News from November 2015
By DOL Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA), sent a letter to Daniel R. Levinson, Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) expressing her concern that the Tobacco Vapor Electronic Cigarette Association...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Republican oversight leaders in the Senate and House sent a letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt asking for information on the agency’s plans to update its Fraud Prevention System (FPS), a program that uses predictive analytics...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: Hearing Wrap-up: Nov. 4 Legislative Hearing on Energy and Mineral Resources on Abandoned Mine Lands.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: TULSA, Okla. - The Department of Justice announced today the first 10 tribes to participate in an initial User Feedback Phase of the Tribal Access Program for National Crime Information (TAP), a program to provide federally recognized tribes the ability to access and exchange data with national crime information databases for both civil and criminal purposes.
By State Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding the decision by the government of Turkey to allow the Committee for Missing Persons (CMP) to access suspected burial sites in military zones, areas that had long been off limits for CMP teams...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, House Ways and Means Human Resources Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany (R-LA) delivered the following opening statement during a hearing on better coordinating welfare programs to serve families in need.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Curtis R. Martin, Jr., age 55, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 8 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for wire fraud. Martin previously pleaded guilty a scheme to defraud a business of more than $132,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: Four Men Charged with Providing Material Support to Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JUAN ALBERTO SANCHEZ-ROMERO, age 25, a citizen of Mexico, pled guilty today to a one-count Bill of Information for violations of the Federal Gun Control Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: Each year communities nationwide join together to raise awareness about the dangers of drug abuse by wearing a red ribbon from October 23 to Oct. 31, which is the National Red Ribbon Week. The first Red Ribbon celebration was organized in 1986 by a grassroots organization of parents concerned about...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal jury today convicted Mario Lamar Wair, a/k/a “Unda," age 42, of Baltimore, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine; and for possession with intent to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine.
By State Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following statement at the full Committee markup of the African Growth and Opportunity Act Enhancement Act of 2015 (H.R. 2845 ), the Global Health Innovation Act of 2015 (H.R. 2241 ), the First Responders Passport Act of 2015 (H.R. 3750 ), and the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2015 (H.R. 3766 )...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - A federal grand jury returned a 14-count indictment, unsealed today, charging 10 defendants with conspiracy, theft of government funds, and aggravated identity theft. The indictment was announced by Christopher P. Canova, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: BILLINGS - Following a three day federal trial, a Montana jury found William Krisstofer Wolf, 53, of Bozeman, guilty on two counts: Illegal Possession of a Machine Gun and Possession of a Firearm not Registered in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record. Judge Susan Watters presided over the trial. Sentencing is set for March 3, 2016.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Rockvale Construction LLC, 4108 East Newport Road in Kinzers, Pennsylvania
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Cory M. Saddlemire, age 34, of Nassau, was indicted today for unlawfully possessing multiple firearms, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Delano A. Reid, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) New York Field Division.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: The Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Registration Task Force completed its final day of meetings. The group focused on reaching a consensus on a recommended process for registration. The discussions included how an operator might prove a UAS is registered, how the aircraft would be marked, and how to ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: The Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office announced several new supervisory appointments to fill vacancies flowing from the retirement in October of veteran federal prosecutor Barbara S. Sale. Sale served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for 35 years and retired as chief of the Criminal Division. The U.S. Attorney’s Office named the criminal chief’s conference room in her honor.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas W. Walker announced RANDOLPH JOHNSON SPAIN, 26, was sentenced yesterday by Senior United States District Judge James C. Fox to 240 months imprisonment.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: Awards Ceremony This Saturday, November 7, at Noon.
