News from May 2015
By Interior Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, CALIFORNIA-The National Park Service has completed the Wilderness Stewardship Plan / Final Environmental Impact Statement (WSP/FEIS) for Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. The final step was taken on May 27, 2015, with the signing of the Record of Decision...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: Obtained Identity Info via Prison Pen Pal Program and Victimized Janitorial Services Employees.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today that Billy Joe Merchant, age 42, pled guilty on Thursday, May 28, 2015 to a one-count federal indictment charging him with Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute.
By US DOT Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO-The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $70,050 civil penalty against the University of Wisconsin-Madison for allegedly violating Hazardous Materials Regulations.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Eastern District of Michigan. Friday, May 29, 2015. Four men have been charged with distributing drugs that resulted in the overdose deaths of three people, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. McQuade was joined in the announcement by Special Agent...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted a Mulga woman and her two sons in connection with the illegal distribution of prescription painkillers, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and Drug Enforcement Administration Assistant Special Agent in Charge Clay A. Morris.
By DOE Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing and vote schedule for the week of June 1. The committee will continue its work on the Architecture of Abundance, discuss the integrity of the Medicaid program, examine the Takata airbag recall, consider legislation to modernize and reform a key federal agency, and review bipartisan legislation regarding Obamacare menu-labeling requirements.
By Commerce Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ahead of next week’s Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) declined an invitation to allow Mary Howard, the Director of Privacy, Governmental Liaison, and Disclosure, to testify before the Committee. Chairman Jason Chaffetz sent a follow-up letter asking the Agency to reconsider that decision. The IRS once again declined.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A federal grand jury today indicted a Mexican man living in Brighton on charges of illegal gun possession and distributing high-purity methamphetamine known as "ice," announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Assistant Special Agent in Charge David Hyche and Drug Enforcement Administration Assistant Special Agent in Charge Clay A. Morris.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A California man was sentenced today for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine in New England and laundering the drug proceeds in bank accounts.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Rockford, Ill. man was charged yesterday in federal court with possessing with the intent to distribute narcotic drugs. ANTHONY ROSS, 34, of Rockford, Ill., was charged with possessing with the intent to distribute cocaine, cocaine base (crack cocaine), and heroin on May 28, 2015. According...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - Two Atlantic City, New Jersey, men and a Millville, New Jersey, woman today admitted their roles in a criminal street gang that used threats, intimidation and violence to maintain control of the illegal drug trade in Atlantic City, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Commerce Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing and vote schedule for the week of June 1. The committee will continue its work on the Architecture of Abundance, discuss the integrity of the Medicaid program, examine the Takata airbag recall, consider legislation to modernize and reform a key federal agency, and review bipartisan legislation regarding Obamacare menu-labeling requirements.
By Interior Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Fla. --- Biscayne National Park, the South Florida National Parks Trust, the City of Homestead and Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund recently received 2015 National Park Service Centennial Challenge Grants.
By Interior Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- National Park Service biologists captured a mountain lion in the Verdugo Mountains on May 7, marking the first time a large carnivore has been studied in that small and isolated mountain range.
By Interior Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: In preparation for the reopening of the Theodore Roosevelt House at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site to public visitation beginning Sunday, July 12, 2015, the grounds will also receive improvements. In order to provide an even better overall visitor experience at Sagamore Hill, in addition to the...
By Commerce Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: The League of SI Superheroes is back!
By DOE Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: Washington, DC -The Energy and Commerce Committee has scheduled a markup beginning on Tuesday, June 2, at 5:00 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider legislation that aims to reform chemical management and modernize and reform a key federal agency. Members will convene for opening statements only on Tuesday and reconvene to consider the legislation Wednesday, June 3, at 10:00 a.m.
By EPA Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing and vote schedule for the week of June 1. The committee will continue its work on the Architecture of Abundance, discuss the integrity of the Medicaid program, examine the Takata airbag recall, consider legislation to modernize and reform a key federal agency, and review bipartisan legislation regarding Obamacare menu-labeling requirements.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine, Possession of Firearms During a Drug Trafficking Crime, Felon and Fugitive in Possession of Firearms, Possession of Methamphetamine with the Intent to ...
