News from April 2015
By Interior Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - From April 18 through 26, the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation will host National Park Week. This year’s theme, “Find Your Park," invites people everywhere to be a part of the Find Your Park movement and discover their own unique connections to parks and the programs...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a hearing on a draft of the Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters Act (TROL Act). The subcommittee is continuing its work from last Congress to craft legislation that protects businesses and consumers from abusive patent demand letters, while preserving the ability of patent holders to legitimately protect their intellectual property.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing to discuss options for improving post-acute care (PAC) for Medicare patients. Subcommittee members reviewed bipartisan proposals and ideas to strengthen Medicare and promote higher quality care for seniors by modernizing post-acute care payment policies.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, April 23, 2015, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Combatting the Opioid Abuse Epidemic: Professional and Academic Perspectives."
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) and Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) joined Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (D-SC) and House Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) in announcing their intent to introduce legislation that would allow individuals who make charitable...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON- Today, after listening to testimony during yesterday’s House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on “DOJ IG: Handling of Sexual Harassment and Misconduct Allegations," Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) and Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-MD) joined with fellow committee Members in expressing no confidence in DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - George Yarbrough, 43, a former resident of Houston, has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of mailing a threatening communication, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: The defendant was also ordered to forfeit $1,200,000 and approximately $20,489 in funds on deposit in certain bank accounts; his lakefront residence at on Edgemere Drive in Rochester, $30,000 in lieu of a second piece of real property and any interest in approximately $60,886 seized as part of the case.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that two southern Illinois residents were charged and appeared in Court today on child pornography offenses which are alleged to have occurred in Jackson and Richland Counties. Joseph R. Washburn, 33...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Asbury Health Center, a continuing-care retirement community located in Pittsburgh, has agreed to pay the United States $1,331,837.96 to settle False Claims Act allegations, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: PRESS RELEASE. INDIANAPOLIS-Josh J. Minkler, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana and John C. Cruden, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division, announced today that Joseph Furando, 49, of Montvale, New Jersey, together...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr., announced today that Dr. Albert R. Cowie, 36, of Amherst, NY, was arrested this morning and charged by criminal complaint with unlawful distribution of a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance by fraud, and conspiracy to commit a drug felony. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a $1,000,000 fine or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: Orlando, FL - Senior U.S. District Judge G. Kendall Sharp today sentenced Kenyada Emanuel Jacobs (42, Casselberry) to 5 years and 10 months in federal prison for bank robbery. He was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $1,750 to BB&T Bank. Jacobs pleaded guilty on Jan. 15, 2015.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 PHILADELPHIA— Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson today met with Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter to underscore the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) important collaboration with the city’s leadership and local law enforcement on a range of homeland security-related priorities and issues.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: KINGSPORT, Tenn., April 15, 2015 – Agriculture Under Secretary Lisa Mensah today announced the selection of 31 community-based organizations in 17 states and the District of Columbia for grants to help small rural communities create jobs and boost economic development. The grants are being made available through USDA Rural Development's Rural Community Development Initiative (RCDI) program.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, April 15, 2015 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today that the organic industry continues to show remarkable growth domestically and globally, with 19,474 certified organic operations in the United States and a total of 27,814 certified organic operations around the world.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division today issued the 2015 edition of its annual newsletter. The newsletter highlights the Antitrust Division’s civil and criminal enforcement actions, international cooperation efforts and competition guidance and advocacy over the last year.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: Two Detroit residents were sentenced yesterday after pleading guilty to charges of wire fraud and aiding and abetting in identity theft, Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade of the Eastern District of Michigan and Acting Special Agent in Charge Jarod Koopman of Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: A lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy pleaded guilty to bribery charges in federal court today, admitting that he accepted cash, hotel expenses and the services of a prostitute in return for providing classified U.S. Navy ship schedules and other internal Navy information to an executive of a defense ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: The United States has filed a complaint seeking to permanently bar a West Palm Beach, Florida, area man and his business from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today.
