News from June 2015
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Concluding a banner week for the committee’s Architecture of Abundance efforts, the Subcommittee on Energy and Power today concluded a two-day hearing that examined Title IV’s Subtitle A on Energy Efficiency and Subtitle B on Accountability. Both government and non-government witnesses...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: Washington - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) made these comments Thursday after learning of the resignation of Department of Commerce Inspector General Todd J. Zinser...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George Jerrod Hazel sentenced Carmen Johnson, age 48, of Gambrills, Maryland, late yesterday to 57 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy, wire fraud and making a false statement on a loan application, arising from two residential mortgage fraud schemes. Judge Hazel also entered an order that Johnson pay $2,315,660.94 in restitution.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: “While the current draft indicates that the overall percentage of contamination cases may be small, it acknowledges there have been contamination events. When it comes to the water we drink, every instance of contamination must be considered serious.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 47-year-old Kountze, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for child exploitation violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Terrylyn McCain, 67, of Stockton, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Troy L. Nunley to five years and 10 months in prison for tax fraud, making false claims against the United States, and money laundering, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. In addition to the prison term, Judge Nunley ordered McCain to pay $156,373 in restitution, the amount she received early in her false refund scheme.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Concluding a banner week for the committee’s Architecture of Abundance efforts, the Subcommittee on Energy and Power today concluded a two-day hearing that examined Title IV’s Subtitle A on Energy Efficiency and Subtitle B on Accountability. Both government and non-government witnesses...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s draft assessment that concluded “Hydraulic fracturing activities have not led to widespread, systemic impacts on drinking water resources."
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Eric Wolf, 32, of Edgewood, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to violating the federal firearms laws.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Michelle Lee Davis, age 37, of Laurel, Maryland pleaded guilty today to criminal contempt.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: MANHATTAN, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) New York Division, and Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor announced today the sentencing of drug kingpin Jose Mauro Mota to 11 years in prison and five years post-release supervision for Operating as a Major Trafficker and 3 ½ years to 10 ½ years for Conspiracy in the Second Degree. Both prison terms are to run concurrently.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA - John Matthew Love, 36, and Bryant Anthony Kreis, 32, of the Panama City area, and Carmen Theresa Silva, 40, of Atlanta, Georgia, were sentenced today by United States District Judge Robert L. Hinkle for conspiracy to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine. Love was sentenced...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Science & Technology Press Office Contact: John Verrico, (202) 254-2385 WASHINGTON D.C.– On June 9, 2015, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) will showcase nine cutting-edge cybersecurity technologies, developed by the Department of Energy and Department of Defense National Laboratories, at the Santa Clara Marriott in Santa Clara, Calif.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 RIGA, Latvia—Today, Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas concluded his trip to Latvia where he met with his European Union (EU) counterparts to discuss a range of shared global security-related priorities, including counterterrorism, foreign terrorist fighters, and aviation security.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 HENRYVILLE, Pa.—Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson traveled to Henryville, Pa. to meet with student leaders from the Muslim Students Association (MSA) to discuss the Department’s continued efforts to expand partnerships with community organizations and state and local officials on civil rights and civil liberties to safeguard local communities.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, June 3, 2015 – The United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is extending a deadline by 30 days to allow members of the public to submit alternative proposals or partial proposals on a new industry-funded promotion, research and information order for organic products. The new order would be developed under the Commodity Promotion, Research, and Information Act of 1996 (1996 Act).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that two banks, Rothschild Bank AG and Banca Credinvest SA, have reached resolutions under the department’s Swiss Bank Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: The owner and operator of a stock trading operation and three of his associates were arrested today on charges arising from their alleged participation in a multi-year insider trading scheme that netted more than $3.2 million in illicit profits, announced today by U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman for the District of New Jersey.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: Federal and state law enforcement officials from North Dakota and Montana have announced the creation of the Bakken Organized Crime Strike Force. Acting U.S. Attorney Chris Myers for the District of North Dakota, U.S. Attorney Michael W. Cotter for the District of Montana joined Attorney General Wayne ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: The Justice Department has announced that the United States District Court of the Western District of Louisiana yesterday approved a court-ordered agreement with the Lincoln Parish School Board to desegregate classrooms at four elementary schools serving students in grades K-5 in Ruston, Louisiana. The ...
