News from July 2015
By USDA Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: Washington - The United States and Switzerland announced today that beginning July 10, 2015, organic products certified in the United States or Switzerland may be sold as organic in either country. The organic equivalency arrangement between the two nations will streamline organic trade, strengthen organic agriculture and support jobs and businesses on a global scale.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: Today’s hearing is on work incentives for Americans who qualify for Social Security because of a severe disability, illness, or injury.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: Memphis, TN - A 24-year-old man in Halls, Tennessee has been sentenced to 78 months in prison for possessing and distributing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Delano A. Reid, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF"), and William J. Bratton, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), announced today the unsealing of charges against ZUBEARU BETTIS, STEPHEN ADAMS, and MICHAEL ADAMS.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: Long-term self-sustaining populations attainable within 10 years.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 9, 2015 - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 2647, the Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2015 with bipartisan support by a vote of 262-167. Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) and Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-AR), the chief sponsor of the legislation, supported by 175 forestry, labor, wildlife and water groups, issued the following statements upon final passage.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) released the following statement in response to today’s OPM announcement that the personal and sensitive information of 21.5 million individuals was compromised in the breach. This statement follows two separate...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: Led by the Mustang Heritage Foundation (MHF) in partnership with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the America's Mustang Campaign aims to educate Americans through events and activities that help individuals interact with and learn about wild mustangs. There have been 16 celebration events across...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that BAKEER RASHED, JR., 33, of Houston, pled guilty today to a one-count superseding Bill of Information charging him with conspiring to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine hydrochloride.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: BOISE - Maribel Betancourt, 41, of Meridian, Idaho, pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Betancourt is scheduled to be sentenced before Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill on Sept. 29, 2015. Conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Today, after a five-day trial, a federal jury found Isreal “Puck" Washington, 41, of Sacramento, guilty of all 10 counts in the indictment for trafficking heroin, cocaine, cocaine base, and methamphetamine, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: Earlier today, a total of 12 members and associates of the Bloods street gang located in Queens, New York, including Covel Duncan, a New York State Corrections Officer at Riker’s Island, were arrested on narcotics trafficking charges. The defendants’ initial appearances are scheduled this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge James Orenstein at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn.1
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: LONDON, Ky. - The leader of a large-scale drug trafficking organization, which brought prescription drugs from Mexico to eastern Kentucky and northern Tennessee for nearly 15 years, has been sentenced to 180 months in federal prison.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: CAROL STREAM, Ill. - An auto parts manufacturer's decision to ignore machine safety procedures led to the loss of a 58-year-old worker's fingertip, U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors have determined.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today announced a 60-day temporary enforcement policy of its Confined Spaces in Construction standard, which becomes effective Aug. 3, 2015. The agency is postponing full enforcement of the new standard to Oct. 2, 2015, in response to requests for additional time to train and acquire the equipment necessary to comply with the new standard.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: The White House fact sheet on cybersecurity highlights five NIST efforts to improve the nation's cybersecurity: The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE), National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC), National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE), Special Publication...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Rockford man was sentenced yesterday in federal court on drug-trafficking and firearm charges. JARVIS WASHINGTON, 28, of Rockford, Ill., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to a total of 12 years in federal prison, and ordered to serve 4 years of supervised release following ...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: “I thank the gentleman. I yield myself such time as I may consume.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: Good morning and welcome. Today's hearing is the first in a series that will focus on describing and defining America’s long-term fiscal situation. Over the past week, the world has watched the inevitable next step unfold as Greece is forced to come to terms with the fact that the government benefits...
