News from October 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: Owner of Los Angeles Medical Supply Company Sentenced to 60 Months in Prison for Multimillion-Dollar Medicare Fraud Scheme.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI), Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health Ranking Member Jim McDermott (D-WA) and Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade Ranking...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: As part of a multiyear effort to make the most of its federal investment in U.S. manufacturing, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded a new cooperative agreement for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) center in Massachusetts.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a New Hampshire man, who formerly lived in Kansas City, Mo., pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a $2.25 million conspiracy to sell anabolic steroids over the Internet.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, all 23 Democratic members of the Energy and Commerce Committee sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt, voicing concern about states that are seeking Medicaid waivers based on ideological and misguided policies that...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: Defendants Used Brooklyn-Based Front Companies to Procure Sophisticated Military and Satellite Technology on Behalf of Russian End-Users.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: EUGENE, OR-Today, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) sent a letter to Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Anthony Foxx, pushing for stronger rules that will better protect and prepare communities and local officials when...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - With the National Hockey League (NHL) 2016 season set to begin next week, four leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today sent a letter to NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman urging the league to take a more active role in reducing the risk of head injuries and concussions and make the game safer.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Mazie Hill (50, Sarasota) has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit theft of government property and identity theft. She faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI), Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health Ranking Member Jim McDermott (D-WA) and Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade Ranking...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: Jesse Wade Penfield, 27, of Newcastle, Wyoming, was sentenced by Chief Federal District Court Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal on October 5, 2016, for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Penfield was arrested in Newcastle, Wyoming. He received 41 months of imprisonment, to be followed by...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging KRISTOPHER JOHNSON, age 36, of Gonzales, Louisiana, with distributing and possessing child pornography in an ongoing investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Arnulfo Vasquez, 35, of Las Cruces, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to a cocaine trafficking charge.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 Deputy Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced publicly today that he is departing the Department of Homeland Security, effective October 28. On behalf of the entire Department, I thank and salute Ali for his great leadership.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Science & Technology Press Office Contact: John Verrico, (202) 254-2385 WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) and America’s Public Television Stations (APTS) have signed an agreement that will enable them to leverage both organizations’ strengths and resources to benefit the first responder community.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: STATE COLLEGE, Pa., Oct. 5, 2016 – At the White House Rural Forum convened today at Pennsylvania State University, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced $32 million in loans and grants that will promote economic development and provide access to broadband in more than 80 rural American communities. ...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: USDA Reminds Individuals and Small Businesses that USDA Offers Disaster Assistance Programs to Help WASHINGTON, Oct. 5, 2016 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds farmers and ranchers, families and small businesses that could potentially be affected by Hurricane Matthew that USDA has several programs that provide assistance before, during and after disasters. USDA staff in the regional, State and county offices along the East Coast are ready to help.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released a comprehensive report today that examines barriers and promising practices – in recruitment, hiring and retention – for advancing diversity in law enforcement. The report, developed with support from the Center for ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: Sex Trafficking Organization Engaged in Visa Fraud and Debt Scheme to Recruit Victims into the United States for Prostitution An indictment unsealed late yesterday in St. Paul, Minnesota, charges 17 members of an international sex trafficking organization with transporting hundreds of women from Thailand and profiting from advertising them for commercial sex throughout the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: A Smithfield, North Carolina man was sentenced today to 20 months in prison for conspiring to defraud the government and commit theft of public money, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division. According to documents filed ...
