News from February 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: Gulfport, Miss - Robert Simmons, 60, a businessman from Biloxi, Mississippi, pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to a Criminal Information charging him with carrying out a complicated kickback scheme in which he paid money to the commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Corrections...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: GAITHERSBURG, Md.-The U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced a competition to award its first manufacturing innovation institutes that will join the nine already underway as part of the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI). President Obama's goal is to launch a total of 15 institutes by the end of his term.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - Chief Judge Brian A. Jackson, Judge Shelly D. Dick, Judge John W. deGravelles, and Judge James J. Brady of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana and the agencies of the federal courthouse will host the Twenty-First Annual Federal Courthouse African-American History Month Program at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016, in Courtroom 1, located on the third floor of the federal courthouse.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: MEDFORD, Ore. - On Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016, U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken sentenced Jonathan Robert Quaccia, 35, originally of Ashland, Oregon, to two years in federal prison for conspiracy to commit money laundering. The Court ordered the defendant to serve three years of supervised release upon his release from prison term and complete 500 hours of community service.
By State Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding the ongoing electoral process in Uganda...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: FOLSOM, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released the Final Environmental Assessment/Initial Study and Finding of No Significant Impact for the Sweeney/McCune Creek
By Interior Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: Las Vegas - Construction on the paved access route from Democracy Drive into Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area has begun and is expected to continue through mid-May. To view an animation of the route, please visit.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: Channel Islands National Park invites the public to "Find Your Park's Story" at two upcoming events at the Museum of Ventura County that celebrate the National Park Service Centennial, on February 28 and March 6 from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: DANVILLE, VIRGINIA - United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. announced that Kelly Johnson pled guilty today in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Danville to a federal gun charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: G. F. Peterman, III, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced today that verdicts of guilty were rendered on all seven counts of an indictment against Defendants Leonardo Hernandez-Triana, age 32, and Yadina Valdes-Dias, age 36, both from Tampa, Florida, charging them...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - An Oregon man has pleaded guilty to a felony computer hacking charge related to a phishing scheme that gave him illegal access to 363 Apple and Google e-mail accounts, including those belonging to members of the entertainment industry in Los Angeles.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - A federal grand jury returned an indictment yesterday afternoon charging a former director in a non-profit corporation that receives grant funding to provide Head Start services for the Dallas area with embezzlement. U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas made today’s announcement.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC - The Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, chaired by U.S. Rep. Bob Gibbs (R-OH), will hold a hearing next week to review activities carried out by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers related to future water resources development, including the Corps’ annual report to Congress and completed Chief’s Reports.
By State Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C.-House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced that Secretary of State John Kerry will testify before the Committee on Thursday, February 25. The hearing, entitled “Strengthening U.S. Leadership in a Turbulent World: The FY 2017 Foreign Affairs Budget, " will begin at 9:30 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Richard A. Lazzara today sentenced Cedric Monroe (35, Tampa) to 15 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Monroe pleaded guilty to this offense on December 4, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that David Auman, age 37, of Liverpool, was sentenced yesterday to 77 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge John E. Jones, III, after pleading guilty to being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of February 22.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of February 22.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - Senior District Court Judge Raymond Finch on Feb. 19, 2016, sentenced Edigberto Diaz, 46, to 7 years in federal prison for Using and Carrying a Firearm during and in Relation to a Crime of Violence and 21 months for Interference with Commerce by Robbery, United States Attorney Ronald...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today invited Federal Bureau of Investigations Director James Comey and Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook to appear before the committee to discuss the issues surrounding encryption - specifically when privacy and national security issues are raised.
