News from February 2017
By DOE Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy, in partnership with the Western Area Power Administration, is continuing its monthly tribal webinar series in 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A crack-cocaine wholesaler for the New Jersey set of the Grape Street Crips today admitted his involvement in racketeering and drug trafficking conspiracies operating in Newark, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

By DOE Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today commented on Humana’s decision to exit the exchanges under Obamacare in 2018. The decision follows past statements by the insurer that they would be re-evaluating their future within the exchanges.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 43-year-old Beaumont, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: Faces at Least 15 Years in Prison.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: OAKLAND - Arnold Fischman was sentenced to 70 months in prison for possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI") Special Agent in Charge Ryan Spradlin The sentence, entered yesterday by the Honorable Haywood Gilliam, U.S. District Judge, follows a guilty plea entered by the defendant.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Today, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina, in partnership with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD), Mecklenburg County, Anuvia Prevention and Recovery Center, and Cardinal Innovations, hosted a day-long conference to raise community awareness to the rise of heroin and opiate abuse in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg area.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), ranking member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Marathon Pharmaceuticals Monday demanding answers about its plan to charge $89,000 per year for deflazacort, a drug that is widely available abroad for approximately $1,000 per year.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2017
News Release: Former Detective Convicted and Sentenced for Filing False Police Report to Cover Up Civil Rights Violation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2017
News Release: Ten Alleged Members and Associates of Bloods Gang Indicted for Federal Racketeering and Other Related Offenses.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 13, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Science & Technology Press Office Contact: John Verrico, (202) 254-2385 WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) announced today an opportunity for manufacturers of Global Positioning System (GPS) equipment used in critical ...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 13, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON – Last week, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) launched a series of targeted enforcement operations across the country. These operations targeted public safety threats, such as convicted criminal aliens ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2017
News Release: Two Philadelphia, Pennsylvania men pleaded guilty to conspiring to file federal tax returns using stolen IDs, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Louis D. Lappen for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2017
News Release: Ten alleged members of the Black Mob Gangstas/Donald Gee Family (BMG/DGF) Raleigh-area Bloods street gang, including its leaders, have been indicted in Raleigh, North Carolina, for conspiring to participate in a racketeering enterprise and related offenses. Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2017
News Release: A San Francisco, California mother and son were convicted today following a six-day trial for conspiring to file fraudulent corporate income tax returns, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch for the Northern District of California.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2017
News Release: A former detective with the Ville Platte Police Department in Ville Platte, Louisiana, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for filing a false report to cover up a civil rights violation, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Tom Wheeler of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2017
News Release: Attorney General Jeff Sessions sat down with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel this afternoon in the Attorney General’s conference room to discuss what might be done to combat the shootings and murders in that city and bring back proactive community policing. The Attorney General also had a detailed and productive ...
By State News Post | Feb 13, 2017
The US State Department published a one page notice on Feb. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Feb 13, 2017
The US State Department published a one page notice on Feb. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Feb 13, 2017
The US State Department published a one page notice on Feb. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.