News from September 2016
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) today highlighted a new report from the non-partisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) that details challenges faced by Chief Information Security...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Irfan Demirtas, 58, a dual Dutch-Turkish citizen, pleaded guilty today to providing material support to the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - An accountant from Georgia has admitted he committed wire fraud and stole more than $3 million from Houston company Airis International Holdings, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Vice Chairman Pete Olson (R-TX), today held a hearing examining the Department of Energy’s role in advancing the national, economic, and energy security of the United States. U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz testified on energy infrastructure and grid security, issues critical to the committee’s ongoing work to say #Yes2Energy.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) today highlighted a new report from the non-partisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) that details challenges faced by Chief Information Security...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2016
News Release: ROCKFORD - The former Winnebago County Purchasing Director was sentenced in federal court today by U.S. District Court Judge Frederick J. Kapala for two counts of theft from a program receiving federal funds.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2016
News Release: Beginning in October of 2016 and continuing through May of 2017, Montezuma Well and Tuzigoot National Monument will be hosting bird walks.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2016
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. -Celebrate National Public Lands Day with free entrance to Grand Canyon National Park Saturday, September 24. National Public Lands Day promotes enjoyment and stewardship of our nation's public lands. As part of the festivities, visitors can participate in an inaugural ride on the Greenway Trail or attend a lively story-filled evening program.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2016
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez sentenced on Sept. 14, 2016, Angel De Jesus Marrero, 31, of the Puerto Rico, to three months’ imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release for encouraging and inducing aliens to illegally enter the United States. Judge Gomez also ordered Marrero to pay a $100 special assessment and perform 200 hours of community service.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Vice Chairman Pete Olson (R-TX), today held a hearing examining the Department of Energy’s role in advancing the national, economic, and energy security of the United States. U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz testified on energy infrastructure and grid security, issues critical to the committee’s ongoing work to say #Yes2Energy.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 15, 2016
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, this week introduced S. 3315 , the “Second Division Memorial Modification Act". The legislation would authorize the modification of the existing Second Division Memorial in Washington, D.C., by allowing the Second Indianhead Division Association Scholarship and Memorials ...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2016
News Release: Maija Katak Lukin, Maniilaq Association Tribal Environmental Manager, and former Mayor of the City of Kotzebue, has been selected as the new superintendent for the Western Arctic Parklands.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal grand jury in Chicago has indicted a former Joliet police officer for using unreasonable force against an individual while on duty.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Joplin, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for distributing and possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former Greene County, Mo., Deputy Sheriff was sentenced in federal court today for receiving and distributing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Riverside man and self-proclaimed “Doomsday Prepper" who possessed an arsenal of weapons and thousands of rounds of ammunition has pleaded guilty in federal court to being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg for the District of Nebraska and Barbara L. McQuade for the Eastern District of Michigan announced that Brandon L. Hennerberg, 31, formerly of Fairbury, Nebraska, was sentenced today to 35 years in federal prison for his participation in a child exploitation enterprise.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2016
News Release: The Office of Justice Programs’ Bureau of Justice Assistance today awarded grants totaling $5.7 million to create safer neighborhoods through a sustained reduction in gang violence and gun crime. The awards are funded under the 2016 Violent Gang and Gun Crime Reduction (Project Safe Neighborhoods) Program. The goal of PSN is to create safer neighborhoods through a sustained reduction in gang violence and gun crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2016
News Release: A Durham, North Carolina, tax return preparer was sentenced today to 12 months and one day in prison for aiding in the preparation of false tax returns, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Ripley Rand ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2016
News Release: Two individuals each pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to commit identification fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit human smuggling for financial gain in relation to their respective roles in trafficking the identities of Puerto Rican U.S. citizens and corresponding identity documents.
