News from October 2015
By DOL Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health * will meet in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 1-2 for updates and discussions with agency officials.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: The House Education and the Workforce Committee, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), today approved H.R. 3459, the Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act. The legislation will protect small businesses and the workers they employ by rolling back the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) recent decision redefining what it means to be an employer. The bill passed the committee by a vote of 21 to 15.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: Gulfport, Miss - A Louisiana dredging corporation-C.F. Bean, LLC ("Bean")-pled guilty today to a criminal offense relating to the death of Biloxi mariner Mark Barhanovich, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and Rear Admiral David R. Callahan, Commander of the Eighth Coast Guard District.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: The Elwha Valley's 4.5 mile Whiskey Bend Road will reopen to vehicle use tomorrow, Friday October 30. The road has been closed since late 2014 after storm damage destroyed a portion of the road.Late last year, heavy rains saturated soils in the area, leading to a portion of the road sliding downhill and rendering the road impassible to vehicle traffic.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcements (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) announced that Jorge Ayala-Spino, age 35, was charged yesterday with illegal reentry in an Indictment by a federal grand jury in Scranton.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: OAKLAND - Mitchell Phillip Wolf was sentenced today to 65 months in prison for possession of child pornography announced Acting United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: WALNUT GROVE, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation will close the Delta Cross Channel Gates on Thursday, Oct. 29, at approximately 12 p.m. The temporary closure is needed to meet salinity level requirements in the Bay-Delta. The gates will reopen on Friday, Oct. 30, at approximately 12 p.m. Please be advised that the gates may need to be closed on short notice, so please check the status prior to travel.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Fla. --- Biscayne National Park and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services are hosting ceremonies welcoming dozens of new citizens on Friday, Oct. 30, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. for adults and 1:00 p.m. for kids. The U.S. Army Band's Brass Quintet is performing a mini-concert from 9:30 to 10...
By State Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, delivered remarks at a forum entitled “Death of History: Witnessing Heritage Destruction in Syria and Iraq." The forum calls attention to ISIS’s destruction and looting of cultural antiquities in Syria and Iraq.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: Gary Williamson to Serve 120 Months.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Francesca Maria Daniele, age 49, of LaPlata, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to wire fraud in connection with the misuse of her government credit card.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: A man who illegally re-entered the country was sentenced on Oct. 20, 2015, to five months in federal prison.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: Discussions about homeland security often involve the threats we can see: violent extremism, dirty bombs, explosives, nuclear weapons, etc. Today, we will be examining our nation’s defenses and preparedness for a threat that is not visible to the naked eye but that can threaten entire cities: biological agents such as the bacteria and viruses that cause anthrax, plague, tularemia and Ebola.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: Change doesn’t happen on its own. It’s led by dedicated and passionate people who are committed to empowering Indian Country to energize future generations. Leading the Charge articles spotlight the movers and shakers in energy development on tribal lands.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that today in federal court, before Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever III, HARRY C. MANN, age 79, of Manns Harbor, North Carolina, pleaded guilty to accepting illegal gratuities while employed by the U.S. Department of Navy at...
By State Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
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By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA - Tammi Stephens, Daynna Gregory, and Richard Cantrell have been sentenced to federal prison for stealing victims’ restitution money from a fund controlled by the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDOC), where Stephens and Gregory formerly worked in its banking department.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 37-year-old U.S. citizen from San Benito has been handed a significant sentence following his convictions stemming from a multi-count indictment related to a conspiracy to possess with Intent to distribute marijuana, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with Acting Special Agent in Charge Mark Dawson of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) - San Antonio. Hervey Roel pleaded guilty in August 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Project Safe Childhood.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: Dear Administrator Shelanski: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has estimated that prescription opioid abuse costs the U.S. economy tens of billions of dollars each year in lost productivity and health care costs. Sadly, the human cost is much higher-more than 4 million Americans...
