News from July 2015
By Commerce News Now | Jul 13, 2015
The US Commerce Department published an eight page rule on July 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2015
The US Interior Department published a four page proposed rule on July 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 13, 2015
News Release: Today, our Nation's investment in transportation lags behind the rest of the world. The majority of America's major roads are in less than good condition, and a quarter of our bridges either cannot handle today's traffic or require significant repair. Keeping our infrastructure up-to-date is not only ...
By DOT News Wire | Jul 13, 2015
News Release: Federally funded project exemplifies transportation investment nation needs, officials say
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2015
News Release: The Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has selected for funding 16 solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology research projects. Fuel cells are a modular, efficient, and virtually pollution-free power generation technology. In Fiscal Year (FY) 2015, NETL issued two funding opportunities announcements (FOAs) to support programs that enable the development and deployment of this energy technology.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2015
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - William Santiago-Reyes was sentenced to 540 months (45 years) in prison for his participation in various crimes, including Hobbs Act robbery, carjacking and firearms violations, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. The defendant pled guilty on February 4, 2015, before United States District Court Senior Judge Daniel R. Domínguez.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2015
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) is making an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed Tumacacori National Historical Park Fire Management Plan available for public review and comment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2015
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Dorian Garcia (30, Naples) today pleaded guilty to wire fraud for operating an investment scheme involving nearly 100 victims who invested more than $7 million. Garcia faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison, and he will be required to pay restitution in the amount of $3,108,734.52, representing losses to victims as a result of his scheme. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2015
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- The Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force for the federal Northern District of Alabama earned national recognition for the focused effort it launched in 2012 to stem the flow of heroin into Birmingham by prosecuting some of the largest heroin distributors in the city, on down to street-level dealers, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2015
News Release: HONOLULU - A federal jury today found Albert S.N. Hee, 61, of Kailua, Hawaii, guilty of corruptly interfering with the Internal Revenue Service in the calculation and collection of his taxes, and with filing six false individual tax returns which failed to report his income for the years 2007 through 2012. The verdict concluded deliberations which had begun on Friday, July 10, after an 11-day trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2015
News Release: Government Moves for Pretrial Detention Based on Terrorist Attack Plans.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - An Adams man has been arrested and charged in connection with a plot to engage in terrorism on behalf of ISIL. A criminal complaint, charging Alexander Ciccolo, a/k/a Ali Al Amriki, 23, with being a felon in possession of firearms was unsealed today. Additional information regarding Ciccolo’s plans was filed this morning in advance of a detention hearing to be held tomorrow afternoon in Springfield.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2015
News Release: Fraud resulted in over $800,000 in unpaid fees to select resorts.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2015
News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia, July 15, 2014 - The Resource Management division of New River Gorge National River is prepping for the 2015 summer Long Term Ecological Monitoring System sampling program assessing the health of the New River and its fish and aquatic invertebrates.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2015
News Release: Park Program to Showcase Corpsmen' Contributions.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 13, 2015
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement on Committee Chairman Michael McCaul's rushed legislation on countering violent extremism (CVE). The markup scheduled for this Wednesday, July 15th comes before Congress has received testimony on the Department of Homeland Security's CVE efforts, and is opposed by 42 civil rights and religious groups.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2015
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Andre Clarke, age 36, of the Bronx, New York, was arrested today in Queens for conspiring to distribute Oxycodone in Vermont from 2011 through June 2014. Clarke, who has been employed as a New York City police officer since...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2015
News Release: R.C. Patel aka Rajesh C. Patel, 55, of Duluth, Georgia, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Nashville, Tenn., to two counts of wire fraud, for defrauding an investor, announced David Rivera, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that three West Haven residents have been charged with federal offenses as a result of an investigation of an explosion and homicide that occurred in Hamden on July 4, 2015.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 13, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration updated instructions for conducting inspections and issuing citations related to worker exposures to tuberculosis in healthcare settings. This instruction incorporates guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report, "Guidelines...
