News from August 2015
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 5, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today led the Senate Democratic Caucus to introduce a resolution to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of Social Security, which became law on Aug. 14, 1935. Wyden also offered remarks on Tuesday recognizing the nation’s largest retirement and disability insurance program and highlighting the importance of its long-term success...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2015
News Release: SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division, along with United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian, are pleased to announce that following a six day trial, a jury in the Northern District of New York convicted Canadian citizens Michael C. Woods, (“Woods") and Gaetan (“Dinelle") of multiple federal felony drug charges.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2015
News Release: Public Review and Comment Sought on Proposal to Control Exotic Species in Kelly Warm Spring.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2015
News Release: A Texas man was sentenced to more than 15 years in prison for traveling to Ohio in an attempt to have sex with what he believed to be a 13-year-old girl, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 5, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a speech on the Senate floor today, Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) outlined how the Committee’s bipartisan investigative report into the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) targeting of tax-exempt organizations found the agency’s maze of bureaucracy led to unaccountability, gross mismanagement, and ultimately inappropriate targeting of organizations with conservative views.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 5, 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 hearing on Reauthorizing the Higher Education Act: Opportunities to Improve Student Success. In her remarks, Murray said she would continue to be focused...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2015
News Release: MARION, Ohio - A nine-count federal indictment was filed charging a Marion man with selling heroin and fentanyl that resulted in an overdose death, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Special Agent in Charge Joseph P. Reagan.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2015
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that two Springfield, Mo., men have pleaded guilty in federal court to stealing 23 firearms during a burglary at an Ozark, Mo., pawn shop.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2015
News Release: PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA -Sammie Lee Underwood III, 22, of Panama City, was sentenced to 120 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a loaded.380 caliber pistol. The sentence was announced by Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that DERRICK HOLLOWAY, age 31, of Marrero, pled guilty today to both counts of a two-count Bill of Information charging him with unauthorized recording of a motion picture and criminal infringement of a copyright.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 5, 2015
News Release: "A Different Approach to Plant Breeding: Integrating Consumers with Genetics" is the title of Harry J. Klee 's 2015 Agricultural Research Service (ARS) B.Y. Morrison Memorial Lecture, which he delivered today at the American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) annual conference.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2015
News Release: GRAND COULEE, Washington - At the request of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, the Bureau of Reclamation is delegating authority to enforce federal laws on Reclamation lands within the exterior boundary of the Colville Reservation to certified Tribal police officers. The delegation of authority does not include enforcement of any hunting, fishing or boating regulations.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2015
News Release: Defendant claimed that “there is no such thing as money" in effort to avoid paying taxes.
By State Newswire | Aug 5, 2015
News Release: Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, reacted to President Obama’s speech on the Iran Deal. Chairman Royce recently introduced H.J.Res. 64, legislation that would prevent the implementation of the Obama Administration’s nuclear agreement with Iran.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2015
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - United States Attorney Conner Eldridge announced the A-Chance Initiative that will be implemented in 13 schools throughout six counties in the Western District of Arkansas in the upcoming school year. Beginning when school starts on Aug. 17, the A-Chance Program will ensure...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2015
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Fla. ---The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Park Service (NPS) announce the availability of two draft air tour management agreements for commercial air tour operations at Biscayne National Park for public review.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2015
News Release: The replacement of a National Park Service communications tower and building on Apgar Mountain is taking place through early September. During this time the Apgar Lookout Trail will be open, but there will be limited access to the top of Apgar Mountain and to the Apgar Lookout. Apgar Mountain is located on the west side of Glacier National Park overlooking Lake McDonald.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2015
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that two Springfield, Mo., men have pleaded guilty in federal court to stealing 23 firearms during a burglary at an Ozark, Mo., pawn shop.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Mauritius man was sentenced today to 13 months in prison for sexually abusing a sleeping woman aboard a cruise ship, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2015
News Release: Douglas T. Alderson II Charged with Bank Fraud, Making False Statements.
