News from May 2015
By Commerce Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement regarding Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler’s plans to include broadband in the Universal Service Fund’s Lifeline program...
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against Bryson LaPaul Blair, 29, of Bakersfield, charging him with possession of a firearm and ammunition after having been convicted of a felony and domestic violence misdemeanor, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: Earlier today, Maximus A. Yaney, 38, of New York, New York, pled guilty to mortgage fraud and was sentenced, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced. United States District Judge J. Phil Gilbert sentenced Yaney to 18 months in federal prison...
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: NYC Cooperative Will Enact a Reasonable Accommodation Policy and Pay Compensatory Damages.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today that Sammy R. Holliday, age 43, was sentenced to 151 months in federal prison on Wednesday, May 27, 2015 for distributing methamphetamine.
By DOE Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON -- The Energy Department announced today that it has issued a conditional authorization for the Alaska LNG Project, LLC (Alaska LNG) to export domestically produced liquefied natural gas (LNG) to countries that do not have a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States. Subject to environmental...
By Interior Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management today presented its prestigious “Making a Difference" National Volunteer Awards for outstanding volunteer service in 2014 on BLM-managed lands. Top BLM leaders recognized the award winners during a national event held via live video teleconference. Staff at the BLM's headquarters...
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson and Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden announced today that the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the State of Idaho’s Capitol Commission and the State of Idaho’s Attorney General’s Office have reached a settlement to resolve allegations that the Statehouse, as remodeled, does not comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that DELORES TROUILLET, age 58, of Waggaman, pled guilty today to wire fraud for embezzling over $200,000 from her employer.
By Interior Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: Traci Weaver. (307)344-2015. e-mail us. Yellowstone National Park is seeking public comments on a draft Winter Use Adaptive Management Plan as part of an effort to continually improve the management of winter use in the park using the best available science and public input. The draft plan will be available...
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced the indictment of forty-one members of a multi-state heroin trafficking conspiracy.1 The 41 defendants named in the indictment were charged with Conspiracy to Distribute Heroin, Methamphetamine, Oxycodone, Hydromorphone, Hydrocodone, and Methadone.
By DOE Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today wrote to seventeen auto manufacturers and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration requesting information about the industry’s plans to address cybersecurity challenges as new technologies are developed and vehicles and transportation infrastructure are becoming increasingly connected.
By DOE Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today requested briefings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Defense regarding the recent reports of live anthrax being shipped to nine states and South Korea.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: Defendant Wired More Than $500,000 Of Investor Funds To Co-Conspirators In The Philippines.
By Commerce Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, June 4, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining H.R. 2017, the Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2015."
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington today sentenced Willie Streater (25, Tampa) to six years and nine months in federal prison for access device fraud and aggravated identity theft. As part of his sentence, the Court entered a money judgment in the amount of $25,206, which is a portion of the proceeds traceable to the offense. Streater was also ordered to pay restitution in excess of $1 million to the IRS. He pleaded guilty on March 19, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: ROME, Ga. - Brian Cannon, Terry Peace and Cory Williamson have pleaded guilty to conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction-specifically, pipe bombs-in attacks against federal government agencies.
By DOL Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced today that it will continue their partnership with Health Canada to align United States and Canadian regulatory approaches regarding labelling and classification requirements for workplace chemicals through the Regulatory Cooperation Council.
By EPA Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today wrote to seventeen auto manufacturers and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration requesting information about the industry’s plans to address cybersecurity challenges as new technologies are developed and vehicles and transportation infrastructure are becoming increasingly connected.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A total of five Laredoans have been ordered to prison for their roles in a kidnapping ordered by Los Zetas and executed by members and associates of the gang Hermanos Pistoleros Latinos (HPL), announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
