News from March 2015
By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2015
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska: The National Park Service (NPS) has issued the annual Superintendent’s Compendiums for 2015, a collection of documents that will become effective on April 1.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2015
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - United States District Judge John E. Steele has sentenced William G. Roberts (55, St. Petersburg) to 12 years in federal prison for receiving, possessing, and distributing child pornography. The Court also ordered him to serve a life term of supervision following his release from prison, and to register as a sex offender. Roberts pleaded guilty on Dec. 11, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2015
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A federal grand jury returned indictments today charging Mexican nationals Laurencio Garcia-Labra, 39, and Mario Labra-Garcia, 25, with illegal reentry after they were discovered to be in the country illegally, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2015
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Beth M. Rogers, 45, of Portland, Maine, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to mail and wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2015
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that the United States has settled allegations that a Jacksonville-based dermatology practice knowingly billed the government for services that were cosmetic in nature and not medically necessary, as well as “up-coded" certain bills to receive higher than allowed reimbursement. The allegations resolved included liability under the False Claims Act (FCA).
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held the hearing, "Securing the Southwest Border: Perspectives from Beyond the Beltway". Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del), as prepared for delivery...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2015
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Chris Beach, 48, of, Ithaca, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Marian W. Payson to a misdemeanor conspiracy charge. The charge carries a maximum sentence one year in prison, a fine of $100,000, or both.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 17, 2015
News Release: In February 2014, OE formed the Advanced Distribution Management Systems (ADMS) Working Group by assembling a leadership team of representatives from the utility industry with the mission to collect the experiences, insights, and lessons learned from implementing these systems. The Voices of Experience...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced that Omar Oseguera-Cortez, 30, was sentenced on March 16, 2015 to the time he has served in custody for the federal felony offense of re-entering the U.S. unlawfully after two previous deportations.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 17, 2015
News Release: On Wednesday, March 18 at 10:00 a.m., the House Education and the Workforce Committee, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will hold a hearing entitled, “Reviewing the President’s Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Proposal for the Department of Labor." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2015
News Release: Stephen Francis Bukucs, a Uniformed Security Guard, Admitted Committing the Crime Up to 25 Times Near Portland International Airport.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2015
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced today that GEORGE M. KOSTUCH, age 43, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has been charged in a Bill of Information with engaging in a wire fraud scheme to defraud the State of Louisiana’s Motion Picture Industry Development Tax Credit Program, in...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2015
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 42-year-old Kilgore, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced that nominations are being accepted for members to serve on the Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 17, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Mt. Vernon Barge Services, Jeffersonville, Indiana
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite, Jr., announced that GALDINO MARTINEZ-CARRILLO, age 38, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced yesterday for illegal re-entry of previously removed alien.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., March 17, 2015 - House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) and Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Chairman James M. Inhofe (R-OK) today sent a letter to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Director Dan Ashe, requesting that the FWS extend the comment period and delay the listing determination for the northern long-eared bat (NLEB) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2015
News Release: The Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area is partnering with the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency and Obed Wild & Scenic River for a presentation on the natural resources of the Cumberland Plateau. The program will take place on Saturday, March 21, at 1:00 p.m. (CT) at the Gateway to the...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2015
News Release: A Mexican citizen who used another person’s social security number was sentenced yesterday to serve 120 days’ incarceration.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today delivered the following opening statement at a committee hearing on the international tax system...
