News from May 2015
By DOE Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: In the sixth in the series of videos introducing the Republican members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., today stresses the importance of protecting the parks and lands that every Coloradan treasures while taking steps to grow the state’s economy through smart, responsible energy production.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: In Midland this morning, 54-year-old Margo McKinney was sentenced to five years in federal prison for defrauding her employer of over $1,000,000 announced Acting United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr.
By Commerce Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: Going wireless is appealing to a growing number of manufacturers. Using wireless sensor networks to monitor and control equipment and processes eliminates the costly labyrinth of dedicated cabling to hardwire devices, enables flexibility in organizing operations, and expands opportunities for keeping tabs on plant-floor conditions and performance.
By Interior Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: DENVER - Today, the Bureau of Land Management Colorado State Office sold 73 parcels totaling 32,962 acres for $32,140,365 including rentals and fees at its quarterly oil and gas lease sale. The highest per-acre price was for a 1,919-acre parcel in Weld County, sold to Ironhorse Resources, LLC., in Denver for $10,100 per acre.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of the Dominican Republic, has been sentenced in federal court to one year and one day in prison and ordered to pay restitution of $121,000 to Highmark Blue Cross/Blue Shield on his conviction of filing false individual and corporate tax returns and health care fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: HOUSE OVERSIGHT FULL COMMMITTEE HEARING. U.S. Secret Service: Accountability for March 4, 2015 Incident . Witness: John Roth, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Takeaways: * The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) inconsistently applies disciplinary action to agents guilty of...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia announced that Donterius Toombs, age 33 and Stephon Williams, also known as “Corndog," “Lieutenant," and “L.T.", age 50, from Camilla, Georgia were sentenced May 13, 2015 by the Honorable W. Louis Sands, United States District Judge in Albany. Each defendant was sentenced to 240 months for conspiracy to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina----United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that a Federal Grand Jury in Charleston, South Carolina, returned Indictment(s) against the following.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: Over 100 Investors Lost More Than $13 Million in Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO - A Bolingbrook man was sentenced today to 24 months in federal prison for violating U.S. export laws by attempting to ship a thermal imaging camera from his company in Schaumburg to a company in Pakistan without obtaining a license from the U.S. Commerce Department, federal law enforcement officials...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: HAMMOND - United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, David Capp, announced that Jason Medina, 31, of East Chicago, Indiana, was sentenced today to 325 months imprisonment and 3 years supervised release for conspiracy to participate in racketeering and attempted murder in furtherance of racketeering.
By Commerce Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) released the following statement after the House passed the final agreement for the FY2016 budget.
By USDA Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: “Thank you Mr. Chairman. I want to thank the efforts of you and your staff on this bill and I hope that we can continue this collegial process even if we find ourselves on different sides.
By DOL Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has renewed its alliance with the Coordinating Committee for Automotive Repair. The alliance will provide CCAR members and others with training and resources to help protect the safety and health of workers in the car repair industry, as well as information on workers' rights and employer responsibilities under the OSH Act.
By Commerce Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) released the following statement in response to the April jobs report.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, VA - Sand 9, Inc., of Cambridge, Massachusetts, has agreed to pay $625,000 to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that it misrepresented its accounting and timekeeping systems to the National Science Foundation (NSF), based in Arlington, Virginia, in the award and performance of two Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants.
By USDA Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists in California have developed 16 new lettuce breeding lines. Lettuce production in the United States is concentrated mostly in California and Arizona, where it is grown year-round. Salinas, California, in fact, is often referred to as "the salad bowl of the nation.".
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: New York Woman Admits Child Exploitation and Enters Guilty Pleas to All Ten Counts of Federal Indictment.
By Interior Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: DENALI NATIONAL PARK, AK: The body of an Argentinian solo climber was discovered at the 17,200-foot high camp of Mount McKinley just before midnight on Sunday, May 10. Heraldo Javier Callupan, age 39 of General Roca, Argentina, appears to have died of unknown medical issues.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: DENVER - Javier Batista-Cervantes, age 35, who was until today in Canada, was extradited from Canada to Denver, Colorado so he can face drug trafficking charges, U.S. Attorney John Walsh and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Denver Division Special Agent in Charge Barbra Roach announced. Batista-Cervantes...
