News from January 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TIMOTHY FORBES, 35, of Allentown, Pa., pleaded guilty today in Bridgeport federal court to federal charges stemming from his role in a violent kidnapping and jewelry store robbery in April 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Philip R. Bartlett, Inspector-in-Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS"), announced today the filing of a criminal complaint charging ENRICO RUBANO, a/k/a “Rick Rubano," and SHIVANAND...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated that Santonio Dwayne Ramsey, age 26, of Appling, Georgia, plead guilty in federal court to escape, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 751(a). Senior United States District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie of Columbia accepted the plea and will impose sentence after she has reviewed the presentence report, which will be prepared by the U.S. Probation Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a new report highlighting the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) insufficient progress implementing the encounter data system, a critical component of administering proper Medicare Advantage payments. The...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today welcomed the FDA’s establishment of an Oncology Center of Excellence. The announcement, part of Vice President Biden’s cancer moonshot initiative, is the culmination of the FDA’s June 2016 announcement to create the first-of-its-kind center.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: Sea level rise is occurring worldwide, but not at the same rate everywhere. Differences will also likely continue in the future, so decision-makers need local information to assess their community’s vulnerability. These new scenarios integrate updated global sea level rise scenarios with regional factors, such as changes in land elevations and ocean circulation, that influence sea level regionally.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: On January 24 and 25, 2017, the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Las Cruces District Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will convene for a field trip to the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument and meeting. The BLM and RAC will leave for the field trip from the District Office located at 1800...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - As Obamacare approaches its seventh birthday, Congress has more questions than answers about the president’s signature law. Last March, we highlighted some of our own birthday wishes for the failed law (spoiler alert: they haven’t come true).
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement in response to the Department of Labor’s December 2016 jobs report...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today welcomed the FDA’s establishment of an Oncology Center of Excellence. The announcement, part of Vice President Biden’s cancer moonshot initiative, is the culmination of the FDA’s June 2016 announcement to create the first-of-its-kind center.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Giovonni Dequese Cecil, age 23, of Greenville, pled guilty this morning in federal court in Anderson to a felon in possession of a firearm indictment. United States District Judge Timothy M. Cain accepted the plea and will impose sentence after he has reviewed the presentence report which will be prepared by the U.S. Probation Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: Defendant Attempted To Travel To Turkey To Join ISIL.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Bernard Stokley, a/k/a Big Pat, Tobias Ellison, Alvin Hughley, a/k/a Alvin Beasley, and Vance Hoard, a/k/a Bernard Hoard, a/k/a Vance Holland, all of Atlanta, have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute heroin in Atlanta’s English Avenue community. The defendants advertised their heroin ...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a new report highlighting the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) insufficient progress implementing the encounter data system, a critical component of administering proper Medicare Advantage payments. The...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: Jensen, UT & Dinosaur, CO - December visitation numbers for Dinosaur National Monument showed a 13.8% increase for the month over 2015 statistics, with the year ending with an overall increase over 2015. On Dec. 31, recreational visits for the year tallied a total of 304,314- a 4.3% increase over the 2015 annual visitation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Three Rio Grande Valley men have been arrested on federal wire fraud charges involving a fraudulent mortgage lending scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Western Union Company (Western Union), a global money services business headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, has agreed to forfeit $586 million and enter into agreements with the Justice Department, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and the U.S. Attorney’s Offices for the Middle District...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: The 1,385-acre He‘eia National Estuarine Research Reserve encompasses upland forests and grasslands, wetlands, reefs and seagrass beds, as well as the largest sheltered body of water in the Hawaiian Island chain. It is located within the Kāne‘ohe Bay estuary on the windward side of O‘ahu and includes significant historic and cultural resources.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - As part of the Department’s commitment to working with communities and law enforcement to build stronger relationships and mutual trust, Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch today announced the release of the “Attorney General’s Community Policing Report," a summary of the Attorney General’s...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 19, 2017
News Release: The National Park Service announces the proposed settlement of a civil lawsuit brought by the United States of America, acting on behalf of the National Park Service, against Tomales Bay Oyster Company, the owner of land which is adjacent to National Park Service land.
