News from February 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2016
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance today announced a comprehensive settlement agreement under the Americans with Disabilities Act with the University of Alabama at Birmingham to ensure equal access for individuals with disabilities to the university’s academic and general facilities. The agreement also established an innovative process for ADA complaints to be investigated or reviewed.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 10, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released a statement following the committee’s approval of Beth Cobert to be Director of the Office of Personnel Management. The committee approved the nomination by voice vote. It now goes to the floor to be considered by the full Senate...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2016
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that the United States District Court, after a non-jury trial, has entered judgment against JOHN DEFELICE of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, for $119,218.00, which represents a sum of Social Security benefits...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a Wilkes-Barre man was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury in Scranton on heroin, hydrocodone and cocaine possession, and firearm offenses.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 10, 2016
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS), in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), is planning to reconstruct a segment of the East Entrance Road from Fishing Bridge to Indian Pond within the eastern portion of Yellowstone National Park. The project would reconstruct the road, associated parking areas and turnouts, and Pelican Creek Bridge. Fishing Bridge will also be considered for rehabilitation or replacement.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2016
News Release: Jackson, TN - A West Tennessee man has been sentenced to federal prison for unlawfully possessing an improvised destructive device. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2016
News Release: The collaboration of local, state and federal law enforcement under the Detroit One program has led to the indictment and arrests of 12 members of the Crips street gang in northwest Detroit, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 10, 2016
News Release: Las Vegas - The Bureau of Land Management announced today a segregation of lands near Searchlight to allow the agency to complete a Supplemental Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for a proposed wind energy facility in response to a recent Federal Court decision. While valid existing rights remain in effect, no new mining claims can be filed for the area during the environmental analysis period.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Chief United States District Judge Laurie Smith Camp sentenced Amy Fisher, 43, of Papillion, Nebraska, to 18 months imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release. In April 2014, a federal grand jury returned a criminal indictment charging Fisher with embezzlement. On June 22, 2015, Fisher pleaded guilty to the charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2016
News Release: Five defendants were sentenced for their participation in an extensive stolen identity tax refund fraud scheme.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 10, 2016
News Release: The Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability’s (OE) FY 2017 Budget Request is now available. The FY 2017 request for OE advances Administration and Secretarial priorities to safeguard and enhance the grid to address a range of vulnerabilities, including climate change, cyber threats, and...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2016
News Release: Las Vegas Resident Indicted for Running Counterfeit and Misbranded Contact Lens Operation.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 10, 2016
News Release: The Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, chaired by Rep. Todd Rokita (R-IN), today held an oversight hearing on the implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Members learned what state and local leaders expect from the new law and discussed opportunities to ensure control over K-12 education is restored to states and school districts.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 10, 2016
News Release: The goal of this campaign is to stop the decline of these species and move them toward recovery. NOAA is also looking to join with local, state and tribal governments, academic partners and the public to make sure these endangered species do not decline further.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 10, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation has made two funding opportunities available to help water users develop drought contingency plans and build long-term drought resiliency as part of Reclamation's Drought Response Program. These opportunities will be allocated through a competitive process.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2016
News Release: Owner of Cancer Treatment Clinic Convicted of Providing Fraudulent Medical Treatments to Patients.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of Use of Interstate Facilities to Transmit Information About a Minor was sentenced on February 8, 2016, by U.S. District Court Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 10, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - As Congress continues to examine fiscally responsible solutions to address the growing economic and financial challenges plaguing Puerto Rico, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today called on Governor Alejandro Javier García Padilla to provide current and verifiable information regarding the current fiscal health of the territory.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 10, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - On Wednesday the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee approved a bill that would reduce federal paid administrative leave, protect whistleblowers and taxpayer dollars. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.) are sponsors of the bill, which was authored by Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2016
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - Chief District Court Judge Wilma A. Lewis on February 9, 2016, sentenced Elvin Wrensford, 30, to 35 years in federal prison for federal firearm offenses, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. Additionally, the court imposed a sentence of life in prison without parole for...
