News from February 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2015
News Release: Buffalo, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that James M. Meyers, 28, of Lackawanna, NY, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a fine of $250,000 or both.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing to review the public health response to seasonal influenza, a virus that carries a heavy cost, including tens of thousands of lives lost each year. With...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing to review the public health response to seasonal influenza, a virus that carries a heavy cost, including tens of thousands of lives lost each year. With...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2015
News Release: In an effort to help shoppers everywhere get the best value for their money, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have produced a best practices guide for the layout and design of unit price labels. Based on the results of a two-year collaboration among industry and...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2015
News Release: Mexican National Also Ordered to Pay $500,000.00 Money Judgment; Will Be Deported after Completing Prison Sentence.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) today sent letters to Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell and Treasury Secretary Jack Lew regarding payments the administration has made to insurance...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing to review the public health response to seasonal influenza, a virus that carries a heavy cost, including tens of thousands of lives lost each year. With...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2015
News Release: PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Diego Rodriguez, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the indictment of CEDRIC CAÑAS MAILLARD, a former high-level adviser to the...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that Simon Douglas Smith, 35, formerly of Sturgis, Michigan, was sentenced today in federal court to 24 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Krista Dennis, 28, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 11 months in prison for selling crack cocaine near a protected location, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 Video: President Obama Speaks on Funding for the Department of Homeland Security WASHINGTON—Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson today unveiled the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) fiscal year (FY) 2016 budget request of $41.2 ...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 On Feb. 5-6, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson will travel to London to participate in the second Five Country Ministerial meeting. Secretary Johnson will meet with his international counterparts to discuss a range of global security-related ...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 2, 2015--The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will release its 10-year agricultural projections on Feb. 11, 2015, at 11:00 a.m. EST. USDA's Agricultural Projections to 2024 will be posted to the Office of the Chief Economist's (OCE) website at www.usda.gov/oce and available in MS Word and PDF formats. Projections data will be available as Excel spreadsheets, as well. Selected tables from the projections report were made available on Dec. 18, 2014.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: Emphasis on military veterans and limited-resource farmers New Orleans, LA - Feb. 2, 2015 - Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture's Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden (USDA) announced more than $18 million in grants to educate, mentor, and enhance the sustainability of the next generation of farmers. The ...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 2, 2015 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today made the following statement on the proposed Fiscal Year 2016 budget: "President Obama's 2016 Budget is designed to bring middle class economics into the 21st century. The budget proposal achieves reforms and results for the American ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: Community Health Systems Professional Services Corporation (CHSPSC) and three affiliated New Mexico hospitals (collectively CHS) have agreed to pay the United States $75 million to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by making illegal donations to county governments which were ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: President Obama’s FY 2016 budget proposal totals $28.7 billion for the Department of Justice to support federal law enforcement priorities and the criminal justice priorities of our state, local and tribal law enforcement partners. The request represents a comprehensive investment in the Justice Department’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: Minebea Co. Ltd., a small sized bearings manufacturer based in Nagano, Japan, has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a $13.5 million criminal fine for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices for small sized ball bearings sold to customers in the United States and elsewhere, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that it will not challenge a proposal by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) to update the IEEE Standards Association’s (IEEE-SA) patent policy. That policy governs the incorporation of patented technology in IEEE standards and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: Laguna Beach Resident is the Latest in a Series of Defendants Charged with Concealing Bank Accounts at Israeli Banks Dr. Baruch Fogel of Laguna Beach, California, pleaded guilty today in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California to willfully failing to file a Report of Foreign Bank ...
