News from June 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Two residents of Jamaica, NY, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of conspiracy, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - An Ohio man pleaded guilty today to a federal sex crime involving minors, announced Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto. Robert N. Bray, III, 38, of Logan, Ohio, entered his guilty plea to enticing minors to engage in sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the filing of indictments against Venice residents Steven M. Pace (24) and Katie Smith (24) for possessing destructive devices. Pace also was charged with possessing with the intent to distribute a Schedule I controlled substance (AB-fubinaca, ...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: Today, at House of Help City of Hope in Anacostia, Republicans unveiled an initiative aimed at lifting people out of poverty and onto the ladder of opportunity. It is the first plank of A Better Way, a bold policy agenda to tackle some of the country’s biggest challenges.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) welcomed today’s Senate passage of the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act. The legislation now heads to the president to be signed into law which will culminate a multi-year effort for the committee. The House passed the bill 403-12 on May 24, 2016.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today delivered the following remarks at a Health Subcommittee markup on H.R. 3299, the “Strengthening Public Health Emergency Response Act of 2015," and H.R. 291, the “Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act of 2015."
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Daniel Miguel Salinas, 33, of Weslaco, has entered a guilty plea to possessing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: MENTOR, Ohio - As he helped widen a road on Station Street in Mentor, a 28-year-old water and sewer utility worker suddenly found himself buried beneath thousands of pounds of soil when a trench, more than 5-feet deep in which he worked, collapsed on him. Hours later, his injuries led to the man's death in a nearby hospital.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are trying to save water in one of the fastest growing dairy regions in the United States by encouraging use of a drought-tolerant crop the same way it's sometimes used in India-as cattle feed.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: In Del Rio today, 50-year-old Carl Wayne Wiley was sentenced to 571 months in federal prison for attempted murder of a Border Patrol agent announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Rodolfo Karisch, Del Rio Sector Chief Patrol Agent, U.S. Border Patrol, and Christopher Combs, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge of the San Antonio Division.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. - Efforts to prepare firefighters for the upcoming fire season are in progress. A drill to enable the Bureau of Land Management's wildland fire fighters to practice their skills and evaluate their program will take place Monday June 6, at 9:30 a.m. in the Jack's Valley area off of Hwy 139, 7 miles north of Susanville.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of Firearm by a Prohibited Person and Possession of a Stolen Firearm was sentenced on June 2, 2016, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Science & Technology Press Office: John Verrico, (202) 254-2385 WASHINGTON – On June 13, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Under Secretary for Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), Dr. Reginald Brothers will deliver keynote remarks at the 2016 Smart Cities Innovation Summit, which brings together over 200 Cities and public and private innovators to discuss innovative solutions and best practices for preparing for the future.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Science & Technology Press Office: John Verrico, (202) 254-2385 WASHINGTON—The Cyber Security Division of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) will hold an Industry Day to present information and answer questions regarding Broad Agency Announcement BAA call HSHQDC-16-R-B0006 , which solicits proposals for mobile application security research and development.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON – Over 200 artifacts were returned to the government of India today by Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch during a ceremony with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The items were recovered as a result of an investigation conducted by U.S. ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, June 6, 2016 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Business-Cooperative Service Administrator Sam Rikkers today announced that USDA is seeking applications for grants to provide assistance to socially-disadvantaged business groups in rural areas.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: One-time Payments to Begin in July to Assist with 2016 Ginning Season WASHINGTON, June 6, 2016 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) will provide an estimated $300 million in cost-share assistance payments to cotton producers through the new Cotton Ginning Cost-Share program, in order to expand and maintain the domestic marketing of cotton.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: Nine new Promise Zones join 13 others to expand economic opportunity in distressed areas WASHINGTON, June 6, 2016 - The Obama Administration today named the final nine Promise Zones across the country - high poverty areas in select urban, rural and tribal communities. Through the Promise Zone Initiative ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: A Kansas man pleaded guilty today to six counts of exporting and attempting to export firearms illegally from the United States to individuals located in other countries, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall of the District of Kansas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: A Stillwell, Kansas, man pleaded guilty today to one count of aggravated identity theft and one count of theft of government funds, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall of the District of Kansas.
