News from June 2016
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has awarded a $1.8 million contract to T and S DVBE, Inc. of Anderson, Calif. for the improvement of existing roads south of. Tulelake, Calif. in Siskiyou County. The contract includes the supply, delivery and placement of gravel on existing Tulelake roads...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Paul Hebert, 51, of Gloucester, Massachusetts, formerly of Barre, Vermont, was sentenced today for Social Security fraud and Medicaid fraud. Chief District Judge Christina Reiss sentenced Hebert to a four year term of probation, a $5,000 fine, and ordered to pay restitution totaling $53,660.57.
By State Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Representative Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus, today announced that they have introduced legislation to enhance ties between the United States and India by...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: Come and meet members of the Kilcher family during Homestead Days 2016 at Homestead National Monument of America on June 18 and 19 from 1-3 p.m.at the Homestead Education Center. The Kilcher family is featured on the Discovery Channel's show "Alaska: The Last Frontier". The show focuses on the two Kilcher...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: YAKIMA, Wash. - The Bureau of Reclamation's Yakima Field Office will hold a C.A.S.T. for Kids fishing event Saturday, June 18 at Sarg Hubbard Pond located on the Yakima Greenway in Yakima. Children with special needs will have the opportunity to reel in a good time as they join some enthusiastic volunteers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Wayman Sparrow a/k/a “Blaze", 25, of Bronx, New York, was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge Nancy Torresen...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: Dear Mr. Caruana: In light of recent cyber attacks involving the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT), I write today to request information regarding the Bank for International Settlements’ guidance on cybersecurity practices to central banks around the world. In February...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Park Stein Inc. 613-614 Route 46 East, Clifton, New Jersey. Citations issued: On June 3, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations for one willful violation, eight repeat, five serious and two other-than-serious violations. Investigation...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: Fort Myers, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the arrest and filing of criminal complaint charging Jorge Guerrero-Torres (28, Orlando) with possessing child pornography. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. Guerrero-Torres made his initial appearance...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Monica Kendrick, age 47, of Walkersville, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to wire fraud arising from a scheme in which she embezzled money from her employer.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: I rise today to urge my colleagues to support the Presidential Tax Transparency Act, an amendment to the NDAA I’ve offered along with Senators Warren, Bennet, and Kaine. Here’s what it’s about.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Ashley Furniture, the nation's largest retailer of home furnishings, have entered into a corporate-wide settlement agreement that provides an effective framework for protecting workers from machine hazards. The agreement also resolves all pending OSHA citations at the company's plants in Arcadia and Whitehall Wisconsin, and in Ecru and Ripley, Mississippi.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, CALIFORNIA-The Restoration of Native Species in High Elevation Aquatic Ecosystems Plan / Final Environmental Impact Statement (Restoration Plan/FEIS) for Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks will be available to the public starting on June 10, 2016. A notice...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: The Hatteras Island Visitor Center, Hatteras Island ORV Permit Office, and Cape Hatteras Light Station reopened this morning after park staff performed visitor safety reviews of the facilities. There continues to be standing water on some Seashore roads, so please use caution while driving.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A resident of Tecate, Mexico has been found guilty of federal drug trafficking charges for piloting a “panga" boat stuffed with nearly two tons of marijuana from Ensenada to the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A Mathis woman who was supposed to care for a young child but who instead recorded her sexual assault has pleaded guilty, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - Today, a federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment against two individuals for carjacking, announced United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is in charge of the investigation.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: FAIRBANKS, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management’s Eastern Interior Field Office has issued a Fire Prevention Order, effective at 12:01 a.m. today, prohibiting campfires, explosives and fireworks on federal lands in a fire-prone area of black spruce off Gilmore Trail north of Fairbanks.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a speech on the Senate floor today, Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) outlined how hard-working, middle-class families are bearing the brunt of the nation’s slow economic growth and skyrocketing healthcare premiums and called on Congress to work together to find bipartisan solutions that will help move America forward.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - The President and Chief Executive Officer of Southco Enterprises, Inc. of Sherman, Texas, James Alexander, who pleaded guilty last month on behalf of the corporation to a one-count Information charging treating, storing or disposing of hazardous waste without a permit, was in federal court again today for the corporation’s sentencing, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
