News from November 2016
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 6303, sponsored by Chairman Chaffetz (R-UT), which consolidates 10 House-passed postal naming bills and instructs...
By DOL Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez today renewed the charter of the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health. The Federal Advisory Committee Act requires that all advisory committees renew their charters every two years. The renewed ACCSH charter, expiring Nov. 17, 2018, includes minor updates to better describe the management of the committee's records.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Florida-based Walker International Events on Feb. 4, 2016, for 14 serious violations of workplace safety standards in connection with a circus tent collapse in Lancaster, New Hampshire on Aug. 3, 2015, during a severe thunderstorm. The collapse killed a young child and her father, injured dozens, and endangered both workers and spectators.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, submitted the following statement for the record, in support of H.R. 6302, Overtime Pay for Secret Service Agents Act of 2016, but argued that 2016 funding must be included in the Continuing Resolution and Congress must pass a permanent fix...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - The chief executive of a publicly-traded consulting firm has been charged in federal court with fraudulently misrepresenting the company’s financial condition and lying to regulators.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Timothy Miller, 40, of Managua, Nicaragua, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit international parental kidnapping before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Rep. Peter DeFazio, Ranking Member of the and House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Rep. Gerry Connolly, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: Obed Wild & Scenic River will be rehabilitating the Nemo Picnic Area, with work scheduled to begin (weather depending), December 1. The picnic area will be closed for paving Friday, December 2. Otherwise the area will remain open with access to the comfort station, parking, and river access.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: Minnesota Man Pleads Guilty to Hate Crime for Mailing Threatening Letter to Islamic Center.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: Defendant Is Charged with Igniting Grape Cove and Jones Creek Fires in Macon Co.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TAHIR FARID, 22, of Hamden, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to six months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing oxycodone involved in an overdose earlier this year.
By State Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Tonight the House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation recognizing Filipino veterans of World War II and collectively awarding them the Congressional Gold Medal.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Springfield, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court today for her role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in the Springfield area.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: NOV 30 - HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Ljudmil Kljusev, M.D., 52, of Fairfield, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to distributing narcotics outside of the scope of professional practice, and health care fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Springfield, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court today for her role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in the Springfield area.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai‘i - There are 10 more reasons to enjoy Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park in 2017! The park will offer free admission to all on 10 days in 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LJUDMIL KLJUSEV, M.D., 52, of Fairfield, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to distributing narcotics outside of the scope of professional practice, and health care fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - Annual winter closures to motorized and mechanized vehicles (e.g., mountain bikes) will go into effect Dec. 1 on certain lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management’s Grand Junction Field Office to reduce stress on wintering wildlife and prevent road damage.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury today indicted a Tuscaloosa man as part of a conspiracy to traffic cocaine in Tuscaloosa County, and with using an express delivery service to illegally distribute drugs, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Steven Gerido.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - Two inmates were sentenced today for crimes they committed while serving time in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto.
