News from March 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - A federal jury sitting in Las Cruces, N.M., found Juan De Dios Ramos-Ruiz, 50, a Mexican national residing in Socorro, N.M., guilty on an indictment charging him with conspiracy to transport illegal aliens. The guilty plea was announced by U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez and El Paso Sector Chief Border Agent Jeffrey D. Self of the U.S. Border Patrol.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2015
News Release: After a long winter, it is a good time to get outside, breathe in the fresh air and see what is starting to green up. The Bandy Creek and Blue Heron Campgrounds will officially open on the National Recreation Reservation Service beginning on Wednesday, April 1. Campsites can be reserved online at www.recreation.gov or by phone at 1-877-444-6777.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 17, 2015
News Release: Retired Coast Guard Vice Adm. Manson Brown was appointed by President Obama and confirmed by a voice vote of the U.S. Senate to serve as assistant secretary of commerce for environmental observation and prediction and deputy administrator for NOAA. Brown joins NOAA after 36 years of distinguished service in the U.S. Coast Guard.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - The former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Baltimore Behavioral Health (BBH), William Kristen Hathaway, age 52, of Ellicott City, Maryland pleaded guilty today to failing to pay to the IRS more than $2.4 million in payroll taxes deducted from the paychecks of BBH employees, and to stealing more than $53,000 from the BBH employee benefit plan.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2015
News Release: Fraud resulted in over $800,000 in unpaid fees to select resorts.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2015
News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai‘i - Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park continues its tradition of sharing Hawaiian culture and After Dark in the Park programs with the community and visitors in April. To celebrate the Merrie Monarch Festival’s 52nd anniversary, special cultural presentations are offered April...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has rescheduled the hearing on “Examining the 340B Drug Pricing Program" for Tuesday, March 24, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2015
News Release: BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - A Warren County, Kentucky, woman was sentenced to 72 months in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release by Chief District Judge Joseph H. McKinley, Jr., for maliciously damaging and destroying and attempting to damage and destroy, by means of fire, the Dollar General Store, and the personal property, located in Hart County, Kentucky, announced Acting U.S. Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 17, 2015
News Release: “Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. And thank you, Mr. Secretary, for joining us this morning, most of all thank you for your leadership on behalf of American workers and their families.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 17, 2015
News Release: Researchers at the Office of Fossil Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) were part of an international team, including the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), that contributed to a newly released report explaining the prospect of gas hydrates as a potential worldwide energy source that can contribute in the transition to the low-carbon energy systems of the future.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - At today’s Energy and Power Subcommittee hearing on “EPA’s Proposed 111(d) Rule for Existing Power Plants: Legal and Cost Issues," noted legal expert Laurence Tribe, President Obama’s constitutional law professor at Harvard Law School, attacked EPA’s so-called Clean Power Plan for its...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today released a draft bill to reauthorize the Federal Communications Commission. The legislation, released ahead of the subcommittee’s Thursday hearing with all five FCC commissioners, would reauthorize the agency for the first time in nearly 25 years.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) heard from witnesses Tuesday who testified that the U.S.-Mexico border is not secure.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a 36-year-old Harrisburg man was sentenced today to 151 months in prison by Chief District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner for possession with the intent to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., delivered the following statement today at a Finance Committee hearing on building a competitive U.S. international tax system...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2015
News Release: Urbana, Ill. - Sentencing is scheduled on May 8, 2015, for former business owner Michael S. Fogerson of Champaign, Ill. Yesterday, Fogerson pleaded guilty to two counts of filing a false tax return, as announced by Jim Lewis, U.S. Attorney for the Central District of Illinois. Fogerson remains on bond following his appearance yesterday before U.S. District Judge Harold A. Baker.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JAIME JAUREGUI, age 36, of Orlando, Florida, was sentenced today after a federal jury found him guilty of conspiracy to violate the Gun Control and National Firearms Acts and possession of unregistered firearms.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Support continues to grow for a permanent resolution to the frequent crises created by the flawed Sustainable Growth Rate formula for Medicare physician payment. Several House Energy and Commerce Committee health leaders have added their voices to the growing chorus of key thought leaders...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2015
News Release: PLANO, Texas - Six defendants have been sentenced for their roles in a mortgage fraud conspiracy in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today. Sentencing hearings were held before U.S. District Judge Marcia Crone.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2015
News Release: National Park ServiceNews Release. -March 16, 2015. Caleb Kesler, Chief Ranger, MOCA/TUZI, 928-567-3322 x227. O'odham Artist Royce Manuel to Demonstrate Traditional Agave. Fiber Arts and Technologies. CAMP VERDE, Ariz. -Royce Manuel. of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, Scottsdale, AZ., will...
