News from April 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2016
News Release: The United States Department of Justice has designated April 24 - 30, 2016 as National Reentry Week. Major steps have been taken to make the criminal justice system just, fair, and effective at reducing recidivism. In recognition of National Reentry Week, the Macon Reentry Coalition (MRC), a local nonprofit that connects returning citizens to resources, will host free events open to the public in Macon, Georgia.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 7, 2016
News Release: The National Academies of Sciences’ Board of Mathematical Sciences and Their Application will conduct two webinars this month in conjunction with the recent release of its report entitled Analytical Foundations for the Next Generation Electric Grid. The focus of the study, which was funded in part by...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2016
News Release: Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area and Obed Wild & Scenic River will be celebrating the National Park Service Centennial during National Park Week from Saturday, April 16, through Sunday, April 24. Everyone is invited to discover all that America's more than 400 national parks have to offer with the theme "FindYour Park".
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2016
News Release: STATESVILLE, N.C. - One of the leaders and seven co-conspirators of a major drug ring responsible for trafficking more than 450 kilograms of cocaine to Western North Carolina and funneling millions in drug proceeds back to Mexico were sentenced earlier this week, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. U.S. District Judge Richard L. Voorhees presided over the sentencing hearings.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2016
News Release: G. Walter Bressler Admits to Federal Conspiracy Charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2016
News Release: Rock Island, Ill. - A federal grand jury has returned indictments charging five individuals in separate cases in the Central District of Illinois, as announced by U.S. Attorney Jim Lewis. The indictments had remained sealed pending the defendants’ arrests and court appearances. Alejandro Lopez appeared...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Jamaican man was charged today with defrauding residents of the United States and Canada by allegedly tricking them into believing they had won multimillion-dollar lotteries and sweepstakes, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2016
News Release: MISSOULA - Following a four day federal trial, a Montana jury found Joseph David Robertson, 77, guilty on two counts of unauthorized discharge of pollutants into waters of the United States and one count of injury or depredation of United States property.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Mission, South Dakota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on April 5, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 7, 2016
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, April 14, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “H.R. 4775, Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016."
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2016
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management's New Mexico State Office (BLM) announced today that 11 parcels totaling about 2,306 acres will be offered at its quarterly oil and gas lease sale scheduled for April 20, 2016, at the Marriott Courtyard in Santa Fe, New Mexico. These parcels are distributed over a two state...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 7, 2016
News Release: The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, April 14, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “NHTSA Oversight." National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Administrator Mark Rosekind is expected to testify in addition to other witnesses.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Jaret Santa (26, Delray Beach) to one year and one day in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to make, possess, and pass counterfeit Federal Reserve notes. As part of his sentence, the Court also ordered him to pay $3800 in restitution to his victims. Santa pleaded guilty on October 6, 2015.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2016
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. -Grand Canyon National Park will waive entrance fees April 16-24, 2016 to celebrate National Park Week and the National Park Service Centennial.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez and Richard Larson, M.D., Ph.D., Executive Vice Chancellor and Vice Chancellor of Research for UNM Health Sciences Center, will hold a press conference at 10:00 A.M. on FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 2016, to announce a new community education program under the New Mexico...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2016
News Release: Scranton, Pa. - Steamtown National Historic Site will host an entrance fee-free week to celebrate National Park Week from Saturday, April 16 through Sunday, April 24. This year is the National Park Service's centennial, and we invite your family to "Find Your Park." All indoor and outdoor exhibit areas and park museum facilities including guided tours and the park movie, "Steel and Steam," are included in the entrance fee-free week.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 7, 2016
News Release: The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, April 14, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “NHTSA Oversight." National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Administrator Mark Rosekind is expected to testify in addition to other witnesses.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A former New Hampshire stock broker and his Florida-based partner were arrested today on charges arising out of their participation in a market manipulation scheme which was actually part of an FBI undercover operation.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2016
News Release: As part of ongoing efforts to combat the spread of invasive and noxious weeds that threaten the health and productivity of millions of acres of public lands, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today released the Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (Final PEIS) that examines the use of...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 7, 2016
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, April 14, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “H.R. 4775, Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016."
