News published on Federal Newswire in September 2016

News from September 2016


Natchez Trace Parkway Hosts Meriwether Lewis Commemoration

News Release: HOHENWALD, TN - The Natchez Trace Parkway will celebrate the life and legacy of Meriwether Lewis at the Meriwether Lewis Death and Burial Site on October 8(9:00 am to 4:15 pm) and October 9(9:00 am to 2:00 pm). National Park Service staff will be on site to answer questions and present a variety of educational...


Shippensburg Man Sentenced To 235 Months In Federal Prison For Heroin Trafficking And Firearms Charges

News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Dominick Pugliese, age 55, Shippensburg, PA, was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Yvette Kane in Harrisburg to 235 months (19.5 years) in federal prison on heroin trafficking and firearms charges.


Ohio Man Sentenced To 15 Years In Federal Prison For Distributing Heroin/Fentanyl That Led To Overdose Death

News Release: CINCINNATI - John Wade, 46, of Cincinnati has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for selling a mixture of heroin and fentanyl that led to the overdose death of a Clermont County man in 2015.


OSHA, Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association alliance aims to reduce employee exposure to hazards associated with animal handling

News Release: Participants: U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today delivered remarks on the House floor in support of Rep. Dan Kildee’s (D-MI) amendment to the Water Resources Development Act providing aid to the city of Flint, Michigan.Listen, we all know what happened in Flint was a tragic failure at every level.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leading House advocates for H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act, today issued a statement on progress to advance the landmark legislation that would accelerate the discovery, development, and delivery of new cures and treatments.


News Release: TWIN FALLS, ID - The BLM’s Twin Falls District is hosting an open house on October 4th from 4:00 to 7:00 PM to celebrate public lands and to honor those who value and care for those lands. The open house will be held at the District’s new office building at 2878 Addison Ave. E., Twin Falls.


News Release: FBI Warns Louisiana Residents to be Wary of Telephone Callers Attempting to Gain Personal Information or Money.


NEW WATCHDOG REPORT: Dozen Recommendations Offered to Increase Value of NIH Research Dollars and Reduce Waste

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In an effort to improve the value of federal research dollars, the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) today issued a report making 12 recommendations for agencies involved in the indirect cost rate-setting process. When the National Institutes of Health (NIH) provides...


News Release: Charges Include Firearm Possession, Unregistered Destructive Device And Firearm With Obliterated Serial Number.


Former Commercial Pilot Sentenced to Federal Prison on Stalking Charge

News Release: In San Antonio today, 62-year-old Mark Joseph Uhlenbrock of Chesterfield, Missouri, was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to internet stalking announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Dan ...


News Release: BOSTON - A former employee of a pain management clinic was charged today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with a scheme to falsify patient medical records in order to obtain payments from the Medicare program and commercial insurance companies.


News Release: UTICA, NEW YORK - Ryan Canfield, age 40, of New Haven, Connecticut, was sentenced today to serve 12 years in prison, to be followed by 6 years of post-imprisonment supervised release, for conspiring to distribute the controlled substance methylone.


U.S. Attorney Files Civil Rights Suit Against Westchester Developer And Obtains Injunction Requiring Complexes Under Construction To Be Fully Accessible To People With Disabilities

News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that the United States has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against GINSBURG DEVELOPMENT COMPANIES (“GINSBURG DEVELOPMENT") to require it to remedy conditions at two properties in Rockland County to make...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leading House advocates for H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act, today issued a statement on progress to advance the landmark legislation that would accelerate the discovery, development, and delivery of new cures and treatments.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In an effort to improve the value of federal research dollars, the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) today issued a report making 12 recommendations for agencies involved in the indirect cost rate-setting process. When the National Institutes of Health (NIH) provides...


Two Miami Gardens Residents Charged with Armed Robberies

News Release: Two male Miami Gardens residents have been arrested and charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robberies, Hobbs Act robberies, and brandishing firearms in furtherance of crimes of violence.


Woman Charged With Theft and Embezzlement From Philadelphia Non-Profit Serving Children

News Release: Sonja McQuillar, 50, of New Castle, Delaware was charged today by Indictment with two counts of theft from a program that received federal funds and one count of making a material false statement, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger and Philadelphia Inspector General Amy Kurland.


Cures Update from E&C Leaders

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leading House advocates for H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act, today issued a statement on progress to advance the landmark legislation that would accelerate the discovery, development, and delivery of new cures and treatments.