News from March 2016
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Communications and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today held a hearing examining the recent proposal from the multi-stakeholder community to transition stewardship of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to the Internet community.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Debra Moses, 47, of Martinsburg, pled guilty today to mail fraud, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) today sent a letter to Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz seeking information relating to DOE’s nuclear waste management policy. The committee has been at...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Communications and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today held a hearing examining the recent proposal from the multi-stakeholder community to transition stewardship of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to the Internet community.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: The New York Doctor Collected More Than $2.4 Million In Fees For “Doctor Visits".
By EPA Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC - Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) issued the following statement today in reaction to recently announced studies showing significant progress in finding potential cures for Zika and Dengue, two viruses that are closely related.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2016
News Release: The Bureau of Reclamation has released the Republican River Basin Study, which identifies adaptation strategies that address water management challenges in the basin. This study, which includes a study area of 2.7 million acres of irrigated agriculture served primarily by groundwater supplies, represents an extensive collaborative effort among Colorado, Nebraska and Kansas.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2016
News Release: Twenty-Four Year Old Victim Was Pregnant.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 16, 2016
News Release: HILLSBORO, Ohio - For a 26-year-old Ohio construction worker, his new job turned out to be his last. Just a month after starting work for Stauffer Site Services LLC, a nearly 10-foot deep trench collapsed and buried him as he worked installing a sewer line. The man died two days later due to the injuries he suffered.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Colorado man convicted of Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Aiding and Abetting was sentenced on March 7, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2016
News Release: The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California has permanently barred Stacy John Sanchez of Orange County, California, from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2016
News Release: Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch released the following statement regarding the President’s nomination of Chief Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court: “I commend President Obama on his nomination of Chief Judge Merrick Garland as an associate justice on the Supreme Court. In all of his prior work ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2016
News Release: An Alabama man was sentenced today to 660 months in prison and a lifetime term of supervised release for his aggravated sexual abuse of a child under the age of 12, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance of the Northern District of Alabama.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2016
News Release: A federal grand jury sitting in Portland, Oregon, returned a superseding indictment yesterday afternoon charging a Hillsboro, Oregon man with 13 counts of making, presenting and transmitting fictitious financial instruments and six counts of willfully failing to file income tax returns, Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2016
News Release: A Sheffield Lake, Ohio, man pleaded guilty today to attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization, as well as firearms violations.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against Gary Walden; the Estate of Tina Walden; Walden Homes LLC, dba Walden Rentals; and 973 Chestnut Ridge Road Inc. The lawsuit alleges that female tenants in residential rental properties owned and managed by the Waldens have been ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2016
News Release: Gregory R. Logan was held in custody today, pending his trial on money laundering charges related to a conspiracy to smuggle narwhal tusks from Canada, through Maine, to customers in the continental United States announced Assistant Attorney General John C. Cruden for the Justice Department’s Environment ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2016
News Release: A Burlington, North Carolina, man was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for bankruptcy fraud and tax fraud, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Department of the Justice’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Ripley Rand of the Middle District of North Carolina. “The ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2016
News Release: The former Chief Executive Officer of a firm that specialized in the treatment and disposal of contaminated soil was convicted in the District of New Jersey of conspiring to pay kickbacks and committing major fraud against the United States in connection with obtaining subcontracts for the treatment ...
By Fed Newswire | Mar 16, 2016
News Release: Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in January suggests that economic activity has been expanding at a moderate pace despite the global economic and financial developments of recent months. Household spending has been increasing at a moderate rate, and the housing sector ...
