News from March 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: Farrell Lines, Incorporated (Farrell) and DAMCO USA, Inc. (Damco) have paid to the United States of America three million six hundred fifty nine thousand five hundred dollars ($3,659,500.00) in civil penalties regarding Farrell and Damco’s failure to comply with certain terms of its contract with the United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, James L. Porter, announced today.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: Inhofe Statement on Obama, Trudeau Announcement to Reduce Methane Emissions
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today as the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) approved its IANA transition and accountability proposal for submission to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).
By Interior Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation will hold a meeting to update the public on the current status of the ongoing Cost Allocation Study for the Central Valley
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: In San Antonio today, 54-year-old Armando Jesus Hernandez Leal of Shavano Park, TX, was sentenced to 170 months in federal prison in connection with a multi-million dollar investment fraud scam announced United States Attorney Richard Durbin, Jr., FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division and Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge William Cotter.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: BRONX, NY - Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt and New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton today announced the indictment of 84 alleged gang members connected to 22 shootings in the west Bronx and who flooded towns in Massachusetts and New Hampshire with cocaine, fentanyl and heroin.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee has scheduled a full committee markup on Monday, March 14, 2016, at 5 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider two bills, including H.R. 4725, the Common Sense Savings Act of 2016. Members will convene for opening statements only on Monday, and reconvene on Tuesday, March 15, 2016, at 10 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Gregory A. Vaughn (59, Seminole County) to 27 years in federal prison for enticement of a minor and production of child pornography. He received a concurrent sentence of 20 years' imprisonment for receiving child pornography. Vaughn must serve a life term of supervision following his release and register as a sex offender. The Court also ordered Vaughn to pay $7,500 in restitution.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC - Cape Lookout National Seashore is offering 4th grade students of Carteret County the chance to enter the "Diamond in the Rough Student Art Contest". The competition asks students to submit artwork that shows their connection with the Cape Lookout National Seashore's natural and cultural history no later than Friday, May 13, along with the entry form.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Chairman Jason Chaffetz and Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings sent a letter asking Valeant CEO J. Michael Pearson to explain why his company is withholding documents from the Committee as part of its investigation into the skyrocketing prices of prescription drugs.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), and Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) today acknowledged the multistakeholder community’s proposal to transition stewardship of the Internet Assigned Number Authority from the U.S. government to the Internet community. The committee has been actively engaged in the future of the Internet.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Two Mexican nationals pled guilty yesterday in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to cocaine trafficking charges under plea agreements with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: Everyone is invited to the Eighth Annual Calusa Days, being held March 14 through 19 in Everglades City at Everglades National Park's Gulf Coast Visitor Center.Join park staff and archeologists in free outdoor activities, a variety of programs, and interesting booth displays as we explore the deep and...
By State Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON- Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement on the murder of Taylor Force, the American business school student who was recently stabbed to death by a Palestinian terrorist in Israel, the latest attack in a wave of violence that began last September...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, March 17, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015: Examining Implementation of Medicare Payment Reforms."
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - David Alexander Battle II, 24, who served as a volunteer with the music program at Grace E. Metz Middle School in Manassas, was convicted today by a federal jury on four counts of production of child pornography, attempted coercion and enticement of a minor, receipt of child pornography, and distribution of child pornography.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Sarah R. Saldaña announced openings for more than two dozen community liaisons with stakeholders as part of an initiative aimed at increasing local community engagement across the country.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Dollar General Corporation. Inspection site: 203 Wedowee St., Bowdon, Georgia 30108. Citations issued: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations to the employer on March 07 for two repeated and one serious safety violation. Inspection...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: Sunland Pest Control Services, Inc. (Sunland), Grenale Williams, 53, of South Bay, and Canarie Deon Curry, 40, of Riviera Beach, pled guilty today in federal court in Fort Pierce before United States District Court Judge Jose E. Martinez in connection with the illegal application of a pesticide that resulted in injuries to a minor child.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - A ship captain for Majestic Ventures, Majestic Dinner Cruises and Majestic Yacht Charters dinner cruise lines has been arrested on charges of using a stolen identity for more than 20 years, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
