News from October 2015
By DOE Newswire | Oct 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and its Subcommittee on Communications and Technology today asked the Government Accountability Office - the nation’s nonpartisan watchdog - to complete a review of the management of the Federal Communications Commission’s Enforcement...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 23, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and Representatives Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), and Lois Capps (D-CA), released a report from the Government...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Andriana Vamvakas, the New York District Director of the Department of Labor’s Office of Labor-Management Standards (“DOL-OLMS"), and Jeffrey G. Hughes, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Northeast Field Office of the U.S. Department...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2015
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - On Oct. 21, 2015, Steven C. Miller, 63, of Russell, Iowa, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge John A. Jarvey to 4 years of probation for his role in leasing land that was used in illegal guided deer hunts in Iowa, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 23, 2015
News Release: Health Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Joseph R. Pitts (R-PA) this week highlighted the extensive work that the Energy and Commerce Committee has done this year to protect our seniors. Pitts writes, “These are just some, not all, of the things we’ve done to help seniors just this year. We will continue this work and always keep in mind the best interests of our seniors."
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today sent a letter to the U.S. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy asking about the safety of recycled rubber tire “crumbs" used in synthetic turf fields in the United States. In light of recent NBC News headlines - “How Safe...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today sent a letter to the U.S. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy asking about the safety of recycled rubber tire “crumbs" used in synthetic turf fields in the United States. In light of recent NBC News headlines - “How Safe...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: Leading the Charge is a regular feature spotlighting the movers and shakers in energy development on tribal lands. This issue we had the opportunity to speak with long-time Indian energy champion Doug MacCourt, who joined the DOE Office of Indian Energy as Senior Policy Advisor in July 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Joplin, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for receiving and distributing child pornography over the Internet. Frank Edwin Ness, 45, of Joplin, was sentenced...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: DALLAS - Vasni Molina, 30, of Grand Prairie, Texas, was sentenced this afternoon by U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle to the statutory maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison following his guilty plea to an information charging one count of receipt of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: Business Owner Conspired with Employees to File False Returns for Clients.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: More than 450 representatives from tribal and state governments, federal agencies, tribal corporations, private industry, utilities, and academia came together to explore tribal energy development and security issues at the National Tribal Energy Summit: A Path to Economic Sovereignty, held Sept. 23-25, 2015, in Washington, D.C.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 There is an urgent and compelling need for cybersecurity legislation – to strengthen our ability to protect the American public, American businesses large and small, and the federal civilian.gov system.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: $108 Million Allocated for Smart Grid Improvements WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced nearly $2.3 billion in loans to build and improve rural electric infrastructure in 31 states.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: Defendants Defrauded the U.S. Army National Guard Recruiting Assistance Program Twenty-five individuals have been charged in 14 separate indictments for their alleged participation in a conspiracy to defraud the United States and the National Guard Bureau of money and property, wire fraud and aggravated ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it reached a settlement with Miami Dade County Public Schools (MDCPS) resolving claims that MDCPS discriminated against employees because of their citizenship status in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). The department’s investigation, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: First Felony Conviction for Import of Illegal Timber and Largest Fine Ever under the Lacey Act Virginia-based hardwood flooring retailer Lumber Liquidators Inc. pleaded guilty today in federal court in Norfolk, Virginia, to environmental crimes related to its illegal importation of hardwood flooring, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: Two clinical psychologists were charged today with participating in a $25 million Medicare fraud scheme involving psychological testing in nursing homes in Gulf Coast states.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: Businesses Allegedly Prepare Fraudulent Tax Returns While Charging Customers Undisclosed, Unconscionable Fees The United States filed a civil injunction suit seeking to bar Christopher Lawrence and Kenneth Aikens from owning, operating or franchising a tax return preparation business and from preparing ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: A Minnesota man with two prior convictions for sexually abusing children was convicted today of child pornography charges. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger of the District of Minnesota made the announcement.
