News from March 2016
By USDA Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
Release: Washington, DC, March 23, 2016 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced new steps to further strengthen the success of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training (SNAP E&T) activities, in the latest action by the department to help more SNAP participants develop marketable skills and find jobs.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Republican Leadership joined House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) in urging the Administration to abandon its proposed changes to the Medicare Advantage (MA) Employer Group Waiver Plans (EGWPs). These changes would negatively impact millions of Americans who rely on EGWPs for high-quality health care.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. -Due to rodent activity and the potential exposure risk to hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS), the National Park Service has temporarily closed Cave of the Domes. Cave of the Domes, the only cave open to the public within Grand Canyon National Park, will remain closed until further notice. Coconino County has already had two cases of HPS this year.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that HECTOR SANTILLAN, a/k/a “Bane," a/k/a “Bene," a/k/a “Liro," was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to 151 months in prison for conspiring to distribute cocaine, heroin, and oxycodone pills, and possessing...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - A federal jury in Houston has found two Houston men guilty of engaging in a conspiracy to defraud Medicare of $2.9 million, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Dr. Leonard Kibert, 65, and Tsolak “Mike" Gevorgyan, 30, were found guilty of conspiracy and health care fraud. Kibert was also...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A federal grand jury today indicted the owner of a registered broker-dealer in New York for orchestrating a stock market manipulation scheme that artificially inflated the stock price of two publicly traded companies, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: A two-count indictment was filed in federal court charging a Cleveland man with making threats against the President and a presidential candidate, said Acting U.S. Attorney Carole S. Rendon.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: Detroit-Area Physician Sentenced to 45 Months in Prison for Role in $5.7 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: MILLS, Wyo. -- The Bureau of Reclamation has scheduled a North Platte River Water Information Meeting in Scottsbluff, Neb.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A JetBlue flight attendant who allegedly attempted to use her credentials to bring nearly 70 pounds of cocaine through a security checkpoint at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday was charged today with a federal narcotics trafficking offense.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Republican Leadership joined House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) in urging the Administration to abandon its proposed changes to the Medicare Advantage (MA) Employer Group Waiver Plans (EGWPs). These changes would negatively impact millions of Americans who rely on EGWPs for high-quality health care.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Republican committee leaders in the House and Senate today asked the administration for information about the 316 security breaches on HealthCare.gov catalogued in a new report released today by the nonpartisan government watchdog, the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto announced that a Charleston drug dealer was sentenced today to a year and a day in federal prison for a heroin crime. Thomas Kerr Clements, 53, previously pleaded guilty to distribution of heroin.
By State Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
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By DOE Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), and Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) today held a panel discussion entitled, “Conversation on Child Cures." The discussion featured patients and advocates, including an 18-year-old young man...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced that last night a federal jury convicted Larry W. Kelly, Jr., age 36, of Baker, Louisiana, of possessing a firearm and ammunition while a convicted felon. The verdict followed a multi-day jury trial before Chief U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson. The defendant is scheduled to be sentenced on July 14, 2016.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) have the stage set for today’s “Conversation on Child Cures." The all-star lineup of participants is ready to go. Get to know the voices on today’s #Path2Cures...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Andre Hugh Saunders, 35, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor to 78 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $505,403 in restitution to the victims. This sentence followed his guilty plea in November 2015 to an indictment charging one count of mail fraud stemming from a lottery/sweepstakes scheme targeting elderly victims, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: A federal grand jury indicted James J. Stites-Bray, 23, and Darnell E. Cosper, Jr., 18, both of Cleveland, for the armed robbery of a bank, said Carole S. Rendon, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), and Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) today held a panel discussion entitled, “Conversation on Child Cures." The discussion featured patients and advocates, including an 18-year-old young man...
