News from September 2015
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 11, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), ranking member of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, released the following statement in observance of the 14th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City, Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 11, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Environment and the Economy Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today held the first panel of a two-day hearing examining federal facility cleanups under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). CERCLA requires federal agencies...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 11, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of September 14.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 11, 2015
News Release: Patchogue, New York - This month Fire Island National Seashore will offer a variety of special volunteer opportunities in support of the International Coastal Cleanup and National Public Lands Day. All are invited to participate in the International Coastal Cleanup on Fire Island Saturday, Sept. 19, and in a special pollinator garden planting event on September 26 for National Public Lands Day.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 11, 2015
News Release: A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist in Pennsylvania has developed a sanitizing wash that could reduce the number of foodborne illnesses caused each year by E. coli, Salmonella and Listeria from fresh-cut produce.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 11, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health today reviewed six bills authored by committee members to strengthen the Medicaid program by closing loopholes and eliminating fraud in the program. Next Friday, the Health Subcommittee will continue its effort to improve the Medicaid program with a hearing to review four more bills that will improve the program for beneficiaries.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 11, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health today reviewed six bills authored by committee members to strengthen the Medicaid program by closing loopholes and eliminating fraud in the program. Next Friday, the Health Subcommittee will continue its effort to improve the Medicaid program with a hearing to review four more bills that will improve the program for beneficiaries.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 11, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) released the following statement today after recording a NO vote on H.R. 3461, a measure to approve the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, signed at Vienna on July 14, 2015, relating to the nuclear program of Iran.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2015
News Release: St. Louis, MO - JAMES MATTHEW ALEXANDER, the President of a local defense contractor, pled guilty to a scheme to defraud the United States related to the construction of shipping containers for use with the F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2015
News Release: A Miami resident was sentenced to 36 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for participating in an identity theft tax fraud scheme involving thousands of deceased and other individuals’ personal identifying information (PII).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2015
News Release: HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge for the Drug Enforcement Administration and Deidre M. Daly United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal jury in Hartford has found Wilmer Antonio Gomez-Rodriguez, 29, a citizen of the Dominican Republic...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO - A Naperville engineer who severed critical communication cables at an air-traffic control center in Aurora - causing thousands of flight cancellations and delays throughout the country - was sentenced today to 12 ½years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2015
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - PAE Government Services Inc. (PAE) and RM Asia (HK) Limited (RM Asia) have agreed to pay the United States $1.45 million to resolve allegations that they engaged in a bid-rigging scheme that resulted in false claims for payment under a U.S. Army contract for services in Afghanistan.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 11, 2015
News Release: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) announces that pavement work is underway for September through early October 2015 at the Dune Climb parking lot and along the Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive. The work will involve the use of heavy equipment and visitors may experience temporary closures and traffic delays.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 11, 2015
News Release: SONORA, Calif. - On Saturday, Sept. 26, the Bureau of Reclamation’s Central California Area Office, in celebration of the 22nd anniversary of National Public Lands Day, will waive day use fees at New Melones Lake for all visitors. As part of the celebration, the public is invited to help care for...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - After a 10-day trial before Chief United States District Judge Morrison C. England Jr., a jury returned its verdict today finding a Sacramento couple guilty on all four counts related to the arson of their former home in Antelope, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 11, 2015
News Release: ANDERSONVILLE, Georgia - On Sept. 18, 19 and 20th Andersonville National Historic Site will host its capstone event for the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. This three day weekend will invite historians, active duty military, Civil War descendants, former POWs and the public to honor the 13,000...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: Defendants Face A Forfeiture Allegation Of $954,297.00.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: Defendants Used Chinese Banking System and Trade-Based Money Laundering Scheme to Launder Over $5 Billion.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: Viktor Popa, 23, and Ianic Repesciuc, 25, both citizens of Moldova, were charged today by indictment with conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, and aggravated identity theft. These offenses arise from the defendants’ scheme to place card reading devices, commonly known as “skimmers," and hidden...
