News from May 2015
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: Four Florida residents were charged, by indictment in the Southern District of Florida, for participating in a sweepstakes fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was sentenced yesterday in federal court to one year probation on a misdemeanor charge of deprivation of civil rights under color of law, to which the defendant pleaded guilty earlier this year, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOE Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: “Commissioner Rosenworcel has been a tireless and passionate public servant throughout her career. Her deep understanding of the issues that Commission confronts has made her a valuable resource for the agency and for those of us in Congress. I commend the President on an excellent nomination."
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: A Haitian man pled guilty yesterday before Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Frank J. Lynch, Jr. to alien smuggling.
By EPA Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today continued its review of the ongoing prescription drug and opioid abuse epidemic with a look at what is being done at the state level to combat these crises.
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park and La Réunion National Park, a French volcanic island in the middle of the Indian Ocean, signed a sister park agreement yesterday to fortify the mutual collaboration and cooperation between both parks.
By DOL Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Lebanon Seaboard Corporation. Investigation site: 508 W. Ross Lane, Danville, Illinois. Date investigation initiated and what prompted inspection: On Dec. 30, 2014, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Peoria office initiated an inspection at the...
By Commerce Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON -Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today offered his strongest, most unqualified endorsement of President Obama’s decision to nominate Thomas Reeder to be the next director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC).
By DOE Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today unanimously approved the nonpartisan 21st Century Cures Act 51-0. The nonpartisan legislation will help to modernize and personalize health care, encourage greater innovation, support research, and streamline the system to deliver better, ...
By USDA Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on five produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Four people have been charged for their involvement in a drug and money laundering conspiracy, three of whom have also been designated as Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers (SDNTs), announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By Commerce Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today continued its review of the ongoing prescription drug and opioid abuse epidemic with a look at what is being done at the state level to combat these crises.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: Arrest made following a high-speed pursuit and standoff with law enforcement.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: OAKLAND, Calif. - Cheryl Denise Frazier was sentenced today to three years in prison for possession with intent to distribute cocaine, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano.
By DOE Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today continued its review of the ongoing prescription drug and opioid abuse epidemic with a look at what is being done at the state level to combat these crises.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: Two Akron men were sentenced to prison for their roles in a conspiracy that brought heroin from Chicago to be sold around Ravenna and Akron, law enforcement officials said.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: In El Paso, 54-year-old Victor Jerome Reza was sentenced to ten years in federal prison for receipt and distribution of child pornography announced Acting United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Waldemar Rodriguez, El Paso Division.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a Monroe County man pleaded guilty today in United States District Court in Scranton, before Senior United States District Judge Edwin M. Kosik, to the charge of theft of mail.
By State Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously passed bipartisan legislation to improve the missions, objectives, and effectiveness of U.S. international broadcasters, which are overseen by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG). H.R. 2323, the United States International...
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Nevada is accepting nominations for open positions on its three Resource Advisory Councils (RACs) until June 22. The formal call for nominations published in the Federal Register on May 21.Resource Advisory Councils are citizen-based groups that make recommendations...
