News published on Federal Newswire in August 2015

News from August 2015


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Aug. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Aug. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Eastern District of Michigan. Friday, Aug. 14, 2015. A 21-year-old West Bloomfield man was charged in a criminal complaint with production, possession and receipt of child pornography, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. McQuade was...


News Release: ABILENE, Texas - Paul Joseph Koestle, 33, of Abilene, Texas, appeared yesterday before U.S. Magistrate Judge E. Scott Frost in Abilene, Texas, and pleaded guilty to child pornography offenses, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.


News Release: SANTA ANA, California - An Orange County woman who worked at a family-owned computer business in Anaheim pleaded not guilty this afternoon to federal wire fraud charges that allege she sold Apple products that belonged to her employer.


News Release: Willie Butler, 34, from East St. Louis, Illinois, was sentenced on Aug. 14, 2015, in federal district court, in East St. Louis, Illinois, following his recent plea of guilty to one count of Distribution of Crack Cocaine, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.


Former Williamson County Judge Sentenced to Federal Prison for Firearms Violation and False Statement to a Government Agent

News Release: In Austin today, 70-year-old former Williamson County Judge Timothy L. Wright, of Georgetown was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for engaging in the business of dealing firearms without a license and making false statements to a Government agent announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin...


Buffalo Woman Pleads Guilty To Access Device Fraud

News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney MaryEllen Kresse, who is handling the case, stated that the defendant, who had over 15 years of experience in the banking industry, authorized a man she met online to send credit cards to her home even though she knew that the credit cards had been obtained by fraud and without...


Waterville Man Pleads Guilty to Illegally Possessing Ammunition

News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Brian Mulkern, 35, of Waterville, Maine, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court to being a felon in possession of ammunition.


Ways and Means Members Introduce Bill to Reward Quality Care in Medicare Post-Acute Settings

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, members of the House Ways and Means Committee introduced a bill to strengthen the Medicare program by rewarding quality, innovation, and excellence in health care within the post-acute care services.


News Release: Memphis, TN - A married couple pled guilty this week to defrauding the government of more than $160,000 in false tax returns.


NCCoE Seeks Vendors to Develop Model Systems for Controlling Access to IT Assets

News Release: The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) is seeking collaborators to provide products and technical expertise on three projects to help organizations improve their cybersecurity. The projects focus on access control, personal identity verification credentials and mobile devices. Each project will result in an example cybersecurity design that can be used by organizations in multiple industry sectors.


Chairman Ryan Statement on TPP Negotiating Round in Maui

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) released the following statement following the Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Ministers’ Meeting in Hawaii...


News Release: Former Virginia Short Sale Specialist Sentenced to Prison for Mortgage and Tax Fraud.


Former Williamson County Judge Sentenced To Federal Prison for Firearms Violation and False Statement to a Government Agent

News Release: In Austin today, 70-year-old former Williamson County Judge Timothy L. Wright, of Georgetown was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for engaging in the business of dealing firearms without a license and making false statements to a Government agent announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, ...


News Release: In Del Rio, federal authorities arrested 26-year-old Michael Martinez on multiple charges involving online sextortion, cyberstalking and child exploitation of three female victims, including one minor, announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.


Sex Offender from California Sentenced to 30 Years for Coercing a Kentucky Teenager to Send Sexually Explicit Photos of Herself

News Release: LEXINGTON - A registered sex offender from California, who previously admitted to coercing a minor from eastern Kentucky to send him sexually explicit photos of herself, has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison.


Man And Woman Charged With Attempting

News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Western District of New York. Friday, Aug. 14, 2015.


News Release: BOISE - Sheila Williams has been named as the Branch Chief for Administration for the National Park Service Division of Fire and Aviation (DFAM). As branch chief, she will advise DFAM employees on all areas of administration relating to their program; assist with program planning for budget and financial...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, President Obama signed the Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act into law. Included in the legislation are two reforms the House Ways and Means Committee has advanced to help our veterans: the Helping Veterans Save for Health Care Act and the Hire...