News from May 2016
By USDA Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today released the following opening statement - as prepared for delivery - at today’s hearing entitled: A Review of the U.S. Livestock and Poultry Sectors: Marketplace Opportunities and Challenges.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: ROCKFORD - The former Winnebago County Purchasing Director was charged yesterday in federal court on two counts of theft from a program receiving federal funds. SALLY A. CLAASSEN, 57, of Roscoe, Ill., was an employee of Winnebago County from March 3, 1997, until she resigned on Sept. 11, 2015. Claassen’s job title prior to her resignation was Purchasing Director.
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park invites the public to comment through June 27 on a proposal to increase fees at frontcountry campgrounds and picnic pavilions along with proposed changes to the management of three campgrounds by adding them to the national reservation system through Recreation.gov.
By EPA Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today announced that the committee is launching an investigation into waste, fraud, and abuse in Universal Service Lifeline program.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: Robert Joseph Aragon, III, 19, of Fort Washakie, Wyoming, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl on May 25, 2016, for sexual abuse in Indian Country. Aragon, III was arrested in Fort Washakie, Wyoming. He received 70 months imprisonment, to be followed by 20 years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay a $100.00 special assessment and restitution in the amount of $5,655.52. This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted Under Project Safe Childhood.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles-area doctor was arrested this morning after being indicted on federal “structuring" charges that allege he made hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash deposits designed to circumvent federal reporting requirement.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - Angelo Alleca, the former CEO of Atlanta, Georgia, based Summit Wealth Management, has pleaded guilty to conspiring with a former business partner to defraud investors of over $35 million dollars. Alleca marketed several funds that were supposed to invest in certain assets/investments, such...
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Aaron Hubbard, 34, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Fort Defiance, Ariz., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 120 months in federal prison followed by ten years of supervised release for his abusive sexual contact of a minor child conviction. Hubbard will be required to register as a sex offender after completing his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: Alan Koslow, 62, a Hollywood, Florida attorney and lobbyist, and Susan Mohr, 57, of Delray Beach, Florida were charged in an Information with conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371, by agreeing to launder what they believed to be the cash proceeds of illegal activity.
By DOE Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today welcomed action by the House of Representatives to appoint conferees and go to conference on S. 2012, the Energy Policy Modernization Act. The House’s action today is the latest in the legislative process for Murkowski’s energy bill, which passed the Senate in April by a bipartisan vote of 85 to 12.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: Yesterday, House Judiciary Committee Republicans voted against Congresswoman Judy Chu’s (D-CA) amendment to H.R. 5203, the so called Visa Integrity and Security Act of 2016. Representative Chu’s amendment would have required the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish safeguards to protect ...
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: The 2016 Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Nevada photo contest begins today in partnership with TravelNevada. BLM Nevada will be accepting submissions for its annual photo contest now through Aug.31, 2016.“This will be a big year to submit photos in the contest," Barb Keleher, Outdoor Recreation planner...
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: Prosecution Brought Under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By Commerce Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today announced that the committee is launching an investigation into waste, fraud, and abuse in Universal Service Lifeline program.
By Commerce Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: Anyone who's ever covered a wall with sticky notes to clearly map all of the steps in a process knows how valuable that exercise can be. It can streamline workflow, increase efficiency and improve the overall quality of the end result. Now, a public-private team led by the National Institute of Standards...
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has extended the period for public comments on the plan to build a network of fuel breaks in the Soda Fire burn area. Comments will now be accepted through June 10, 2016.
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: The National Park Service, in cooperation with the Statue of Liberty -Ellis Island Foundation, has prepared an environmental assessment to evaluate a proposal to construct a new 20,000-square-foot Statue of Liberty Museum within the Statue of Liberty National Monument on Liberty Island. The environmental...
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: ROANOKE, VIRGINIA - United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. announced today the sentenced of a Roanoke woman who previously pled guilty to a federal drug charge.
By EPA Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In light of recent litigation, House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) questioning the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) current approach to regulating off-label communications. The letter, sent by full...
