News from June 2015
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 11, 2015
News Release: Good morning and welcome. Today’s hearing is incredibly important. Whistleblowers play an invaluable role in rooting out waste, fraud, abuse and mismanagement in the federal government. These men and women take great risk to stand up and expose wrongdoing. They sacrifice their careers, their reputations...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 11, 2015
News Release: An traditional cattle drive will take place early Saturday morning, June 13, in Grand Teton National Park. While the cattle drive is underway, a two-mile stretch of Highway 26/89/191 (Hwy 89) will be closed to vehicle traffic from Moran Junction to the Elk Ranch flats that lie just one-mile south of...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2015
News Release: GALVESTON, Texas - A pediatric oncologist at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center has been permitted release with several conditions following his arrest on charges of receipt and possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 11, 2015
News Release: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) veterinary medical officer Jean Guard has developed a cost-effective diagnostic tool and dataset for identifying various strains of Salmonella. The tool, called Intergenic Sequence Ribotyping, or ISR, is helping improve poultry production and human health internationally, because it helps control Salmonella in the field and in consumer poultry products.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 11, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, June 18, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “A National Framework for the Review and Labeling of Biotechnology in Food."
By DOL Newswire | Jun 11, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently renewed its alliance with the American Society of Safety Engineers. During the new five year agreement, OSHA and ASSE will address construction safety, temporary workers and hazards within general industry.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 11, 2015
News Release: “The FCC plays a vital role protecting consumers in the 21st century economy. Millions of Americans have made their voices heard and called on the FCC to enact strong net neutrality protections. Instead of listening to the will of the people, Republican appropriators are playing politics with the FCC's...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 11, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today announced the Committee will hold a hearing on the impacts of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza on the U.S. poultry sector.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 11, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today issued the following comments following the U.S. District’s Court’s decision rejecting requests for a stay of the Federal Communications Commission’s heavy-handed utility-style rules for the Internet.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Douglas Kremer, 52, of Bloomingdale, NJ, was charged by Information with wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud the University of Pennsylvania, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 11, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today issued the following comments following the U.S. District’s Court’s decision rejecting requests for a stay of the Federal Communications Commission’s heavy-handed utility-style rules for the Internet.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 11, 2015
News Release: Johnson City, Texas -- Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park continues its popular outdoor summertime movie series on Saturday, July 11, with the showing of the movie “The Sons of Katie Elder" starring John Wayne at the LBJ Ranch near Stonewall. The film starts at dusk and will be presented on a large outdoor screen. Access to the ranch begins at7:00 pm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2015
News Release: Defendant with Long Criminal History Fled from Police on Multiple Occasions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2015
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A Corpus Christi man has been handed a significant sentence following his conviction of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. John Eric Garcia, 27, entered a plea of guilty Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2015
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A federal jury in Corpus Christi has returned a guilty verdict against a Houston man on one count of conspiracy to transport and harbor illegal aliens following a two-day trial, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. The jury deliberated for only 45 minutes before ultimately convicting Eduardo Luis Pompa, 26.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 11, 2015
News Release: “I am pleased that the court has rejected attempts to delay the strong net neutrality rules put in place by the FCC. The importance of these protections cannot be overstated, and I am glad that consumers across the country will benefit from them as soon as possible."
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 11, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Following a summit with the tax return preparer industry, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) today announced new initiatives to improve information sharing and cut down on tax refund fraud. In response, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) issued the following statement...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 11, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, June 18, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “A National Framework for the Review and Labeling of Biotechnology in Food."
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2015
News Release: Court records show that on March 31, 2015, Senior entered the Rite Aid Pharmacy in Newport, Maine, approached the pharmacy counter, presented a note that demanded oxycodone and threatened that employees would be harmed if they did not comply. While Senior waited, he told the employees to “hurry up" and “get moving." He absconded with three bottles of oxycodone and hydrocodone-ibuprofen pills.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that EDGAR RIVERA-SANTOS, age 33, a native of Honduras, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Indictment for illegal entry of a removed alien.
