News from July 2017
By USDA Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry, invited Michigan dairy farmer Ken Nobis, president of the Michigan Milk Producers Association, to share the perspective of the state’s dairy producers at a Senate hearing on Tuesday. The hearing convened a total of 17 witnesses from across the country to collect feedback from agricultural experts ahead of the drafting of the 2018 Farm Bill.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: Today, the House Judiciary Committee was scheduled to consider H. Res. 446, a resolution of inquiry.pdf) introduced by Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI). The resolution sought information from the White House and the Department of Justice related to the recusal of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the removal of former FBI Director James Comey, and any recordings the White House may have made of conversations between Director Comey and President Trump.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A 39-year-old resident of New Caney has been taken into custody on federal charges of sexual exploitation of a child, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - Yesterday, Jerrison Begay, 33, was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Susan R. Bolton to 96 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Begay had previously pleaded guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon. In January, Begay’s co-defendant, Shelton Six, 28...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: Join Bonnie Portzline on Saturday, August 12 at 8:30 pm, at the Park Amphitheater on West Confederate Avenue, as she shares her ongoing birding photography project and slideshow series, “Birds With A Gettysburg Address." This informative and entertaining program documents birds within and around historic Gettysburg National Military Park. The program includes connections between the Civil War and birds of the Gettysburg Battlefield.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Kevin Aguilar, 24, of Washington, D.C., pled guilty today to a federal bank robbery charge stemming from a hold-up he committed earlier this year at a bank in downtown Washington, announced U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips, Andrew Vale, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, and Peter Newsham, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: Carolyn Cavaness, age 34, of Ardmore, Pennsylvania, pled guilty to a criminal information unsealed today charging her with causing false statements to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) in connection with a 2012 congressional primary election. Acting U.S. Attorney Louis D. Lappen for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division made the announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: WEST MEMPHIS-Patrick C. Harris, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Matthew Barden, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Little Rock District Office of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), William McCrary, Assistant Special Agent in Charge, New Orleans Field...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS S&T Press Office, John Verrico, (202) 254-2385 IDAHO FALLS, Idaho – Nearly 100 federal, state, and local public safety and private organizations gathered last week to test tactics and technologies to identify, locate and mitigate illegal jamming of communications systems, such as GPS, radio and wireless systems.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS S&T Press Office, John Verrico, (202) 254-2385 WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has awarded StackRox, Inc. of Mountain View, California, a $200,000 contract to harden the cyber defenses of financial institutions.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, July 25, 2017 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today hosted a 90-minute working breakfast meeting involving principals who are members of the Agriculture and Rural Prosperity Task Force. The Task Force was created by President Trump’s Executive Order of April 25, 2017 , with Secretary Perdue serving as chairman.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: A federal court in Louisiana has permanently barred Finecia Draper from preparing federal income tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: A Philadelphia woman pleaded guilty to a criminal information unsealed today charging her with causing false statements to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) in connection with a 2012 congressional primary election. Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Louis D. Lappen for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania made the announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: The Justice Department filed a complaint today alleging that Farmacia Lugo, Inc. (Farmacia Lugo), a business based in Puerto Rico, violated the employment rights of U.S. Army Reservist Anna J. Santiago under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA). Santiago has served her country as a member of the Army Reserves since 2012. She currently holds the rank of Private 1st Class and serves as a culinary specialist.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: The Department of Justice today posted a solicitation for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Programs (“Byrne JAG”). Recipients for FY 2017 will be notified of new conditions of their grants that will increase information sharing between federal, state, and local law enforcement, ensuring that federal immigration authorities have the information they need to enforce immigration laws and keep our communities safe.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: Five individuals have been arrested in connection with their suspected involvement in a series of violent robberies against traveling jewelry salesmen, one of which resulted in the death of the victim, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas and Special Agent in Charge Eric K. Jackson of the FBI’s Dallas Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: The Pharmacist in Charge of a Hattiesburg, Mississippi compounding pharmacy pleaded guilty today to health care fraud charges for his role in a scheme that defrauded TRICARE and private insurance companies out of at least $192 million in payments for medically unnecessary compounded medications.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: A former employee of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) based in Afghanistan pleaded guilty today to soliciting approximately $320,000 in bribes from Afghan contractors in return for his assistance in U.S. government contracts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: A violent member of the Crips gang was sentenced today to 20 years in prison and three years of supervised release for participating in a racketeering conspiracy involving multiple acts of violence, including murder, attempted murder, assaults, witness tampering and drug distribution, announced Acting ...
By Labor Gazette | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor will publish a Request for Information for the overtime rule on Wednesday, July 26, 2017. The RFI is an opportunity for the public to provide information that will aid the department in formulating a proposal to revise these regulations which define and delimit exemptions from the Fair Labor Standards Act’s minimum wage and overtime requirements for certain employees.
