News from September 2016
By Interior Newswire | Sep 20, 2016
News Release: MILLS, Wyo. -- The Bureau of Reclamation will be lowering the water level in Alcova Reservoir as the 2016 irrigation season draws to a close. The annual drawdown of the reservoir will begin on Saturday, Oct. 1.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2016
News Release: The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Sally Kirby, 61, of Essex Junction, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Burlington to 15 months of imprisonment following her guilty plea to a federal forgery charge. U.S. District Judge William K. Sessions III also...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Raytown, Mo., man who used a plastic replica handgun was indicted by a federal grand jury today for robbing Community America Credit Union.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2016
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On Sept. 15, 2016, Xavier Elfonsto Buckner, 27, of Davenport, Iowa, was sentenced by Chief United States District Court Judge John A. Jarvey to 96 months in prison for felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. Buckner was ordered to serve three years of supervised release following his prison term and to pay $100 towards the Crime Victims’ Fund.
By State Newswire | Sep 20, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) reiterated his support for Taiwan’s participation in this year’s upcoming International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) 39th assembly meeting...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 20, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Koch Foods of Mississippi LLC
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2016
News Release: CEDAR RAPIDS and SIOUX CITY-Two upcoming job fairs will provide individuals with a criminal record the opportunity to meet with employers willing to give them a second chance. The “Untapped Workforce" job fairs, sponsored by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Iowa, are free to attend...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2016
News Release: TULSA, Okla.-A jury in the United States District Court found Jesse Bud Leaverton, 58, guilty of three counts of Bank Robbery, announced United States Attorney Danny C. Williams Sr. for the Northern District of Oklahoma. The trial was presided over by United States District Court Chief Judge Gregory K. Frizzell and he will sentence Leaverton on Dec. 20, 2016.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 20, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today issued the following statement after the Department of Transportation and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released guidance related to autonomous vehicles.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 20, 2016
News Release: Employer name: U.S. Postal Service. 1720 Market St. St. Louis, Missouri. Citations issued: Sept. 13, 2016. Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration's St. Louis Area Office has cited the U.S. Postal Service's vehicle maintenance facility for one...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 20, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Republican committee leaders are urging HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell to provide details about the Risk Corridors program and answers to questions concerning statements made by CMS Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt, who testified under oath last week that the administration is willing...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 20, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Republican committee leaders are urging HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell to provide details about the Risk Corridors program and answers to questions concerning statements made by CMS Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt, who testified under oath last week that the administration is willing...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2016
News Release: Attorney General of the United States Loretta E. Lynch, Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman for the District of New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara for the Southern District of New York, Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI") Director James...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 20, 2016
News Release: U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA), Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today released the following statement on the release of guidelines from the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) on autonomous vehicles...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2016
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - A jury has found four North Texas men guilty of federal money laundering violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By State Newswire | Sep 20, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following remarks in support of the Prevent Trafficking in Cultural Property Act (H.R.2285 )...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 20, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor today in support of the Special Needs Trust Fairness Act (H.R. 670). Pallone introduced the bipartisan legislation with Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-PA) to streamline the process for individuals...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Seminole, Florida, man was sentenced today to 51 months in prison for using phony invoices to defraud multiple factoring businesses, including one based in Bergen County, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2016
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - On Sept. 19, 2016, Michael Dekota McRae, 28, was sentenced by Chief United States District Court Judge John A. Jarvey to eighteen (18) months imprisonment for conveying false information concerning a biological weapon, announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. McRae was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $2,747.50 and a $100.00 special assessment to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 20, 2016
News Release: INHOFE RELEASES REPORT ON EPA, ARMY CORPS OVERREACH, CALLS FOR 11 SENATE DEMOCRATS TO WORK WITH CONGRESS TO ADDRESS WOTUS
