News from May 2016
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Maung No, 27, of Seattle, Washington, who was convicted of filing over 1000 false tax returns, was sentenced to 24 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara. The defendant was also ordered to pay restitution to the IRS in the amount of $2,323, 122.
By Homeland Newswire | May 17, 2016
News Release: Dear Director Donovan: We write regarding implementation of the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA Act) of 2014.[1] As you know, when fully implemented the DATA Act will improve transparency of federal spending, set government-wide financial data standards, streamline recipient reporting...
By USDA Newswire | May 17, 2016
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced an increase to the fiscal year 2016 Overall Allotment Quantity (OAQ) for domestic sugar, reassigned some of the projected surplus sugar marketing allotments among processors, and reassigned part of the surplus cane sugar marketing...
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James R. Farrell, the Sullivan County District Attorney, Diego Rodriguez, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), Joseph A. D’Amico, the Superintendent...
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - The former purchasing agent for the Jicarilla Apache Nation pled guilty yesterday in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to embezzling funds from the Jicarilla Apache Nation.
By State Newswire | May 17, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today released the following statement to commemorate the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia...
By Interior Newswire | May 17, 2016
News Release: In celebration of the Centennial of the National Park Service and the 80th anniversary of Homestead National Monument of America, the 2016 5TH Annual Tractor Relay Across Nebraska, sponsored by the Nebraska Antique Farming Association (NAFA), will travel from Monument to Monument, June 3 -12, 2016. The...
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2016
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - This week, communities across the United States gather during National Police Week to remember law enforcement officers who made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty to share their stories of courage and sacrifice and to honor their memory.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - The former chief of the Lee Police Department was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Springfield for extorting a $4,000 payment from a couple facing prostitution charges in Southern Berkshire District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2016
News Release: The hard truth is that every year more police officers take their own lives than are killed in the line of duty by criminals. And for every officer who commits suicide, there are many more officers who, whether they recognize it or not, are suffering from the symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2016
News Release: Attempted to Meet Local Minor for Sex.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2016
News Release: BOISE - Gregory Obendorf, 60, of Parma, Idaho, was found guilty yesterday by a federal jury sitting in Boise of conspiracy to bait migratory birds and placing bait for migratory birds, both in violation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Obendorf was indicted on Nov. 10, 2015.
By Interior Newswire | May 17, 2016
News Release: Washington - On May 17, 2016 a man drove his truck, a white, four-door pickup, onto the National Mall between 3rd and 4th Streets Northwest claiming that he had been exposed to anthrax. The man had called the United States Capitol Police to warn of the exposure and that he had anthrax with him in the vehicle.
By State Newswire | May 17, 2016
News Release: Five years into the war, I think we can draw a few general conclusions.
By DOL Newswire | May 17, 2016
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), the top Democrat on the Senate Labor, Health, and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriations Subcommittee, released the following statement after the Senate voted to advance a bipartisan deal to provide $1.1 billion in emergency funding to prepare for...
By DOE Newswire | May 17, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing on a new proposed rule from CMS on its Part B Drug Payment Model, examining both the patient and doctor perspective. The new model is a mandatory experiment, which has the potential to severely hurt...
By EPA Newswire | May 17, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has announced a hearing for Tuesday, May 24, 2016, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Medicare and Medicaid Program Integrity: Combatting Improper Payments and Ineligible Providers."
By EPA Newswire | May 17, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Despite the Obama administration’s continued failure to provide basic information into the Transitional Reinsurance Program, House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders are offering a final opportunity to cooperate. The committee has been investigating the administration’s illegal diversion...
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with sex trafficking a 16-year-old girl.
By Commerce Newswire | May 17, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Coming on the heels of the House passing their opioid package, including 11 bills from the House Energy and Commerce Committee, lawmakers are set to enter into a conference to work out differences between the bills passed in each chamber. House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) today appointed...
