News from February 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: Shooting Followed Altercation over Inappropriate Touching.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: Dear Secretary Perez: As our economy continues to recover from the Great Recession, we, as a country, need to work on ways to help our economy grow from the middle out, not the top down. But today, despite longer working hours and higher productivity, workers’ wages have remained virtually unchanged.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: Carriage roads in the park are closed indefinitely to all users until the roads dry out and become firm enough to prevent damage to their gravel surface. The unusually warm weather and wet conditions have softened the carriage roads and made them susceptible to damage. Walking, bicycling, and riding horses on the carriage roads under the current conditions can cause ruts and potholes that will channel water and exacerbate erosion.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Today, JASON MARC JANATSCH, 26, of Oklahoma City, pleaded guilty to producing child pornography depicting a female toddler whom he babysat, announced Mark A. Yancey, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: U.S. Department of Labor | Feb. 29, 2016
By DOE Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: ARPA-E Projects Receive more than $1.25 Billion in Private Follow-on Funding for Transformational Energy Technologies
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Jose Jamie Villalpando, a/k/a “Jamie Villapondo," age 48, of Charleston, and owner of Senor Tequila Restaurants in Charleston, has entered a guilty plea in federal court in Charleston, to False Statement, a violation...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: Defendant Convinced Victims to Give Him Over $1.9 Million from Retirement Savings, Lines of Credit and Refinanced Mortgages in the False Promise of Receiving Higher Investment Returns.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: LA BELLE, Mo. - For the third time since 2012, federal investigators have cited Sharpe Holdings in the death of an employee. The most recent casualty was a 51-year-old equipment operator, who suffered serious head injuries after was ejected from the rear of a van on Sept. 26, 2015. He died the following day.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, chaired by U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA), is scheduled to mark up the following measures at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 2, 2016 in 2167 Rayburn House Office Building...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - A total of 14 people are now in custody on methamphetamine charges in three separate cases, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. These arrests were part of Operation Dream Catcher which also led to the apprehension of seven and 15 more individuals in the Eastern and Western Districts of Texas, respectively.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: STATESVILLE, N.C. - U.S. District Judge Richard L. Voorhees handed down lengthy prison terms to two methamphetamine traffickers today, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Roger Dale Franklin, 54, of Bogart, Georgia, was sentenced to 40 years and Mario Alberto Mondragon, 38, of Mexico, was sentenced to 30 years in prison. They were each ordered to serve five years under court supervision, following their prison terms.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Arizona State Director today announced the appointment of three new members and reappointment of two former members to Arizona's citizen-based Resource Advisory Council (RAC). The RACs are composed of members with diverse interests and backgrounds."By working with...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2016
News Release: Yesterday afternoon, Saturday, Feb. 27, park rangers were notified at 2:07 p.m. that a woman was unconscious, pulseless, and not breathing on the Deer Mountain Trail just below the summit, roughly 3.5 miles from the trailhead. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) was administered for more than an hour by park visitors. Rangers arrived on scene at 3:15 p.m. After further advanced cardiac life support was provided, she was pronounced dead at the scene.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 27, 2016
News Release: UPCOMING EVENTS AT LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA MARCH 5 TO APRIL 2.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 26, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON— Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson met with Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales to discuss President Morales’ priorities for his administration and the two countries’ continued cooperation on a number of shared economic and security issues.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 26, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 NEW ORLEANS— Today, Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas traveled to New Orleans to participate in a series of employee engagements with Department personnel. These engagements are a part of the Department’s continued efforts to recognize the achievements and selfless service of DHS personnel who preserve our freedoms and protect the homeland with integrity, vigilance, and respect.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 26, 2016
News Release: Seventeen New Watersheds Added to National Water Quality Initiative WASHINGTON, Feb. 26, 2016 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced an investment of $25 million targeted to help agriculture producers improve water quality in high-priority streams and rivers across the country. Through the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2016
News Release: The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida entered a consent decree of permanent injunction against James R. Hill, of Ocala, Florida, to prevent the distribution of unapproved drugs masquerading as a cure for the herpes virus, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2016
News Release: A South Carolina man was sentenced to 82 months in prison today for his role in a nationwide health care fraud scheme that defrauded more than 17,000 victims, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney David Rivera of the Middle District of Tennessee.
