News published on Federal Newswire in September 2016

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2016

News Release: OAKLAND - Santiago Reyna was sentenced to 41 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution of $49,639 for his role in a conspiracy to defraud the United States, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge Michael T. Batdorf. The sentence was handed down yesterday by U.S. District Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, following the entry of a guilty plea on May 23, 2016.

By DOE Newswire | Sep 27, 2016

News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy announced the initial selections for the second cohort of the Technologist in Residence (TIR) Program. Three national laboratories will receive nearly $1.2 million to advance collaborative research and development focused on improving the manufacturing processes of industry partners.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2016

News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 31-year-old Corpus Christi man has pleaded guilty to production of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2016

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Morgan City, Louisiana, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of fraud conspiracy, wire fraud, mail fraud and money laundering, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2016

News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - U.S. Attorney John Parker announced today that Safe City Commission, which provides programing and services as One Safe Place in Fort Worth, Texas, will receive $500,000 in grant funding as part of the federal government’s efforts to create safer neighborhoods through a sustained reduction in gang violence and gun crime.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2016

News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Branson, Mo., man and a Springfield, Mo., man were indicted by a federal grand jury today in separate and unrelated cases related to the sexual exploitation of minors.

By DOL Newswire | Sep 27, 2016

News Release: U.S. Department of Labor | Sept. 27, 2016

By Commerce Newswire | Sep 27, 2016

News Release: From GPS to genetics, sensors to cell phones, many of today’s technological advances have been enabled or developed through federal research programs. Of the $135 billion the federal government invests in research and development annually, about two-thirds supports “extramural" research performed by organizations outside the government. That means approximately $40 billion supports intramural research performed by researchers within federal laboratories.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2016

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Thibodaux, Louisiana, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of fraud conspiracy, wire fraud, mail fraud and money laundering, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2016

News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Salvatore Commisso, age 33, of Albany, New York, pled guilty yesterday to conspiring to distribute the controlled substance oxycodone.

By Commerce Newswire | Sep 27, 2016

News Release: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Commissioner Kerlikowske, you and your team face many daunting challenges. Not only are you responsible for enforcing nearly 500 U.S. trade laws and regulations on behalf of 47 federal agencies. You also are responsible for seizing imports of illegal drugs, for enforcing our...

By Interior Newswire | Sep 27, 2016

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation is seeking comments on draft evaluation criteria for three grant categories within the WaterSMART Program, including two within WaterSMART Grants and one within the Cooperative Watershed Management Program. Under WaterSMART Grants, Reclamation is proposing to update...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2016

News Release: NEW YORK - - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Anthony Scott, a/k/a “Tyson," pleaded guilty today to involvement in a racketeering conspiracy in connection with his membership in the “Young Gunnaz" (“YGz"), a violent street gang that operated...

By DOL Newswire | Sep 27, 2016

News Release: Dear Mrs. Bresch: I write to express my concern about the recent drastic price increase of the EpiPen Auto-Injector (“EpiPen") and to better understand some of the factors that may have contributed to Mylan’s repeated price increases over the past several years. In particular, I am concerned about actions...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2016

News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Lancaster man was sentenced yesterday in federal court for criminal copyright infringement for illegally posting screener versions of two movies - “The Revenant" and “The Peanuts Movie" - to a publicly accessible website. As a result of the illegal upload, “The Revenant" was available...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2016

News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 31-year-old Corpus Christi man has pleaded guilty to production of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2016

News Release: Eight-Month Jail Sentence for Third Offense.

By Interior Newswire | Sep 27, 2016

News Release: SILT, Colo. - Firefighters from the Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire Unit are planning to ignite a prescribed fire on Bureau of Land Management lands four miles northwest of Gypsum in Eagle County as early as Wednesday, Sept. 28.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2016

News Release: DOJ Awards Nearly $500,000 to Study and Improve use of Court Fines and Fees for Offenders.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2016

News Release: Distributed Cocaine, Heroin and Meth over wide region including ‘The Jungle’ near International District in Seattle.