News from August 2015
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) released the following statement on the second-quarter GDP report.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced that it is seeking public nominations over a 45-day period to fill three positions on its national Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board. To be considered for selection, nominations must be submitted via email or fax by Monday, Sept. 28, 2015, or...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: Entrance, campground, and Fiery Furnace fees at Arches and Canyonlands national parks and entrance fees at Natural Bridges National Monument will increase on Oct. 1, 2015, in order to fund important maintenance and improvement projects within the parks.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today applauded the opening of the first U.S. Embassy in Cuba since 1961. Stabenow visited Cuba in January 2015 as part of a congressional delegation seeking to normalize trade relations between the countries. That visit marked Stabenow’s second visit to the nation.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Charise Stone, 46, of Ashburn, Virginia, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for her role in a real estate short sale scheme that included tax and mortgage fraud, and passing fraudulent financial documents. Stone was also ordered to forfeit $721,552, and ordered to pay restitution of $2,441,174 to the victim financial institutions and the IRS.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that IAN ALEXANDER BOWLINE, age 29, of Welling, Oklahoma was sentenced to 108 months imprisonment, followed by 36 months of supervised release for Drug Conspiracy and Interstate Travel or Transportation in Aid of Racketeering Enterprises.
By State Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued this statement following the ceremonial opening of the U.S. Embassy in Havana. Cuban dissidents were not invited by the U.S. State Department to the event, attended by Secretary of State John Kerry.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management in Colorado will offer 19 parcels totaling 10,050 acres within the Royal Gorge Field Office and 102 United States Forest Service parcels totaling 79,487 acres within the Pawnee National Grassland. The quarterly competitive oil and gas lease sale is scheduled for 9 a.m., Nov. 12, 2015, at the Colorado State Office in Lakewood.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) released the following statement in response to the July jobs report.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: Entrance, campground, and Fiery Furnace fees at Arches and Canyonlands national parks will increase on Oct. 1, 2015, in order to fund important maintenance and improvement projects within the parks.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee released the following statement to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Social Security Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: BROOKLYN, NY - Earlier today, defendant Dr. Okon Umana, 68, was sentenced to 24 months in prison for his role as the “no show" doctor in a $13 million health care fraud scheme. Umana previously pleaded guilty to health care fraud conspiracy on Dec. 1, 2014. As part of the sentence, the court entered an order directing Umana to pay $6,429,330 in restitution and to forfeit $6,550,036. The sentencing proceeding was held before U.S. District Judge John Gleeson.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: DENVER - The Bureau of Land Management in Colorado will offer 19 parcels totaling 10,050 acres within the Royal Gorge Field Office and 102 United States Forest Service parcels totaling 79,487 acres within the Pawnee National Grassland. The quarterly competitive oil and gas lease sale is scheduled for 9 a.m., Nov. 12, 2015, at the Colorado State Office in Lakewood.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Thomas Goodyer, 44, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to import 100 kilograms or more of marijuana into the United States from Canada, before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a minimum of 5 years and maximum of 40 years penalty of imprisonment and a $2,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia announced Kamiecy Lashia Waller, age 33, of Covington, Georgia was sentenced Aug. 13, 2015 by the Honorable Marc T. Treadwell, United States District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia in Macon, Georgia.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: Olympic National Park looks forward to welcoming both artists and art enthusiasts during the upcoming Paint the Peninsula Plein Air Painting Competition.Scheduled for September 7-13, Paint the Peninsula will feature 27 specially selected plein air artists who will paint outdoors over the week to capture the Peninsula's natural beauty.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: DENVER - Eric Eugene Hartwell, age 52, of Denver, Colorado, was found guilty yesterday of escape and failure to register as a sex offender following a four-day jury trial before U.S. District Court Judge Philip A. Brimmer, the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the U.S. Marshal’s Service announced. The jury...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Eyad Farah (41, Barrington, Texas) with conspiring to export firearms without a license, exporting firearms without a license, and smuggling firearms from the United States in violation of federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: DENVER - United States Attorney’s Office today announced that, after a thorough investigation of allegations of criminal conduct related to the Grand Junction Regional Airport, it has decided not to seek criminal charges based on that investigation. The United States Attorney’s Office is publicly announcing the closing of this investigation due to numerous reports about the investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: Vietnam-Based Scheme Yielded Millions of Dollars in Bribes.
