News published on Federal Newswire in July 2015

By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 29, 2015 - Chairman Rob Bishop (UT-01) of the House Committee on Natural Resources made the following opening statement at today's oversight hearing entitled "Federal Agencies' Selective Enforcement of ESA Consultation.".

By US DOT Newswire | Jul 29, 2015

News Release: Washington, D.C. -- In light of recent news reports regarding comments from House Republican leaders, including House Speaker John Boehner, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, spoke on the Senate floor to call on the House to stay in session ...

By EPA Newswire | Jul 29, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell as the committee continues its oversight of the U.S. public health response to the seasonal influenza. The leaders are seeking documents regarding the administration’s lessons learned from the previous flu season as well as documents detailing preparedness efforts for the upcoming season.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2015

News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man was sentenced Tuesday to 14 years in federal prison on a federal charge of offering a 15-year-old girl for commercial sex, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2015

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Mumbai, India, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of mail fraud, conspiracy to misbrand and smuggle drugs, conspiracy to import Schedule IV controlled substances and money laundering, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2015

News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury has found Mark Joseph Unrein (62, New Port Richey) guilty of possessing child pornography and using a cell phone and computer to attempt to induce a person he believed was a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity. He faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. The sentencing hearing has been scheduled for Oct. 23, 2015.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2015

News Release: BOSTON - A Skaneateles, N.Y. man was sentenced today in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme which resulted in losses of more than $1 million to lenders.

By Homeland Newswire | Jul 28, 2015

News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON— As part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) ongoing efforts to support state, local, tribal, and territorial partners, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson today announced final allocations for eight Fiscal ...

By USDA Newswire | Jul 28, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON, July 28, 2015 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the first round of investments in rural infrastructure projects through the U.S. Rural Infrastructure Opportunity Fund. Through the Fund and its expanded public-private partnerships, USDA has facilitated the investment of nearly ...

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2015

News Release: After more than 13 years of service as a federal prosecutor, including 16 months as Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General and Chief of Staff of the Criminal Division, Marshall L. Miller will leave the Justice Department. His last day will be Friday, July 31, 2015. David Bitkower has been selected to assume the position following Miller’s departure.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2015

News Release: A former agent for a large national trucking company was indicted for paying bribes to officials at the Marine Corps Logistics Base (MCLB) in Albany, Georgia, in order to obtain lucrative freight hauling business from the base. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Michael J. Moore of the Middle District of Georgia made the announcement.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2015

News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Christopher C. Myers for the District of North Dakota announced today that on July 17, 2015, Daniel Vivas Ceron, 34, of Colombia, North Dakota, was taken into custody in Panama City, Panama, in connection with an indictment from the District of North Dakota charging him with conspiracy ...

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2015

News Release: Miguel Moran Diaz, 45, of Miami, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Joan A. Lenard of the Southern District of Florida to the statutory maximum term of 120 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, following his guilty plea for being a felon in possession of a ...

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2015

News Release: Defendant, Allegedly Inspired by ISIL, Attempted to Obtain Weapons and Explosives to Conduct Attacks Harlem Suarez, also known as Almlak Benitez, 23, of Key West, Florida, was charged by a criminal complaint with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction against a person or property within the United States.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2015

News Release: A member of the Lucchese organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra (LCN) was sentenced today to serve 360 months in prison for participating in a racketeering conspiracy and related offenses. Three other members of the conspiracy are scheduled to be sentenced later this week.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2015

News Release: Leon Nathan Davis, 37, of Augusta, Georgia, was sentenced today to 15 years in federal prison by U.S. District Judge J. Randal Hall of the Southern District of Georgia for attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, namely, the Islamic State of Iraq and the ...

By Fed Newswire | Jul 28, 2015

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) on Tuesday provided feedback to three nonbank financial companies regarding their initial resolution plans and guidance to the firms for their upcoming filings.

By Fed Newswire | Jul 28, 2015

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) on Tuesday provided guidance to 119 firms that in December will be filing updated resolution plans. Based on a review of their plans submitted late last year, the agencies are tailoring the requirements for the submissions. Some firms will receive individual feedback on areas for improvement.

By Labor Gazette | Jul 28, 2015

News Release: OAK CREEK, Wis. — A 30-year-old temporary employee required extensive surgery after suffering burns and lacerations of tendons and ligaments in her right hand after she used a cutting and sealing machine at a frozen bread manufacturer that supplies products to Costco Wholesale Corp., IGA, Piggly Wiggly and others.

By DOT News Wire | Jul 28, 2015

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on July 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.