News from June 2015
By DOE Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: “House Appropriations Committee Republicans kept up their business-as-usual attack today on the Federal Communications Commission, but these efforts hold the potential for extraordinarily bad outcomes for American consumers. The appropriations bill approved by the Committee undermines the FCC’s consumer...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON- The U.S Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes an $84,700 civil penalty against Image Air of Southwest Florida for allegedly allowing an unqualified pilot to fly its aircraft.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, pled guilty and has been sentenced in federal court to 100 months imprisonment, followed by 15 years supervised release, on his convictions of distribution and possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: Contact Person: Jay Richardson (803) 929-3000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: BOISE - Juan Loredo, 22, of Salinas, California, was sentenced today to 155 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for bank robbery by use of dangerous weapons, and brandishing of firearms during the commission of a felony offense, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered forfeiture of the three firearms involved in the bank robbery. Loredo pleaded guilty on March 24, 2015.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: Patients - the inspiration behind 21st Century Cures - joined the bipartisan leaders of H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act, on Tuesday to talk about how this legislation will help them in their search for longer, healthier lives. H.R. 6 is continuing its momentum following a 51-0 approval by the full committee, moving closer to delivering hope to patients and loved ones in need.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Weatherford, Texas man was sentenced in federal court today for a mail fraud scheme in which he embezzled nearly $1 million from Herzog Contracting Corporation in St. Joseph, Mo.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - An open-flame heater on the floor of a rig likely sparked the fire that killed three natural gas drillers and seriously injured two others in a December 2014 drilling rig fire in Coalgate, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has concluded.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, June 24, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining the Administration’s Approval of Medicaid Demonstration Projects."
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: Fifteen-Year Contract includes providing overnight accommodations, food and beverage, retail, and other related services to park visitors.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - A 43-year-old Cisco, Texas, man appeared in federal court this week and pleaded guilty, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Nancy M. Koenig, to one count of possession of child pornography, announced Acting U.S. Attorney John R. Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: “House Appropriations Committee Republicans kept up their business-as-usual attack today on the Federal Communications Commission, but these efforts hold the potential for extraordinarily bad outcomes for American consumers. The appropriations bill approved by the Committee undermines the FCC’s consumer...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, June 24, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining the Administration’s Approval of Medicaid Demonstration Projects."
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: Chairman Lou Barletta (R-PA). Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. Hearing on “Saving Taxpayer Dollars in Federal Real Estate: Reducing the Government’s Space Footprint". June 16, 2015. Opening Statement. (Remarks as Prepared). The purpose of today’s hearing is...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - The annual U.S. Attorney’s Statewide Civil Rights Symposium is moving to the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site in Topeka, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A former Hanover postal employee pleaded guilty to mail theft charges today in U.S. District Court in Boston.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON – Today, Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas recognized Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees and other individuals who have been awarded patents by the U.S. Patent Office for their technology advancements ...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 GAITHERSBURG, Md. — Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson traveled to Gaithersburg, Md. to meet with the Montgomery County Executive’s Faith Community Working Group to discuss the Department’s ongoing efforts to safeguard local ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: Omar Gonzalez, 43, of Copperas Cove, Texas, was sentenced today to 17 months in prison on charges stemming from an incident in which he climbed a fence and ran toward and into the White House while armed with a folding knife.
