News from February 2017
By DOL Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement on Congressional Republicans’ efforts to undo new guidelines on the accountability and state plan provisions under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: Chief United States District Court Judge Linda R. Reade has issued a written sentencing memorandum finding that Gervais (“Ken") Ngombwa, 56, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and formerly of Rwanda, “actively participated in the Rwandan genocide.".
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Angel Luis Carrasco-Rivera a/k/a Manuel Calcagno, age 54, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty today before Chief United States District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner to committing perjury.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: Alton “Ody" Anderson has been named regional aviation manager for the National Capital, Northeast and Southeast regions. Ody is currently the fire management officer (FMO) at Cumberland Island National Seashore (CUIS), where he oversees the Atlantic Fire Management Zone of the Southeast Region (SER). Anderson will officially begin his new role on Feb. 20, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez, 1st Judicial District Attorney Marco P. Serna, 2nd Judicial District Attorney Raul Torrez, 3rd Judicial District Attorney Mark D’Antonio, 5th Judicial District Attorney Dianna Luce, and 11th Judicial District Attorney Robert P. “Rick" Tedrow will hold a press conference at 10:00 A.M. on THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2017, to discuss their collaborative efforts to address New Mexico’s violent crime epidemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: BISMARCK - US Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on February 6, 2017, Valentino William White, Jr., 33, New Town, ND, was sentenced before US District Chief Judge Daniel L. Hovland to serve four years and nine months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, on a charge of domestic assault by a habitual offender. Judge Hovland also ordered White to pay a $100 special assessment to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management generated $129.3 million for leasing rights on parcels offered at the BLM's quarterly federal oil and gas lease auction on February 7, in Cheyenne. Almost half of the bid and rental receipts go to the state of Wyoming.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: CANON CITY, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments on offering thirteen parcels totaling about 2,089 acres of federal minerals within the Royal Gorge Field Office in eastern Colorado in the September 2017 competitive oil and gas lease sale. The proposal includes parcels located in Baca, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Morgan, Weld and Yuma counties.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO- James “Jim" Richardson has been selected as superintendent of Lassen Volcanic National Park, in California. He succeeds Steve Gibbons who retired in January.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, met Wednesday afternoon with President-elect Donald Trump’s designated nominee for the Department of Veterans Affairs, David Shulkin.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: FARGO - US Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on February 8, 2017, that an Indictment unsealed by the Court today reveals that the following defendants were Indicted for Civil Disorder and Use of Fire to Commit a Federal Crime arising out of an incident on Oct. 27, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on February 7, 2017, a federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment charging William C. Wilber IV (age: 35), of Suring, Wisconsin with child sex offenses on the Menominee Indian Reservation. This...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that ANGEL GUZMAN-RODRIGUEZ age 28, a citizen of Honduras, pled guilty today to a one-count Indictment charging him with illegal reentry of a removed alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - An Indiana man was sentenced today to more than 13 years in federal prison for holding himself out as a psychiatrist and prescribing medications to a nine-year-old child and dozens of others.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Who do you think would survive longer in the wilderness, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) or Donald Trump? To find out the answer check out the first edition of "Better Know A Member, " starring Congressman Grijalva as he candidly talks about his favorite outdoor activities, natural resources policies and programs he plans to defend, and the “extreme" environmental activities he takes part in.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Bureau of Land Management today announced it will be holding eight public open houses throughout the West in February to gather input on the agency’s proposal to withdraw a subset of lands that are sage-grouse strongholds from future mining claims. This is the next step in a process...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: Former Catholic Priest Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Production and Distribution of Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: Arizona Man Sentenced to 30 Years for Conspiracy to Support ISIL and Other Federal Offenses.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and advocates held a press conference today urging Senate Republicans to postpone Rep. Tom Price’s (R-GA) confirmation vote to be Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) until outstanding concerns regarding his medical stock trades...
