News from August 2015
By Commerce News Now | Aug 26, 2015
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Aug. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 26, 2015
The US Commerce Department published a four page notice on Aug. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 26, 2015
The US Commerce Department published a four page notice on Aug. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 26, 2015
The US Commerce Department published a four page notice on Aug. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 26, 2015
News Release: In support of President Obama's commitment to a clean energy future, the Energy Department today announced up to $4 million in funding available to one recipient to organize, manage, and conduct the Solar Decathlon competitions in 2017 and 2019. This funding will support the Department’s commitment to improving the nation's science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education efforts, and to building a more knowledge-intensive workforce.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2015
News Release: The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $1.6 million construction contract Aug. 3 to Burke Electric LLC, a small business based in Bellevue, Washington, to replace critical electrical infrastructure used to operate the Anderson Ranch Field Station. Anderson Ranch Dam and Powerplant are located on the south fork of the Boise River about 28 miles northeast of Mountain Home, Idaho.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2015
News Release: FAIRBANKS, AK - On Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), partnering with the Northern Alaska Environmental Center and Conservation Lands Foundation, will host a one-day public service project to celebrate National Public Lands Day and the 15th anniversary of the National Conservation Lands.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Dwight T. Brown, 18, a member and resident of Acoma Pueblo, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to an involuntary manslaughter charge. The guilty plea was entered without the benefit of a plea agreement.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2015
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Three men were taken into custody this morning after being indicted by a federal grand jury on a host of federal charges related to the sexual exploitation of a 15-year-old girl. A fourth defendant named in the indictment is expected to be taken into custody later today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2015
News Release: ANKENY, IOWA -Federal, state and local public safety agencies are meeting today at the Des Moines Area Community College-Ankeny Campus for an all-day Railroad Safety Symposium. The program is providing a national overview of rail transportation issues as well as railroad safety issues specific to Iowa. The first of its kind conference is hosted by Kevin W. Techau, U.S Attorney for the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Iowa.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2015
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Arrowhead Regional Medical Center (ARMC) in Colton has entered into an agreement with the United States to resolve allegations that the hospital violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by failing to provide qualified interpreters and other services to persons who are deaf or...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III, sentenced Stephon Lowery, age 30, of Baltimore, today to 10 years in prison followed by four years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine base.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2015
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A Union County man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 25 years in federal prison for producing child pornography, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jill Westmoreland Rose of the Western District of North Carolina. Chad Landon Blume, 34, of Waxhaw, N.C., was also ordered to serve...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Tywone Smothers, 36, of Buffalo, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute marijuana before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison, and $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Tywone Smothers, 36, of Buffalo, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute marijuana before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison, and $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2015
News Release: SCRANTON -The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a 45-year-old Tobyhanna man who admitted to producing child pornography was sentenced today to 270 months (22.5 years) in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion in Scranton.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2015
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury today indicted an Anniston Army Depot employee for bribery and introducing contraband to federal prisoners, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and Special Agent in Charge Robert Bourbon of the U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General’s Miami Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Alexandria, Virginia, man was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for his role in a multi-state scheme to unlawfully obtain driver’s licenses for illegal aliens, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that James Humphrey, Jr., 41, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to distribute over 500 grams of cocaine, was sentenced to 30 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2015
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Kormahyah Karmue, 40, of Providence, was sentenced today to 78 months in federal prison, having been convicted by a federal court jury of being the mastermind behind an arson-for-profit scheme to set fire to an occupied multi-family dwelling he owned in Providence in an effort to collect more than $725,000 in insurance payments.
