News from December 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A former New Bedford seafood wholesaler pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to failing to file tax returns and filing a false tax return for his business’ income.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Savannah River Site (SRS) security contractor Centerra-SRS earned an overall “excellent" performance rating for the most recent DOE evaluation period, according to an award fee determination scorecard.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that an Anchorage man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for obstructing U.S. mail parcels and stealing cell phones from the packages, as well as being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) announced that the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1) House-Senate Conference will hold an open meeting on Wednesday, December 13th.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement in response to Senator Chuck Grassley’s call for FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe to be removed from the FBI...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today delivered the following closing remarks as the House concluded debate on the Conference Report to H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Matthew Dean Smith, of Great Cacapon, West Virginia, was indicted by a federal grand jury today on illegal firearms charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement on the Open Internet Preservation Act, introduced today by Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN).
By EPA Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), released the following statement today in response to House Republican’s release of an emergency funding package that does not including Medicaid funding relief for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: ELY, Nev. - In keeping with the administration’s goals of being a good neighbor to the communities we serve and providing opportunities for economic growth, the Bureau of Land Management Ely District, Caliente Field Office on Monday, Dec. 18, sold at public auction one parcel of agency-administered land totaling 143.7 acres to Hiko Hay and Cattle, LLC, of Lincoln County, Nev., for $145,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: Two Physician Groups Pay Over $33 Million to Resolve Claims Involving HMA Hospitals.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national was arrested yesterday and charged with fentanyl distribution and Social Security fraud.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today spoke on the Senate floor in favor of the tax reform conference committee report. This sweeping legislation will cut taxes for middle-class families, grow the economy, and boost investment at home.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A former broker of two New York investment banking firms today admitted accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribe payments in exchange for more favorable stock allocations, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Octavius Williams, 32, of Irving, Texas, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle to 168 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in November 2015 to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: Des Moines - The National Response Team (NRT) of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) arrived on-scene Tuesday to join agents from the Des Moines ATF Office in investigating the fire that destroyed the Plaza Lanes Bowling Alley.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Harrold, South Dakota, man charged with Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer pled guilty and was sentenced on Dec. 18, 2017, by U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: Patchogue, NY - The National Park Service (NPS) announced today that the the Final Fire Island Wilderness Breach Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement (Final Breach Plan/EIS) is now available online. A final decision on the plan will be made after a required 30-day no action period.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - Yesterday, Jason Todd Mogler, 49, formerly of Phoenix, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Steven P. Logan to 24 years and 4 months in prison. Mogler had previously pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy, wire fraud, and money laundering stemming from his role as one of the leaders in an $18 million investment fraud affecting 225 victims.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - What’s been described as the utility backbone for Hanford ’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) is being activated and tested as early preparation to support low-activity tank waste vitrification as soon as 2022.
