News from January 2015
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 23, 2015
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement in response to a redacted Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General (DHS OIG) report released today on the "Audit of Security Controls for DHS Information...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - David Pitts, 38, of Washington, D.C., pled guilty today to charges stemming from an incident last year in which he broke into an office building in Northwest Washington after setting a series of fires, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office announced the return of a four-count superseding indictment by the federal grand jury in Williamsport charging Lindsay Lee-Lampshire and attorney Clyde Kevin Middleton with conspiracy offenses involving mail fraud, distribution of controlled substance analogues, introduction of misbranded drugs, and money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 23, 2015
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) today issued a prospectus soliciting proposals for the award of a concession contract to provide guided horseback rides within Grand Teton National Park. This prospectus explains the business opportunity and the terms and conditions under which the NPS will award the concession contract for this activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Parker, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to two years probation, which includes three months home detention, and a $500 fine on her conviction of theft of mail by a Postal employee, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that following a two week trial, a federal jury in Buffalo has convicted Clifton Jackson, 46, of Buffalo, N.Y., with conspiracy to unlawfully use Social Security numbers, conspiracy for the filing of false tax returns, filing false tax...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 23, 2015
News Release: Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park announces the following upcoming flight plans for the remainder of January and February 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2015
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Dominic J. Pomerleau, 21, of Augusta, Maine pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to pharmacy robbery and attempted pharmacy robbery charges.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 23, 2015
News Release: Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a novel method to rapidly and accurately calibrate gas flow meters, such as those used to measure natural gas flowing in pipelines, by applying a fundamental physical principle: When a sound wave travels through a gas with regions at different temperatures, the sound wave's average speed is determined by the average temperature of the gas.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry today announced additional senior staff selections.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced the jury trial conviction of YOLANDA SMITH, 34, of Waggaman, on all three counts, namely: conspiracy to import methylone from China into the United States; conspiracy to possess methylone with the intent to distribute; and possession of methylone with the intent...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leaders of House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation yesterday urged Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler to release the text of the commission’s draft Open Internet Order ahead of the scheduled vote late...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 23, 2015
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking comments on a revised draft document that details the principles and processes it will follow to develop its cryptographic standards and guidelines. Comments will be collected through March 27, 2015.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 23, 2015
News Release: Lookout Mountain, TN: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites the public to attend a special two-hour driving/walking tour of the Lookout Mountain Battlefield on Saturday, February 7 at 2 pm.Participants will meet a park ranger at the Reflection Riding Arboretum and Nature Center parking lot then drive to several points on the battlefield. Visitors will walk a half mile during the course of the program.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing schedule for the week of January 26. The committee will explore what elements should be included in legislation to protect consumers from data breaches and review a number of public health bills.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that TRACIE MEDUS, age 39, of New Orleans, pled guilty yesterday to theft of government funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2015
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Gregory James Flohr, 54, a former resident of Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to 327 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in August 2014 to one count of transportation of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography. Today’s announcement was made by John Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced the federal Grand Jury for the District of Nebraska has returned 29 indictments charging 33 defendants. Indictments are charging documents that contain one or more individual counts that are merely accusations, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2015
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury has found Ronald F. Croteau guilty of ten counts of filing false tax claims and one count of obstructing or impeding the administration of the Internal Revenue laws. He faces a maximum penalty of five years...
