News from June 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2017
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - An inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in Loretto, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to 9 months in prison and three years’ supervised release, consecutive to the 120 months sentence and supervised release provision he is serving currently from the District of Maryland, on his conviction of attempting to obtain contraband in prison, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - On Friday, June 16, 2017, 179 members of the Department of Justice, including a team from Alaska, were recognized by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, and Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys (EOUSA) Director Monty Wilkinson at the 33rd Director’s Awards Ceremony in Washington D.C.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 20, 2017
News Release: As assistant administrator, Oliver will oversee the federal agency responsible for recreational and commercial fisheries that contribute more than $200 billion to the nation's economy and support nearly two million jobs. In addition to managing productive and sustainable domestic fisheries, including some aspects of marine aquaculture, the agency works to recover and conserve protected resources such as whales, sea turtles, and corals.
By State Newswire | Jun 20, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Tonight the House of Representatives passed a bipartisan bill (H.R. 2484) that requires the U.S. to develop a comprehensive strategy to increase and strengthen women’s participation in peace negotiations and conflict prevention.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2017
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Corey Daniels, 35, of Watertown, New York, was sentenced to serve 92 months in prison (seven years and 8 months) following his guilty plea to possession of a firearm as a convicted felon, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian. In connection with ...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Following a letter from Energy and Commerce Committee leaders, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released its Pandemic Influenza Plan on Friday. The plan was scheduled to be released in late 2016. The April letter requesting information about the status of the plan was signed by Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA).
By DOL Newswire | Jun 20, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined Senate Democrats on the Senate floor to highlight just how “mean" the Republican’s Trumpcare bill would be to working families. Despite celebrating with...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 20, 2017
News Release: BAR HARBOR, MAINE - The National Park Service will be resurfacing 13 miles of the 45-mile carriage road system in Acadia National Park beginning on Tuesday, June 20. Sections of the carriage roads in the vicinity of Jordan Pond, Wildwood Stables, and Bubble Pond will be closed on a rolling basis during...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 20, 2017
News Release: AMARILLO, Texas - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is holding an auction of Federally owned helium for delivery in Fiscal Year (FY) 2018, which is in keeping with its mission to manage public lands for multiple uses for the benefit of current and future generations. The auction will be held on July 19, 2017, at the BLM Amarillo Field Office, 801 South Fillmore Street, Suite 500, Amarillo, Texas.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Following a letter from Energy and Commerce Committee leaders, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released its Pandemic Influenza Plan on Friday. The plan was scheduled to be released in late 2016. The April letter requesting information about the status of the plan was signed by Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A family doctor practicing in Bergen County, New Jersey, was sentenced today to 41 months in prison for accepting bribes in exchange for test referrals as part of a long-running and elaborate scheme operated by Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services LLC (BLS), of Parsippany, New Jersey, its president and numerous associates, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Following a report that Booz Allen Hamilton mistakenly allowed passwords of contractors with Top Secret Facility Clearance and other sensitive information including Pentagon files to be publicly accessible, U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, called for answers on what the company is doing to thoroughly investigate the matter and prevent similar incidents in the future.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2017
News Release: Philip Celestini Named Special Agent in Charge of the Intelligence Division of the Washington Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2017
News Release: Greenville, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Delmar Deshion Jackson, age 39, of Greenville, South Carolina, pled guilty in federal court in Greenville. Jackson pled guilty to conspiracy to commit six armed robberies in violation of Title 18, United States Code...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 20, 2017
News Release: CASPER Wyo. - Firewood and post and pole permits for the Muddy Mountain area will be issued by the Bureau of Land Management Casper Field Office from June 20 to Oct. 23 or until available wood is depleted in the cutting areas.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 20, 2017
News Release: Today, House Democratic Leaders and Ranking Members sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and White House Counsel Don McGahn urging them reverse their policy that instructs federal agencies in the Trump Administration to ignore oversight requests from Members of Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Maryland man was arrested today after being indicted on drug charges by a federal grand jury in Wheeling on June 6, 2017, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 20, 2017
News Release: Today, House Democratic Leaders and Ranking Members sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and White House Counsel Don McGahn urging them reverse their policy that instructs federal agencies in the Trump Administration to ignore oversight requests from Members of Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - One Albuquerque resident pled guilty and one was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., for violating federal drug trafficking laws. Chere Juarez, 28, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today to a methamphetamine trafficking charge. Leo Lopez, 28, was sentenced to 60 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release for his methamphetamine trafficking conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2017
News Release: Multi-jurisdictional Investigation Leads to Twenty-Four Arrests.
