News from April 2015
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: Rome, NY - Fort Stanwix National Monument is proud to present the National Park Treasure Tours at Jervis Public Library during National Park Week 2015. This special discovery series will take you to three national parks across the country, allowing you to explore their beauty and history from your backyard!.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: Every April, National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW) is held to promote victims’ rights and honor crime victims and those who advocate on their behalf. This year’s NCVRW will be held April 19-25 and the theme, “Engaging Communities. Empowering Victims." presents the opportunity to highlight the diversity...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued a statement today following calls by Republican lawmakers for a repeal of the federal estate tax...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN), Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN), House Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Phil Roe (R-TN), and Senate Employment and Workplace Safety Subcommittee ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: DALLAS - A 36-year-old Dallas man, who is charged in a federal criminal complaint that was unsealed today with a felony drug offense stemming from his role in the March 2014 heroin overdose death of a Dallas teenage girl, Rian Lashley, is in federal custody following a high speed chase through Orange County, California, yesterday. The announcement was made today by John Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)will issue the full draft of its Community Resilience Planning Guide for Buildings and Infrastructure for public comment during a workshop at Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas, on April 27. This event, which is open to the public, will serve as the springboard for discussion of the draft guide during the 60-day review-and-comment period.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: Bark beetles continue to be active in conifer trees within Rocky Mountain National Park. The park's priorities for mitigation of the effects of beetles are focused on removing hazard trees and hazard fuels related to the protection of life and property. For several years, Rocky Mountain National Park...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: HHS to Probe Skyrocketing Generic Drug Prices
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: Porter, Indiana - Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore is one of 28 national parks to receive a Park Stewards grant from the National Park Foundation, (NPF) the official charity of America’s national parks. Over the last year, the national lakeshore has been working with LaPorte High School teacher Rob Walker...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: In Del Rio, 40-year-old Guadalupe Garza of Eagle Pass, TX, faces 12 years in federal prison after pleading guilty today to robbing a bank while using a deadly weapon announced Acting United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs of the FBI’s San Antonio Division.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: The Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Commission will convene for its regular quarterly meeting at 9:00 A.M. on Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at park headquarters located on the corner of Red Jacket Road and Hwy. US-41 in Calumet. The meeting will include an update on the efforts and work of the Commission...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and William P. Offord, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, announced that AGOSTINO INCORVAIA, 47, of Danbury, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to one count of tax evasion.
By State Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Tomorrow at 10 a.m., U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, will convene a hearing to examine Russia’s use of media to destabilize Ukraine, Eastern Europe and beyond, and the U.S. government’s inability to respond effectively. The hearing, entitled “Confronting Russia’s Weaponization of Information, " will be held in 2172 Rayburn House Office Building.
By State Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement regarding President Obama’s decision to remove Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has cited Bissett Produce Company Inc. of Spring Hope, N.C., for failure to remit net proceeds for produce.
By State Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and a former Chairman of the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee, today issued the following statement regarding President Obama’s decision to remove Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: A. Update: 1. When reported: Began as a prescribed burn in Wind Cave National Park on Monday, April 13. 2. Location: The fire is burning within the Keyhole (southern portion of Wind Cave National Park. 3. Current status: 30% of the fire is contained. Crews finished building fire lines around the fire...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: Th First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet), part of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), is building a nationwide public safety broadband network to provide first responders with access to 21st century communication technology that improves safety and security.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney James L. Santelle announced today that Thomas A. Gervais (age: 45) of Antigo, Wisconsin, was sentenced yesterday to 45 years imprisonment by United States District Judge William C. Griesbach. Judge Griesbach also ordered a lifetime term of supervised release. The sentence followed...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO - A former Moecherville Water District (MWD) board president appeared in U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Illinois today on federal charges for allegedly stealing $33,597 in property mortgaged and pledged to the Secretary of Agriculture acting through the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development (USDA-RD), over the course of three months.
