News from February 2016
By DOE Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy today announced the launch of its Energy Materials Network (EMN), a new National Laboratory-led initiative that will give American entrepreneurs and manufacturers a leg up in the global race for clean energy. Leveraging $40 million in federal funding...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bergen County man today admitted selling fraudulent massage therapy training certificates to workers at various massage parlors in order to facilitate prostitution activities at those locations, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: “For several reasons, I urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to join me in opposing H.R. 3892, the ‘Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act of 2015.’
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Subcommittee on Water, Power, and Oceans held a hearing to review federal regulations exacerbating California’s drought crisis even while El Niño is providing significant precipitation for the region.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal jury today convicted the president of a Chicago real estate firm on fraud charges relating to a $105 million line of credit for city and suburban properties, including a former Goldblatt’s Department Store on the North Side and the Streets of Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Robert W. Moran, Jr., 63, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering activity, before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa. The charge carries a maximum penalty...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: Co-Defendants Keith Jackson, Brandon Jamelle Jackson, and Marlon Sullivan also Each Sentenced For Related Crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: Fourteen Alleged Gang Members and Associates Indicted in Charleston, South Carolina, on Federal Racketeering and Attempted Murder Charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - -Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a Passaic County, New Jersey, member of the New Jersey set of the Grape Street Crips admitted his leadership role in a conspiracy to distribute 2.8 kilograms of crack-cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: McALLEN, Texas ‐ Two Hidalgo women have been ordered to federal prison following their conviction for conspiracy to commit bribery, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Susana Munguia, 61, and Lubina Pedraza, 54, pleaded guilty July 13, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that LONNIE DALE JOHNSON, age 58, of Durant, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 2 years of probation and was ordered to pay $49,570 in restitution for BANK THEFT, EMBEZZLEMENT & MISAPPLICATION, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 656.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: Secretary Kerry, it’s a pleasure to welcome you before our Subcommittee. Since you were sworn into office, the world has witnessed unprecedented levels of turmoil, requiring strong U.S. leadership on many fronts.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that BRANDON JAMES DEAN, age 33, of Porter, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment, followed by 36 months of supervised release for FELON IN POSSESSION OF FIREARM, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g)(1) & 924(a)(2).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced that in federal court, JOHN MICHAEL WADE, 63, pled guilty to Conspiracy to commit wire fraud. As part of his plea, WADE agreed to pay $219,304 in restitution. He faces a maximum of five years imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: Defendants Submitted False Claims to Medicare Through a Medical Clinic in Flushing, New York.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: ICYMI: Chairman Brady on FoxNews.com - America needs a tax code for the 21st Century.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, March 2, 2016, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “The Fiscal Year 2017 DOE Budget." Department of Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz will be the sole witness and provide testimony on the proposed budget.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Due to changes on the Senate floor, the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry’s business meeting to consider the Chairman’s Mark on Biotechnology Labeling Solutions is postponed until next week. A media advisory will be distributed once a date is scheduled.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: I would welcome our two witnesses to this hearing - the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, the Honorable Jo-Ellen Darcy, and the Chief of Engineers, Lieutenant General Bostick.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released its annual 45-day notice and call letter proposing new rates and policies for Medicare Advantage and Part D. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Pat Tiberi (R-OH) expressed concerns about the regulation.
