News from January 2017
By DOL Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - A new rule issued today by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration dramatically lowers workplace exposure to beryllium, a strategically important material that can cause devastating lung diseases. The new beryllium standards for general industry, construction and shipyards will require employers to take additional, practical measures to protect an estimated 62,000 workers from these serious risks.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney, Deborah R. Gilg, announced that on January 6, 2017, Ryan Homer Dittmer, 40, of Lincoln, was sentenced to eight years and one month (97 months) for his role in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a substance containing methamphetamine...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Joan Manuel Ramirez Lema, 41, of Sterling, was sentenced today to 20 months in prison for charges related to smuggling guns from the United States to Bolivia.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: Loop A of The Needles Campground in Canyonlands National Park will be available by reservation only beginning March 15, 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: LOVELAND, Colo. -- The Bureau of Reclamation's Eastern Colorado Area Office (ECAO) is searching for the owner of an existing bridge constructed across Lake Fork Creek below Sugar Loaf Dam, 5 miles west of Leadville, Colorado.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: The sanctuaries were originally proposed to NOAA in 2014, and if created would be the first since 2000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Leone Alfano La Cava (59, Orlando) with 17 counts of wire fraud. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison on each count.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 5, 2017
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today reintroduced the Improved National Monument Designation Process Act, a bill to facilitate greater local input and require state approval before national monuments can be designated on federal lands and waters.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2017
News Release: House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) submitted the following statement for the Congressional Record in opposition to the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2017 (REINS Act)...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2017
News Release: Defendant Attempted to Sell Ten Pounds of Methamphetamine to Undercover Agent.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against Courtney Dale Eames, 55, of Susanville, charging him with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and possession of stolen firearms, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced George Trent, age 28, and Kendrick Kelly, age 38, both of Baltimore, Maryland, to 12 years in prison and 10 years in prison, respectively, each followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin. Trent was sentenced on January 4, 2017 and Kelly was sentenced on Jan. 3, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2017
News Release: Three people from Marion were charged in federal court with stealing nearly $63,000 worth of government property, said Carole S. Rendon, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 5, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson issued a Cabinet Exit Memorandum on the Department's progress over the past eight years, the vision for the country’s future, and the work that remains in order to achieve that vision. The Exit Memo is available at DHS.gov/DHSInReview.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, Jan. 5, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced that the Office of the Ombudsperson is helping women and Hispanic farmers and ranchers with accessing Farm Service Agency (FSA), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and Rural Development (RD) programs. The Ombudsperson ...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, Jan. 5, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the seven retail firms selected to take part in a pilot designed to enable Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants to purchase their groceries online. The two-year pilot is slated to begin this summer.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2017
News Release: An Alabama man pleaded guilty today to producing child pornography involving seven minor victims, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance of the Northern District of Alabama. Gregory Jerome Lee, 54, formerly ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2017
News Release: The owner and operator of a Florida-based telecommunications company pleaded guilty today and a West Palm Beach, Florida, resident was sentenced yesterday to 52 months in prison in connection with a sophisticated global cellphone fraud scheme that involved compromising cellphone customers’ accounts and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2017
News Release: Two Hyattsville, Maryland, men were sentenced for conspiracy to participate in the racketeering enterprise activity of a violent gang known as La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, including murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2017
News Release: A federal grand jury sitting in Salt Lake City, Utah, returned an indictment yesterday charging Peter N. Nordberg, a former resident of Draper, Utah, with tax evasion, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, and U.S. Attorney John W. Huber for the District of Utah.
