien of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Virginia was one of 243 members of the Department of Justice recognized by Attorney General Eric Holder and Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys (EOUSA) Director Monty Wilkinson at the 30th annual Director’s Awards Ceremony today in Washington D.C.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 10, 2014 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following opening statement at today’s Full Committee oversight hearing entitled “The Status of the Fish and Wildlife Service’s Responses to Committee Subpoenas and the Continued Lack of Transparency about Its Implementation and Enforcement of American Wildlife Laws, and Oversight of the Department of the Interior’s Solicitor’s Office.".
By USDA Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: Vice President Joe Biden Presents World Food Program USA’s Highest Honor to Stabenow who joins Prestigious Group of Past Awardees Including Gates, Dole, Clinton, Buffett
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced today that in a continuing effort to promote an educational program about firearm safety and awareness, Louisiana Law Enforcement for Gun Safety is unveiling two additional demonstration trailers on Sept. 23, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. at the Louisiana Sheriff’s Association, 1175 Nicholson Drive, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Kenneth Allen Polite, Jr. and Deputy Assistant Attorney General Ronald A. Cimino of the Justice Department’s Tax Division announced today that two men unlawfully residing in Louisiana were sentenced to prison for identity theft and tax fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: LAKEWOOD, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management has named long-time employee Joe Meyer as the new Northwest Colorado District Manager based in Grand Junction.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: Subcommittees: * Health (113th Congress) . Opening Statement of Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton . Opening Statement of Energy and Commerce Committee Member Diana DeGette . Participants: The Honorable Sylvia Burwell. Secretary. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Dr. Francis...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Three New Jersey men were arrested today on charges they allegedly ran an online shop selling fake driver’s licenses, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - A Chicopee man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Springfield to failing to register as a sex offender.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday Sept. 17, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building to examine H.R. 4526, the 21st Century Energy Workforce Development Jobs Initiative Act of 2014.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: Halloween Open House. Date: Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014. Time: 6:00pm - 9:00 pm. Location: William Howard Taft NHS Education Center, 2038 Auburn Ave. Fees: None. William Howard Taft National Historic Site will celebrate a Halloween Open House with free events. The house where William Howard Taft was born...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Five current or former members of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington were honored today in Washington D.C. for their work on the Seattle Police Department Pattern and Practice investigation, and resulting consent decree on police reforms. The recognized team...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Abusive Sexual Contact by Force was sentenced on September 9, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced the guilty plea of TIMOTHY JON OLIVER, 60, for stealing $500,000 from ARS Tectonica, a Mexican construction company, in connection with an alleged real estate project in Libya. OLIVER entered his guilty plea today before Chief Judge Davis in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: Mr. Chairman: Commissioner Koskinen and Deputy Administrator Slavitt, thank you for coming this morning. Before we enacted the ACA four years ago, America’s health insurance system was dysfunctional and deadly. 46 million people across the United States were uninsured. Every year, 45,000 Americans...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, and Barry R. Grissom, United States Attorney for the District of Kansas, announced that law enforcement officers and victim service providers from throughout a multi-state region are in Kansas City, Mo., this week to attend the 11th annual Protect Our Children Conference at the Airport Hilton in Kansas City, Mo., from Sept. 10 to 12, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Assistant United States Attorneys Glenn D. Baker, William G. Traynor, Dahil D. Goss, J. Russell Phillips, Stephen H. McClain, Investigator Donna J. Davis, IT Solutions Manager Michael Laskowski, and Paralegal Specialist Barbara A. McIntosh of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Northern District...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Robert Pineault, 39, of Manchester, was sentenced in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to 60 months in prison in connection with offenses involving methamphetamine manufacture, announced Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney John P. Kacavas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Kahni Lobban (a/k/a Anthony Dobson, a/k/a Christopher George Evans, a/k/a Koran Rutherford), 36, was sentenced 24 months in prison by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer. The sentence will be served consecutive to a sentence the defendant is currently serving in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for a conviction on gun and drug related charges.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: Construction will soon begin on the next phase of Grand Teton National Park's shared-use pathway system. The new pathway segment ( 1.25 miles from Moose Junction to Antelope Flats Road) is expected to be completed by late fall 2015 and open for public use in spring 2016. In addition, intermittent closures...
