News from June 2015
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 5, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement in response to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) detection of a cybersecurity incident potentially affecting personnel data for current and former federal employees...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 5, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing schedule for the week of June 8. The committee will discuss the FCC’s proposal to close field offices, review bipartisan legislation to continue support for 9/11 victims and families, investigate a radiological incident at a DOE site, and examine EPA’s burdensome ozone rule.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 5, 2015
News Release: “The announcement that up to four million federal workers may have had their personal information stolen in this cyber breach represents the latest failure to protect American data against cyber threats.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2015
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Cherry Creek, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury was sentenced on June 1, 2015, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2015
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Felony Child Abuse and Aiding and Abetting was sentenced on May 29, 2015, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2015
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute and Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on June 1, 2015, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 5, 2015
News Release: THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -The National Park Service recently welcomed a new patrol horse to its ranks. Known as Jordan, the 10-year-old quarter horse was donated by the Santa Monica Mountains Fund, the park's official fundraising partner.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 5, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), has scheduled a hearing for Friday, June 12, at 9:30 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “EPA’s Proposed Ozone Rule."
By Interior Newswire | Jun 5, 2015
News Release: The National Park Service is re-opening the USS Arizona Memorial this morning, June 5.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2015
News Release: A Port St. Lucie resident pled guilty to preparing false tax returns for himself and his clients.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2015
News Release: Distributed Over 1,700 Kilograms of Cocaine and Must Forfeit $108 Million, Plus Cash, Jewelry and Luxury Automobiles Seized During the Investigation.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 5, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today issued the following statement regarding yesterday’s announcement that the integrity of four million government employee records had been compromised by a recent data breach.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 5, 2015
News Release: Currently, only extended-release and long-acting opioids have prominently displayed warnings, known as “black box warnings," that indicate the significant potential for abuse, overdose, addiction, and neonatal abstinence syndrome. The Democratic Committee leaders asked that these same warnings be placed on immediate release opioids, which have the same risks and accounted for over 90% of the opioids prescribed in the United States in 2009, according to FDA.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2015
News Release: In Austin this morning, U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks sentenced 24-year-old Michael Wolfe (aka “Faruq") to 82 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for attempting to provide material support and resources to a foreign terrorist organization, announced John Carlin, Assistant...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2015
News Release: AMARILLO, Texas - Following a four-day trial before U.S. District Judge Mary Lou Robinson, a federal jury has convicted a Fort Worth, Texas, man on the felony offense of interference with a flight crew, announced John Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 5, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), has scheduled a hearing for Friday, June 12, at 9:30 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “EPA’s Proposed Ozone Rule."
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2015
News Release: Gulfport, Miss - Two individuals have been extradited from South Africa and one from Canada in a case that includes defendants in California, Wisconsin, Indiana, and New York, to face charges on a nine-count federal indictment filed in the Southern District of Mississippi involving various internet fraud schemes, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2015
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Acting United States Attorney Donald Feith announced that
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2015
News Release: Mesquite Man and His Dallas Co-Conspirator Robbed Jewelry Stores in DFW-Area Shopping Malls.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2015
News Release: PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that the Department of Justice held its 31st annual Executive Office for United States Attorneys (EOUSA) Director’s Awards Ceremony yesterday, during which 160 award recipients from 31 districts were recognized...
