News from April 2015
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Members of the Communications and Technology Subcommittee today unveiled three draft proposals to improve transparency at the Federal Communications Commission. The three draft bills (detailed below) will be the focus of a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing on Thursday, ...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today released draft text of Title II of its comprehensive energy bill. Title II, 21st Century Workforce, seeks to ensure that America has a strong, diverse energy and manufacturing workforce. The Energy and Power Subcommittee will examine the legislative text at a hearing on Thursday.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) issued a Geographic Targeting Order (GTO) today to 700 businesses in Miami, bringing their transactions under stricter scrutiny while law enforcement look for evidence of trade-based money laundering schemes often used by violent criminal organizations to launder their profits.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today held a hearing on opportunities and challenges for agriculture trade with Cuba.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department announced today that it has opened pattern or practice investigations into the use of investigative holds by the Ville Platte Police Department (VPPD) and the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office (EPSO).
By DOE Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today released draft text of Title II of its comprehensive energy bill. Title II, 21st Century Workforce, seeks to ensure that America has a strong, diverse energy and manufacturing workforce. The Energy and Power Subcommittee will examine the legislative text at a hearing on Thursday.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: “The QER is a serious, thoughtful, and necessary look at how best to modernize America’s energy infrastructure, and I applaud the Obama Administration for releasing this first installment.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: BOISE - Guadalupe Serrano, 36, of Nampa, Idaho, was sentenced today to 15 months for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute and was sentenced to an additional 60 months consecutive for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: Defendant Earlier Pled Guilty to Charges in Several Other Attacks.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), along with 29 of his Senate colleagues, introduced a bill Monday that will prevent Americans from being victimized again by Obamacare if the Supreme Court follows the law and rules against the Obama administration this summer in King v. Burwell.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: Allison A. Thompson, 49, of Akron, Ohio, was indicted today by a federal grand jury for making false statements to obtain federal disability benefits, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: BOISE - David Echevarria, 51, of Boise, Idaho, was sentenced today to 110 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered the defendant to pay a $2,500 fine. Echevarria pleaded guilty on Jan. 30, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Gary Wannamacher, 50, of Orchard Park, NY, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Court Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford, to health care fraud. The charges carry a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, a fine of $250,000, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an 11-count indictment Thursday against Donnie Phillips, 56, of Concord; Gordon Miller, 57, of Clayton; and Phyliss Mosher, 51, of Vallejo, charging them with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and related methamphetamine trafficking charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Camden County, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for the forced sex trafficking of two women.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2015
News Release: Harrisburg, PA -The National Park Service invites the public to join us in commemorating the 150th anniversary of the funeral of Abraham Lincoln with a program that honors his legacy on April 21, at 7:00 p.m. in the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2015
News Release: Gettysburg, PA - The National Park Service is preparing foundation documents to guide planning and management of Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site. The public is invited to participate in this effort at an open house on April 21 at 6:30 p.m. at the park Museum and Visitor Center, 1195 Baltimore Pike, Gettysburg. Since the meeting is being held after visiting hours, access will be through the group entrance of the museum building.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 20, 2015
News Release: The Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 will renew Trade Promotion Authority to help bring home high standard international trade agreements what will boost American exports and benefit American workers, farmers, ranchers, and job creators.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2015
News Release: Altonio G. Graves, 39, of St. Louis, Missouri, was sentenced today in the U.S. District Court to 10 years in prison on two counts of Conspiracy to Commit Bank Robbery, two counts of Bank Robbery, and one count of Felon in Possession of a Firearm in connection with the robbery of Laclede Community Credit...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 20, 2015
News Release: Today, I am announcing that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will take additional steps to address the potential insider threat vulnerability at U.S. airports. These steps follow a 90-day Aviation Security Advisory Committee (ASAC) comprehensive review conducted at my request in January ...
