News from October 2016
By DOE Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Health Subcommittee Chairman Joseph Pitts (R-PA), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) today sent a letter to CMS Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt requesting information on the amount of federal dollars being spent to subsidize Obamacare’s rising premiums.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: Boise, ID - This fall the Boise District BLM will be prescribed burning timber piles from a 2015 hazardous fuels reduction project in the Owyhee Field Office near Silver City, Idaho. The treatment area consisted of 190 acres and the timber piles to be burned are located along the War Eagle and Silver...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Fla - Everglades National Park invites the public to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the founding of Royal Palm State Park on Thursday Nov. 17, 2016. Royal Palm State Park was the first Florida State Park, established in 1916. Later, in 1947, it became the nucleus of the Everglades National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: Council Bluffs, IA- On Oct. 20, 2016,Michael Charles Garreans, a 55 year-old resident of Harlan, Iowa was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose, to 60 months in prison for possession of child pornography announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. Garreans’ term of imprisonment is to be followed by seven years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Patrick Mara, 36, of Bakersfield, formerly a detective with the Bakersfield Police Department, was sentenced today to five years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for a conspiracy to traffic methamphetamine, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) today issued the following joint statement after the announcement that Maria Pallante, the former Register of Copyrights, will be leaving the U.S. Copyright Office...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas and Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas announced today that an Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) will lead the efforts of their offices in connection with the Justice...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: Licensed Occupational Therapist Pleads Guilty to $2.6 Million Medicare Fraud Conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - After deliberating an hour, a federal jury of four men and eight women found siblings James and Janna Nassida guilty of two counts of Bank Fraud and Conspiracy to Commit Bank and Wire Fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: OCT. 24, 2016 - The U.S. Census Bureau will hold a webinar that will define public sector statistics and provide a brief overview of the surveys that fall under government finances including employment, education finance, pensions and tax data. The unique methods for public sector data collection will...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: Erie, PA -After deliberating for little more than an hour, a federal jury has found Bola Peters guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Last week, Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Sally Jewell issued a secretarial order to encourage cooperation with federally recognized tribes in the management of federal lands. Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: Twelve minor victims identified in a 27 count federal indictment.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI- Reinaldo Morone, 44, and Walid John, 37, both of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, made their initial appearance in court on Oct. 21, 2016, before District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez on a criminal complaint charging them with one count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: Contact: Jenny Anzelmo-Sarles. FORT WASHINGTON, Md. - To keep the Fort Washington Marina open and safe, Maryland Department of Natural Resources has agreed to extend operational oversight of the marina through Nov. 11, while Coastal Properties Management, Inc. works to secure insurance required to operate...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Homayoon Daneshvar, 63, a resident of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty today to charges related to a $1.9 million investment fraud scheme.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: Dear Secretary Burwell: The Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs continues to examine the federal government’s drug approval process and explore efforts to more quickly provide access to therapies for the treatment of terminal and severely-debilitating conditions. I appreciate your...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: PHOENIX - United States Attorney John S. Leonardo announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Todd M. Allison will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming Nov. 8, 2016, general elections. AUSA Allison...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a federal grand jury in Harrisburg returned an indictment on Oct. 19, 2016 against William Papoutsis, Jr., age 34, for tampering with a witness in a federal trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: Doctor Admitted He Prescribed the Drug to Woman Addicted to Opiates with Whom He Was Romantically Involved.
