News from April 2015
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: Adult peregrine falcons were recently observed defending Jordan Cliffs and the air space in front of it as well as being observed engaged in courtship behavior in the same area. Together these activities suggest that the adult pair of peregrine falcons have claimed the cliffs as their nesting territory...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held the hearing, "IRS Challenges in Implementing the Affordable Care Act." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del), as prepared for delivery...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - At a Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing this morning, Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.) highlighted the benefits of the Affordable Care Act and the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) progress in implementing the landmark legislation in its first tax season. He also underscored the need for Congress to provide the agency with the resources necessary to provide adequate customer service and support to taxpayers.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Gnoan Pierre Kablan was indicted on April 9 on 16 felony counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation and presentation of false and fraudulent tax returns, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Shantelle P. Kitchen, Special Agent in Charge of IRS-Criminal Investigation’s...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 15, 2015 - Today, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands held an oversight hearing titled, “Federal Land Acquisition and its Impacts on Communities and the Environment." Witness testimony focused on the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act (LWCF) of 1965, which expires on Sept. 30, 2015.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: MADRID - A Dominican-born Spanish citizen, who fled from Spain to New York after she was sentenced to serve six years in prison for drug trafficking, was removed April 14 by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers in New York City.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 15, 2015 - Rep. Doug Lamborn (CO-05), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources made the following opening statement at today's oversight hearing entitled "Examining the Future Impacts of President Obama's Offshore Energy Plan.".
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The owner and operator of Charlotte-area laundromats pleaded guilty to tax evasion today, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Teng Lor, 55, of Matthews, N.C., appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge David S. Cayer and admitted...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, spoke on the House floor in strong support of H.R. 1562, the Contracting and Tax Accountability Act, which will allow the federal government to make sure that contractors seeking...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Steven D. Griffin, 59, of Berlin, New Hampshire, was charged in a nine-count indictment with making false statements to a financial institution in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1014. Griffin appeared before Chief U.S. District Judge Christina Reiss in Burlington on April 6, 2015 and pled not guilty to the charges. He was released on conditions pending trial.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: Thank you, Chairman Dent, Ranking Member Bishop, and Chairman Rogers.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: The National Park Service and 11th Street Bridge Park presented the first ever Anacostia River Festival on Sunday, April 12 to officially conclude the 2015 National Cherry Blossom Festival. Joined by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and several D.C. council members...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, reacted to a recent report by the Partnership for Public Service and Booz Allen Hamilton, “Cyber In-Security II: Closing the Federal Talent Gap," that examined the federal government’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: MINEOLA, N.Y. - Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division, Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas, Nassau County Police (NCPD) Acting Commissioner Thomas Krumpter announced that a joint investigation has led to the arrest of several individuals including a Great Neck cardiologist charged with selling assault rifles and drugs during the course of a complex murder-for-hire plot against a competing doctor.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) held a hearing on Wednesday, “tax day," to discuss the challenges the IRS is experiencing in implementing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare. The IRS plays a central role in enforcing Obamacare’s individual mandate and in reconciling the advanced tax credits awarded to most of Obamacare’s enrollees to subsidize coverage.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, the National Taxpayer Advocate issued its 2011 Annual Report to Congress. In response to the release of the report, Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany Jr., MD (R-LA) released the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today that on April 14, 2015, Louis R. Dochwat, 38, of Granite City, IL, has been sentenced to 188 months in federal prison for Distribution of Methamphetamine and Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine. Upon release from prison, Dochwat will also be required to complete a term of 3 years on supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Yesterday a federal grand jury sitting in Albuquerque, N.M., returned a superseding indictment that adds new charges against a former Deputy of the Colfax County Sheriff’s Office previously charged with a drug trafficking offense. In addition to the original drug trafficking offense, the superseding indictment charges Vidal Sandoval, 45, of Cimarron, N.M., with two theft of government property offenses.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: This Saturday and Sunday, April 18-19, visitors to Mount Rainier National Park will be able to visit the park for free. Fees will be waived at all national park areas throughout the weekend as a kickoff to National Park Week, which is April 18-26.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: CINCINNATI - Brenda Ashcraft, 45, of Milford, Ohio pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to defrauding investors of at least $15 million between 2009 and 2013 in a fraudulent investment scheme to purchase and sell real estate through real estate investment trusts known as REITs.
