News from April 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Dr. Kevin Brophy, age 60, Florida, Dr. Fernando Motta, age 44, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and Dr. Christopher Korte, age 43, Pueblo, Colorado, pleaded guilty today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Susan E. Schwab in Harrisburg. Dr. Renee Nodine, age 52, Annville, pleaded guilty yesterday afternoon.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is requesting public comment on a possible update of its 2012 Electronic Authentication Guideline.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: WICHITA FALLS, Texas - A Wilbarger County man, who possessed methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor to a lengthy federal prison term, announced John Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Grambs Produce LLC satisfied a reparation order issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).The Nogales, Ariz., company has met its obligations and is now free to operate in the produce industry. Mario Grambs was...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: A. Update: 1.When reported: Began as a prescribed burn in Wind Cave National Park Monday, April 13. 2.Location: The fire is burning within the Keyhole (southern portion) of Wind Cave National Park. 3.Current status: Crews worked throughout the night establishing a line around 80% of the fire. No percent...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: OAKLAND - Khyber Law and Jessika Green each were sentenced to one year and a day for conspiring to file false claims, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge José M. Martinez.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: A. Update: 1.When reported: Began as a prescribed burn in Wind Cave National Park Monday, April 13. 2.Location: The fire is burning within the Keyhole (southern portion) of Wind Cave National Park. 3.Current status: Crews worked throughout the night establishing a line around 80% of the fire. No percent...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today praised the Senate’s approval of legislation establishing a new and permanent payment system for Medicare physicians and providers and extending the Children’s Health Insurance Program for two additional years.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) delivered remarks at a HELP Committee Executive Session to markup the Every Child Achieves Act of 2015, the bipartisan compromise she reached with Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) ...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: Good morning and welcome. This morning, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) will release its fifth annual report on unnecessary duplication, fragmentation and overlap in the federal government. The annual report was mandated by a debt limit amendment Dr. Tom Coburn sponsored in 2010 that was...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: Lawyer And Accountant Also Indicted. A ten-count indictment was unsealed today in United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York charging the defendant Vincent Vertuccio, also known as “Vinny," with conspiracy to defraud the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in connection with...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: The Outer Banks Group of national parks join other parks, programs, and partners across the country to encourage everyone to find their park and share their stories online at FindYourPark.com.Recently launched by the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation, Find Your Park is a public awareness and education campaign celebrating the milestone anniversary of the National Park Service in 2016 and setting the stage for its second century of service.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: Mr. Chairman, we're meeting here today to discuss the shared responsibility requirements of the Affordable Care Act. These two provisions of the law mandate that large businesses and individuals all do their part to improve the health security of the American people.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: Chairman Jeff Denham (R-CA). Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials. Hearing on “Oversight of Ongoing Rail, Pipeline, and Hazmat Rulemakings". April 14, 2015. Opening Statement. (Remarks as Prepared). Our hearing today will focus on the numerous matters related to current railroad, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: Defendant Managed ‘Cash Out’ Crews for Organization that Allegedly Capitalized on Information Hacked From Customers of More Than a Dozen Global Financial Institutions.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
Release: Kizable LLC’s Brian Shroeder (far left) and Michael Busby (third from left) take a moment during the Southeast Asia ATM to introduce Under Secretary Michael Scuse to one of the company’s one-on-one business meeting counterparts in the Philippines.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Formosa Plastics Corp. Texas; Infinity Maintenance; Maxim Crane Works; APRM Inc., doing business as, Plant Maintenance Services; Clark Constructors LLC, Process Service Specialist and Turner Industrial Group
By State Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today praised unanimous committee passage of the bipartisan Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015, which requires congressional review of any final agreement with Iran.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A former Charleston resident who illegally possessed a firearm on Nov. 30, 2012, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. Blaine Jerome Ivery, 32, previously pleaded guilty in November of 2014 to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 14, 2015 - Today, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans held an oversight hearing titled, “Proposed Federal Water Grabs and Their Potential Impacts on States, Water and Power Users, and Landowners." Witnesses testified on a range of Administration policies and regulatory actions, including the Environmental Protection Agency’s “Waters of the U.S." (WOTUS) and the U.S. Forest Service’s “Groundwater Directive.".
