News from February 2016
By Interior Newswire | Feb 4, 2016
News Release: MOOSE, WY -Rangers rescued an injured backcountry skier from Disappointment Peak in Grand Teton National Park this afternoon, February 4, 2016. The skier, Rene Etter-Garrette, 32, of Jackson, WY, was beginning his ski descent of Spoon Couloir above Amphitheater Lake when he triggered a wind slab avalanche and was swept downhill.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement commending the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for taking important steps to address the opioid epidemic sweeping our nation. Today, the agency released its Opioids Action Plan, which, among other measures, ...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 4, 2016
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wyoming State Office has released its proposed list of parcels for the May 3, 2016 oil and gas lease sale. The BLM also announced that the parcels originally scheduled to be offered at the postponed February 2016 sale will be offered during the May sale.The February...
By State Newswire | Feb 3, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C.- House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) sent a letter today to Secretary of State John Kerry requesting information about the administration’s handling of negotiations to resolve a longstanding dispute with Iran at The Hague. In a surprising move, the United States announced it would make a $1.7 billion payment to Iran to resolve this dispute the same day Iran released four American prisoners.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 3, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON—Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas yesterday met with Mexican Secretary of Tourism Enrique de la Madrid Cordero to discuss cooperation on a number of shared secure travel interests.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 3, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 SAN FRANCISCO - Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson met with local law enforcement officials and the National Football League (NFL) security team to oversee the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) security operations that will help ensure the safety and security of employees, players and fans during Super Bowl 50.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 3, 2016
News Release: President's 2017 Budget Request Will Propose to Fully Fund USDA's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, Doubling Amount That Was Available in 2016 Fact Sheet WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 2016- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the award of $30.1 million in competitive grants to fund 80 research ...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 3, 2016
News Release: Each day, the work of USDA scientists and researchers touches the lives of all Americans, from the farm field to the kitchen table and from the air we breathe to the energy that powers our country. USDA science is on the cutting edge, helping to protect, secure, and improve our food, agricultural and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2016
News Release: Three El Paso, Texas, tax return preparers were convicted by a jury yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (El Paso Division) of conspiracy to defraud the United States for their involvement in a fraudulent tax return preparation scheme and numerous counts of aiding and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2016
News Release: Divestitures Avoid Creating Monopolies or Duopolies for Critical Fueling and Support Services The Department of Justice announced today that it will require BBA Aviation plc, the parent company of Signature Flight Support, to divest fixed‑base operator assets (FBOs) at six U.S. airports in order to proceed ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2016
News Release: Used Hong Kong Entity and Foreign Accounts in Switzerland, Monaco and Singapore to Conceal Funds A former U.S. citizen residing in Switzerland pleaded guilty today to one count of filing a false income tax return, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente of the Eastern District of Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2016
News Release: A Bosnian-born Burlington, Vermont, man surrendered his U.S. citizenship because he lied about his military service during the Bosnian war and the court cancelled his certificate of naturalization. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2016
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that an Athens, Texas, woman has been sentenced to more than one year in prison for her role in the smuggling of imitation, unapproved and misbranded prescription drugs from China.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that Robert A. Zauzmer will become the new Acting Pardon Attorney effective immediately.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2016
News Release: John T. Booker Jr., 21, of Topeka, Kansas, pleaded guilty today to attempting to detonate a vehicle bomb on the Fort Riley military base in Manhattan, Kansas.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2016
News Release: Seventh Defendant to Plead Guilty in Sex Trafficking Case The Justice Department announced today that Granville Robinson, 27, of Memphis, Tennessee, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to commit sex trafficking and one count of sex trafficking for his role in scheme operated out of the Riviera ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2016
News Release: A former agent for a large national trucking company has pleaded guilty for paying bribes to officials at the Marine Corps Logistics Base (MCLB) in Albany, Georgia, in order to obtain lucrative freight-hauling business, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Acting U.S. Attorney G.F. Peterman III of the Middle District of Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2016
News Release: A federal grand jury in Atlanta charged in separate indictments two real estate investors with bid rigging and bank fraud related to public real estate foreclosure auctions in Georgia, the Justice Department announced today. Real estate investor Douglas L. Purdy has been charged with one count of bid ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2016
News Release: A Maryland man was sentenced to 10 years in prison today for transporting child pornography into the United States, Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Robert L. Capers of the Eastern District of New York announced.
By Fed Newswire | Feb 3, 2016
News Release: Louise L. Roseman, director of the Division of Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems, will retire later this year after more than 30 years of service to the Federal Reserve Board, including 17 as director.
