News from May 2016
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2016
News Release: Veteran poets and poets in the discovery period are invited to take part in a workshop devoted to the art of writing poetry in the desert May 4 - 7, 2016 at Mojave National Preserve. The workshop is free of charge.
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2016
News Release: On April 29, 2016 the ninth Brent McGinn and Laurie Axelsen Scholarship was presented to Greg Galloway, "Best in Class" at the Northern Arizona University Seasonal Law Enforcement Training Program. Galloway was awarded with a $1500 scholarship, commemorative plaque and a memorial coin. Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Chief Ranger, Lindy Mihata, presented Galloway with the award on behalf of the friends and families of Brent McGinn and Laurie Axelsen.
By DOL Newswire | May 2, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Integrated Life Choices Inc.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2016
News Release: James L. Porter, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today, that Eric Rogers, 23, of St. Louis, Missouri, was sentenced on Friday, April 29, 2016, in the U.S. District Court in East Saint Louis, Illinois, on the charge of Conspiracy to Manufacture, Possess and Pass Counterfeit United States Currency. The district court sentenced Johnson to 30 months in federal prison to be followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2016
News Release: Locations In Albany and Onondaga Counties Visited.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney ALICIA A.G. LIMTIACO, U.S. Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands (NMI), together with Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Resident Agent in Charge Michael Puralewski, announced that the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day was held on Saturday, April 30, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Mexican national in Sugarland, Texas, was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in the Joplin area.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident of East Pittsburgh, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine and being a felon in possession of a firearm, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By EPA Newswire | May 2, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the Energy and Commerce Committee today sent a letter to Department of Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz seeking further information on the current status of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Nuclear Smuggling Detection and Deterrence programs (NSDD).
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2016
News Release: PHOENIX - Today, Donald Wade Pablo, of Blackwater, Ariz., a member of the Gila River Indian Community, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge John J. Tuchi to 180 months in prison, followed by a term of lifetime supervised release. Pablo had previously pleaded guilty to abusive sexual contact with a minor.
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2016
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Las Vegas Field Office is seeking public comment on a proposal to lease and subsequently convey approximately 20 acres of public land to the State of Nevada to build a Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) facility near the corner of West Silverado Ranch Boulevard and South Valley View Boulevard in Las Vegas, Nevada. Public comments will be accepted until Tuesday, May 31, 2016.
By Commerce Newswire | May 2, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC - Chairman Marsha Blackburn has sent a letter to Cate Dyer, CEO of StemExpress, requesting full cooperation with the Select Investigative Panel ’s efforts to obtain all business and accounting documents from the fetal tissue procurement organization.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2016
News Release: Eight Others Also Convicted for Multi-Year Scheme to Defraud Public Assistance Programs.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2016
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Last Thursday, a federal jury convicted Daryl Lee Ingram, Michael Eugene Banks, and Michael Shandelon Brown, all from Oklahoma City, of conspiring to distribute cocaine base (crack) in a million-dollar drug distribution ring, announced Mark A. Yancey, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma. In addition, all three were found guilty of conspiring to launder the proceeds of that drug-distribution ring.
By Commerce Newswire | May 2, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Member John Shimkus (R-IL), House Ways and Means Committee Member and Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price, M.D. (R-GA), and House Ways and Means Committee Member Charles Boustany Jr, M.D. (R-LA) spearheaded a letter sent today demanding Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt to withdraw the Administration’s proposed Part B Drug Payment Model.
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2016
News Release: National Parks of the Southeast Utah Group (Arches and Canyonlands national parks and Hovenweep and Natural Bridges national monuments) are planning a number of special events in celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the National Park Service.
By DOE Newswire | May 2, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC - Chairman Marsha Blackburn has sent a letter to Cate Dyer, CEO of StemExpress, requesting full cooperation with the Select Investigative Panel ’s efforts to obtain all business and accounting documents from the fetal tissue procurement organization.
By EPA Newswire | May 2, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the Energy and Commerce Committee today sent a letter to Department of Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz seeking further information on the current status of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Nuclear Smuggling Detection and Deterrence programs (NSDD).
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2016
News Release: The last of three defendants charged with racketeering offenses was sentenced today by the Honorable Lawrence J. O’Neill. Gary Anthony Romero, 50, of Stockton, California, was sentenced on April 11, to 20 years imprisonment for racketeering conspiracy. Today, Judge O’Neill sentenced Joe Anthony Felix...
By DOE Newswire | May 2, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Member John Shimkus (R-IL), House Ways and Means Committee Member and Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price, M.D. (R-GA), and House Ways and Means Committee Member Charles Boustany Jr, M.D. (R-LA) spearheaded a letter sent today demanding Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt to withdraw the Administration’s proposed Part B Drug Payment Model.
