News from September 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney Peter Smith for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Special Agent in Charge John Kelleghan for Philadelphia, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Special Agent in Charge Sidney M. Simon of the New York Field Office, Office of Export...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 17, 2014
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Committee on Homeland Security Ranking Member Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) delivered the following opening statement for the full Committee hearing entitled Worldwide Threats to the Homeland...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2014
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that George Y. Salameh pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to commit theft of government property and aggravated identity theft. He faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. Salameh was charged by a criminal complaint on May 7, 2013. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2014
News Release: Defendants hide assets in corporations with officers and directors named after their pets.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 17, 2014
News Release: Around the world, countries driven by tough global competition, dramatic demographic shifts, climate change, and an investment boom in clean tech are ripping up the 20th century energy playbook and laying out new paths forward. The United States - with a penchant for innovation and entrepreneurship - can lead the way.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. Ronald Douglas, a 59-year old Memphis, Tennessee, man was found guilty on Sept. 17, 2014, in federal district court, in East St. Louis, Illinois, for failure to register as...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 17, 2014
News Release: Doctors shrink tumors with radiation therapy, but a badly calibrated beam can cause serious complications. Scientists in NIST's Radiation Physics Division in the Physical Measurement Laboratory (PML) are developing a new set of techniques that could someday take the place of current standards. Their...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 17, 2014
News Release: The National Park Service is conducting National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) compliance for proposed improvements to potable and fire suppression water infrastructure located between the Colter Bay Village and Jackson Lake Lodge areas of Grand Teton National Park.The proposal is available for public review and comment for 30 days, from September 17 through Oct. 16, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2014
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Battlefield, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for embezzling $945,000 from his employer.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 17, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), today held a hearing on “Cross Border Data Flows: Could Foreign Protectionism Hurt U.S. Jobs?" The hearing examined cross-border data flows - the transfer of data across international borders - ...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 17, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Communications and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today examined the Federal Communications Commission’s management and spending. The hearing continues the subcommittee’s oversight of the commission and follows the committee’s requests for documents regarding the commission’s workload and backlog.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 17, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today examined ways to create more jobs for minorities in the energy sector with a hearing on H.R. 4526, the 21st Century Energy Workforce Development Initiative Act of 2014. This legislation, introduced by subcommittee...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2014
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A federal indictment has charged six men with conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. U.S. Attorney Tompkins is joined in making today’s announcement by John S. Comer, the Acting Special Agent in...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 17, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) held a hearing on three critical nominations to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, and the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Board of Governors.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2014
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Jersey City man was sentenced today to 114 months in prison for committing an armed robbery of a jewelry store in Hudson County, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 17, 2014
News Release: The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced nearly $3 million in grants that will support projects for online identity protection to improve privacy, security and convenience. The three recipients of the National Strategy for Trusted Identities...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 17, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today examined ways to create more jobs for minorities in the energy sector with a hearing on H.R. 4526, the 21st Century Energy Workforce Development Initiative Act of 2014. This legislation, introduced by subcommittee...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 17, 2014
News Release: Lookout Mountain, TN: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park is pleased to announce the waiver of entrance fees to Point Park, atop Lookout Mountain, on Saturday, September 27. Visitors are invited to experience the majestic views of Chattanooga's surrounding landscapes from our nation's first national military park.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 17, 2014
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Chairman Todd Rokita (R-IN) today released the following joint statement commending the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee for approving H.R. 4366, the Strengthening Education through Research Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2014
News Release: RICO conspiracy involved millions in counterfeit currency being circulated along the East Coast.
