News from April 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: Over 200 Take Back locations across Michigan.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation is making its water data publicly available and easily accessible through a new open data pilot project. The Reclamation Water Information System consolidates and publishes water and related data from throughout Reclamation, which makes it easier to locate and access.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Lim Yong Nam, aka Steven Lim, 43, a citizen of Singapore, was sentenced today to 40 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy that caused thousands of radio frequency modules to be illegally exported from the U.S. to Iran, at least 14 of which were later found in unexploded improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Iraq.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is seeking nominations for individuals to serve on the American Egg Board for the 2018-2019 term.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Four Arizona residents have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms for their role in a scheme to illegally export weapons and ammunition to Hong Kong, following a multiagency probe that included U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Patrick C. Harris, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and Diane Upchurch, Special Agent in Charge of the Little Rock Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), announced today Dana “Big Face" Deffenbaugh, 36, of Little Rock, was sentenced to 188 months imprisonment for sex trafficking of a minor.
By State Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Steve Butler of the Southern District of Alabama announces that Senior United States District Court Judge Callie V.S. Granade sentenced Roy Darwood Ray, to serve a term of imprisonment of 110 months followed by 3 years of supervised release. Ray pled guilty to illegally...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: Lamarlvin Arkeena Watts, 22, from Savannah, was sentenced earlier this week by Senior U. S. District Judge William T. Moore, Jr. to 148 months in federal prison for bank robbery and brandishing a firearm during the commission of that crime. Watts’ convictions followed a two-day jury trial in January 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: Indianapolis - Josh J. Minkler, the United States Attorney, announced today an $18 million civil settlement with Indiana University Health, Inc., and HealthNet, Inc. The settlement will resolve allegations that IU Health and HealthNet violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims to the Government...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: BILLINGS, Mont. -- Releases from Yellowtail Dam to the Bighorn River are currently at 12,000 cubic feet per second (cfs), about four times higher than the average rate for this time of year. Based on current operating projections and the expectation of near record runoff, Bighorn Lake will be lowered...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award Recipient.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Brian Zomelle Walker, a/k/a “Boss G," age 27, of Columbia, South Carolina was sentenced in federal court in Columbia, South Carolina, for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, a violation of...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), today held a hearing to discuss the benefits of the outdoor recreation industry and explore how it is driving economic growth, creating millions of jobs, and generating investment opportunities in communities across the country.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today delivered the following remarks opposing the nomination of Dr. Scott Gottlieb to serve as the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Senator Murray and Democrats have expressed serious concerns about Dr. Gottlieb’s financial entanglements, given his unprecedented history of industry ties.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: Fruita, CO - Colorado National Monument is partnering with the Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration to repair a section of Rim Rock Drive south of the Grand View Overlook. The project was awarded to GCS, LLC, a local Grand Junction company. The work includes repairs and stabilization to a bedrock culvert and the rock face below the roadway. Work started Wednesday April 26 and is expected to take about a month.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Yesterday, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, welcomed former Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) Secretary, and current President and CEO of the National Wildlife Federation, Collin O'Mara to the committee's hearing focusing on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Clean Water Rule.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: Defendant Accepted and Facilitated Bribes Within the Asian Football Confederation.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today published more than 200 facility maps to streamline the commercial drone authorization process. The maps depict areas and altitudes near airports where UAS may operate safely. But drone operators still need FAA authorization to fly in those areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: In Del Rio this afternoon, 64-year-old former Val Verde County Precinct 1 Commissioner Ramiro V. Ramon pleaded guilty to charges that he underreported his total income on three separate federal Income Tax Returns. That announcement was made today by United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs and IRS-Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge William Cotter.
