News from July 2017
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: The Windows Section of Arches National Park will close at 7:00 p.m. Sunday, July 30 for up to five weeks for construction. During that time, the road will be closed at the intersection of the main park road and the Windows Section road. The area will be closed to all use. Visitors will not be able to get to Double or Turret arches nor to the North or South windows.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On July 14, 2017, Christy A. Greider, 40, and Jason A. Greider, 42, both of Huber Heights, Ohio, were sentenced by the Honorable Pamela L. Reeves, U.S. District Court Judge, for their roles in a conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud. Christy Greider will serve 33 months in federal prison and Jason Greider will serve 27 months.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation’s Mid-Pacific Region has welcomed David van Rijn (pronounced ‘Rhine’) as the Region’s new planning officer. In this position which began July 10, van Rijn manages the Region’s storage projects, basin studies and the Title 16 program, which includes the planning, design, and construction of water recycling and reuse projects in partnership with local government entities.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) for Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) to analyze the expected environmental impacts of implementing a proposal to stabilize the shoreline at the South Manitou Island Lighthouse Complex. The NPS is...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives passed H.R. 2430, the FDA Reauthorization Act (FDARA) of 2017, on Wednesday, by voice vote.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge this week sentenced a Mississippi man to nearly six years in prison for conspiring with his girlfriend to steal more than $1 million from the Birmingham surgical practice where she worked, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey and FBI Acting Special Agent in Charge David W. Archey.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: LANDER, Wyo. - The Wind River Wild Horse Sanctuary, in partnership with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Wyoming Honor Farm, will host a wild horse and burro adoption, traditional haying demonstration and wagon tours to see the wild horses on Saturday, July 29.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Jersey City, New Jersey, man today admitted distributing heroin in Hoboken, New Jersey, on multiple occasions, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Congressman Bennie G. Thompson of Mississippi, Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, delivered the Weekly Democratic Address. In this week’s address, Thompson highlighted the need to get to the bottom of Russian interference in U.S. elections and highlighted the launch...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: Thank you, Chairman Johnson, for holding this hearing.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) met with members of the aviation community earlier this week to share data on new standards the agency developed to improve safety at U.S. airports during inclement weather.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: Crimes Committed Within Two-Day Period Last Fall.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Mark Heath, age 38 and Shawn Melleski, age 26, both of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, were indicted on July 11, 2017, by a federal grand jury for methamphetamine trafficking offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: Two Broward County, Florida tax return preparers pleaded guilty today to conspiring to file and filing fraudulent tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), announced Acting U.S. Attorney Benjamin G. Greenberg for the Southern District of Florida and Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate HELP Committee, Ron Wyden (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, Bob Casey (D-PA), Ranking Member of the Senate Special Committee on Aging and Representatives Bobby Scott (D-VA), Ranking Member of the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office announced that those persons listed below were arraigned before the U.S. Magistrate and the indictments handed down by the Grand Jury unsealed.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Stacie M. Williams, a former employee of the District of Columbia Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA), pled guilty today to a federal bribery charge stemming from a scheme in which she accepted cash in return for facilitating the issuance of construction permits.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: Partial fire restrictions on public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Wyoming’s Weston, Crook and Niobrara counties will begin July 15, 2017 due to dry conditions and high fire danger.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will launch on Aug. 1, 2017, the Injury Tracking Application (ITA). The Web-based form allows employers to electronically submit required injury and illness data from their completed 2016 OSHA Form 300A. The application will be accessible from the ITA webpage.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation Mid Pacific Region announces the selection of Jeff Rieker as operations manager for its Central Valley Office in Sacramento.
