News from November 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that XIANFENG ZUO, 38, of Shenzhen, China, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 15 months of imprisonment for conspiring to sell counterfeits of sophisticated integrated circuits to a purchaser in the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: LOVELAND, Colo. -- The Bureau of Reclamation will hold public meetings to discuss alternative plans for the Resource Management Plan (RMP) and Environmental Assessment (EA) for Horsetooth, Pinewood, Carter, and Flatiron Reservoirs.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: SHARPSBURG, Md. - You can help the National Park Service (NPS) provide more convenient, safe access to key areas of Antietam National Battlefield. Please come to an open house to look at new concepts and share your ideas about what a visit may look like in the future.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: CLEVELAND - A 14th-century manuscript leaf from an Antiphonary was transferred Friday to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) custody, paving the way for its delivery to Italy. The transfer follows a two-year probe by HSI.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The nonpartisan support for the 21st Century Cures Act continues to grow stronger by the day. Last week, leading research groups wrote to bipartisan Congressional leadership urging a swift vote on the Cures legislation when Congress returns. That support continues with a letter from...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The nonpartisan support for the 21st Century Cures Act continues to grow stronger by the day. Last week, leading research groups wrote to bipartisan Congressional leadership urging a swift vote on the Cures legislation when Congress returns. That support continues with a letter from...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - In honor of Veterans Day, many national parks across the country are hosting special events, displays, and ceremonies to commemorate the service and sacrifice of the U.S. Armed Forces. The National Park Service will waive entrance fees on November 11.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, man convicted of Second Degree Murder was sentenced on Oct. 24, 2016, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced the recent award of $33.7 million in Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grants to nine airports around the country to reduce emissions and improve air quality through the FAA’s Voluntary Airport Low Emission (VALE) and Zero Emissions Airport Vehicle (ZEV) programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas City, Kan., man has been sentenced to life plus 30 years in federal prison for coordinating drug shipments for a trafficking organization that distributed more than $39 million worth of methamphetamine and marijuana in the metro area, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On November 2nd, 2016, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment against two defendants charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Distribution of a Controlled Substance and Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: Today, former U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee Rodolfo Vázquez-Soto was found guilty on all counts of fraud associated with Department of Labor (DOL) Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP), announced United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, Rosa Emilia Rodríguez Vélez.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: GRAND COULEE, Washington - The Bureau of Reclamation is extending the public comment period for the proposed multiyear powerplant overhaul project at two Grand Coulee Dam powerhouses. The initial 30-day comment period ended Nov. 7, however, at the public’s request, it’s been extended to Nov. 21. The...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and ROBERT L. CAPERS, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, announced today that special telephone numbers have been set up to receive complaints of possible violations of federal election laws relating to the upcoming general elections in New York City and other counties in their districts.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Waltham man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with a scheme in which he defrauded hundreds of customers of the now-defunct Tom Harper Cruises, of more than $2 million in cruise trip deposits.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced real estate consultant Alexander Sivels, II, age 32, of Baltimore, and real estate agent Christopher A. Kwegan, age 59, of Randallstown, Maryland, each to 27 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for related...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Following the Administration’s release of Obamacare’s 2017 benchmark premium increases, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) today released a Majority Staff White Paper detailing a number of issues plaguing...
By Federal Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
U.S. Department of Energy Projects Win 32 R&D 100 Awards for 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: Two Michigan men were indicted for credit card fraud for having 94 cards with stolen account numbers and names, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
