News from September 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - An Agawam tax preparer was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Springfield for embezzling more than $400,000 from a corporate client.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 18, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Republican leaders of the Senate and House Committees of jurisdiction today sent a letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Marilyn Tavenner regarding the ongoing challenges states are facing while implementing the health law’s changes to Medicaid.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 18, 2014
News Release: BUNN, N.C., Sept. 18, 2014 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is investing in 540 renewable energy and energy efficiency projects nationwide.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 18, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued the following statement on the passage of a short-term extension of the Internet Tax Freedom Act, as part of the continuing resolution approved today...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2014
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced that EARL L. THERIOT, age 66, of Sorrento, Louisiana, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson to serve twenty-four (24) months of probation as a result of his conviction for making false statements to an FBI Special Agent in connection with a criminal civil rights investigation. THERIOT was also ordered to pay a $2,500 fine.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 18, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Tim Scott, R-S.C., today offered a new set of economic indicators to measure the impact of rising energy costs on American families.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2014
News Release: Kevin S. Kolb, 44, of Fairview, Tenn., was sentenced yesterday by United States District Court Judge Aleta Trauger to 25 years in prison yesterday for five counts of production of child pornography, announced David Rivera, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Northern District of Florida. Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014. Follow @NDFLNews. TALLAHASSEE - James Corder, 54, a former captain with the Gadsden County Sheriff’s Office, has been indicted on charges of violating the civil rights of an arrestee, obstruction of...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2014
News Release: SHREVEPORT/LAFAYETTE, La. -United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that the U.S. Attorney’s Offices in Shreveport and Lafayette recently collected more than 1,600 pounds of food and non-perishable items that were delivered to two local food pantries.
By State Newswire | Sep 18, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, on the Senate floor regarding training and equipping the moderate vetted Syrian opposition.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2014
News Release: Julio Ceasar Torres-Torres, 29, of Mexico, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson on Sept. 17, 2014, for illegal re-entry of a previously deported alien into the United States. Torres-Torres was arrested in Cody, Wyoming. He received time served plus ten days, was ordered to...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2014
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - The former Director of Finance and Comptroller of the Beaumont Independent School District (BISD) have been sentenced to federal prison for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2014
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Four men were taken into custody this morning on federal charges related to alleged schemes involving the use of “skimming devices" to steal credit card data and using that data to manufacture and sell fraudulent credit cards.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 18, 2014
News Release: Upcoming Webinars. September 24: Live Webinar on Successful Project Financing Mechanisms: ESPCs and UESCs. Webinar Sponsors: EERE Tribal Energy Program, DOE Office of Indian Energy, Western Area Power Administration. The Energy Department's Office of Indian Energy, Tribal Energy Program, and Western...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2014
News Release: CANON CITY, Colo. - Fire crews from the Bureau of Land Management Royal Gorge Field Office and the U.S. Forest Service Pike and San Isabel National Forests will join forces as they carry out their prescribed burning program this fall in southern Colorado. Planned ignitions will begin when weather and...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2014
News Release: Carmine G. Mandarano, a medical doctor whose practice is located in East Islip, New York, pleaded guilty today to the illegal distribution of oxycodone, a highly addictive prescription pain killer. Mandarano entered his plea before United States Magistrate Judge Gary R. Brown at the United States Courthouse...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2014
News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia, Sept. 18, 2014-Back by popular demand, many of your southern West Virginia parks are hosting the sixth annual Hidden History Weekend,September 26-28, 2014. This annual event celebrates the wonders of Appalachian heritage, the rich sites and stories of our area's diverse...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 18, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R- MI) issued the following statement on the August jobs report.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 18, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI), Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Charles B. Rangel (D-NY), and Committee Member and Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus Xavier Becerra (D-CA) issued the following statements following the announcement by USTR that the...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2014
News Release: UPCOMING EVENTS AT LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA SEPT 21 -NOV 11.
