News from April 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2015
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A federal grand jury today indicted a physician and owner of a Jasper neurology and pain clinic on illegal drug distribution charges for dispensing narcotic painkillers for other than legitimate medical purposes. U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, Drug Enforcement Administration Assistant Special Agent in Charge Clay A. Morris and Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Veronica Hyman-Pillott announced the charges.
By State Newswire | Apr 30, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today released the following statement regarding President Obama’s nomination of Gayle Smith as USAID Administrator.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 30, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Communications and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today discussed a number of ways to increase transparency at the Federal Communications Commission and make their work more accessible to the American people. Subcommittee members from both sides...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2015
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Twin brothers Muneeb and Sohaib Akhter, 23, of Springfield, Virginia, were indicted by a federal grand jury today on charges of aggravated identity theft, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to access a protected computer without authorization, access of a protected computer without authorization, conspiracy to access a government computer without authorization, false statements, and obstruction of justice.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 30, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today welcomed the president’s signature on S. 535, the Energy Efficiency Improvement Act.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 30, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today welcomed the president’s signature on S. 535, the Energy Efficiency Improvement Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2015
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - On April 30, 2015, U.S. District Judge Robert E. Jones sentenced Blancey Lee, 40, of Portland, to 24 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to commit money laundering and his filing of false personal income taxes for 2012. Judge Robert E. Jones also ordered Blancey Lee to pay...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 30, 2015
News Release: Ryan on IJReview: TPA is Accountability.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A former Boston Police Officer was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston for making false statements to the FBI relating to an investigation of the Academy Homes Street Gang (AHSG), a violent narcotics trafficking gang that operated out of the Academy Homes housing development in Roxbury.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 30, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today with a bipartisan group of senators introduced The Federal Water Quality Protection Act to halt the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ‘Waters of the United States’ proposed rule.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 30, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) introduced the Improving the Integrity of Disability Evidence Act of 2015. The bill will ensure that the Social Security Administration (SSA) uses medical evidence only from reputable sources when making a disability determination.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 29, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 29, 2015 - Today, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing titled “Zero Accountability: The Consequences of Politically Driven Science," during which the subcommittee heard witness testimony on the use of selective science by federal agencies and its impacts on the health, safety and livelihoods of Americans.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 29, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) spoke this morning at Politico’s Morning Money breakfast on global trade, “fast-track" legislation, and the importance of getting the substance of the Trans-Pacific Partnership right. Below are some highlights...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 29, 2015
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on two produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).The following businesses and individuals are currently restricted from operating in the produce industry.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 29, 2015
News Release: U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., today urged their Senate colleagues to support an amendment to the Iran Nuclear Agreement Act that would end the 40-year-old ban on crude oil exports and allow American producers to compete with Iran on the global market.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 29, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - To help ensure that workers have a voice in their workplaces and the protection they deserve, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration today unveiled a new version of its "Job Safety and Health - It's The Law!" poster. The poster informs workers of their rights, and employers of their responsibilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago man was sentenced yesterday to 90 months in federal prison by U.S. District Court Judge Edmond E. Chang for his role in a scheme involving theft of hundreds of identities which were used to file approximately 395 false and fictitious tax returns claiming refunds in amounts totaling approximately $357,539.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 29, 2015
News Release: Tegucigalpa, HONDURAS, April 29, 2015 - Deputy Agriculture Secretary Krysta Harden and Honduras Secretary of Agriculture and Livestock Jacobo Paz today signed an agreement to support agricultural development and trade in Honduras.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 29, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, April 29, 2015 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the launch of two new private funds, known as Rural Business Investment Companies (RBICs), which make equity investments in rural businesses, helping them grow and create jobs. This announcement is part of USDA's ongoing efforts to help attract private sector capital to investment opportunities in rural America to help drive more economic growth in rural communities.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2015
News Release: Chad Ducey, 39, of Fishers, Indiana, pleaded guilty yesterday for his role in a multi-state scheme to defraud biodiesel buyers and U.S. taxpayers by fraudulently selling biodiesel incentives. His two brothers, Chris Ducey, 48, of North Webster, Indiana, and Craig Ducey, 44, of Fishers, pleaded guilty ...
