News from December 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 28, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Brandon Lee Walker, 21, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Sanders, Ariz., pleaded guilty last week in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to an assault charge.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - President Obama today signed into law H.R. 1321, the Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015, which was introduced earlier this year by Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI). The bipartisan legislation would begin the phase out...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 28, 2015
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A former Beaumont Independent School District (BISD) Assistant Superintendent pleaded guilty today to federal charges in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 28, 2015
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury today indicted a Decatur man for failing to register as a sex offender and misusing another person’s Social Security number and other means of identification, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and U.S. Marshal Martin Keely.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 28, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that the U.S. Attorney’s Office has reached a settlement with Connecticut’s State Department on Aging to ensure equal access for individuals with disabilities, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA").
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 28, 2015
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Rockford resident was sentenced today in federal court on a federal gun charge. The defendant, MARTEZ DICKSON, 29, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Philip G. Reinhard to a total of 235 months in federal prison, and ordered to serve 5 years of supervised release following his term of ...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - President Obama today signed into law H.R. 1321, the Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015, which was introduced earlier this year by Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI). The bipartisan legislation will begin the phase out...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 28, 2015
News Release: Hagerstown, Md. - The National Park Service turns 100 years old in 2016 and C&O Canal National Historical Park (NHP) is wasting no time and kicking the party off locally starting on New Year’s Day, January 1st, 2016, with two events along the Canal.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 28, 2015
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Dec. 21, 2015, Gary Wayne Smallman, 44, of Johnson City, Tenn., was sentenced to serve six years in prison, followed by a three-year term of supervised release with special conditions of release, by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Judge. During the sentencing hearing Judge Greer noted Smallman's violent criminal history and high risk of recidivism and the need to promote respect for the law as bases for the 72-month prison term.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 28, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon was sentenced on Dec. 21, 2015, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 28, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA - Mississippi residents - emergency workers, employers and the public - recovering from the impact of severe weather should be aware of the hazards they may encounter and take necessary steps to stay safe, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration urges.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 28, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - Pharmaceutical company WARNER CHILCOTT has agreed to plead guilty to health care fraud and pay $125 million to resolve criminal and civil liability arising from the illegal promotion of various drugs. A portion of the illegal conduct related to the manipulation of “prior authorizations" for...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 28, 2015
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today announced that her Staff Director on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Karen Billups, will retire at the end of calendar year 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 28, 2015
News Release: “The Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, the United States Attorney's Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have been monitoring the investigation that has been conducted regarding the death of Tamir Rice on Nov. 22, 2014. We will continue our independent review of this matter, assess all available materials and determine what actions are appropriate, given the strict burdens and requirements imposed by applicable federal civil rights laws.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 28, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA - Tennessee residents - emergency workers, employers and the public - recovering from the impact of severe weather should be aware of the hazards they may encounter and take necessary steps to stay safe, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration urges.
By Fed Newswire | Dec 24, 2015
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced its approval of the application under section 3 of the Bank Holding Company Act by BB&T Corporation, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, to acquire National Penn Bancshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire its wholly owned subsidiary, National Penn Bank, both of Allentown, Pennsylvania.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 24, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 24, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Dec. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 24, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Dec 24, 2015
The US State Department published a one page notice on Dec. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
