News from June 2017
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing examining the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) role in cybersecurity efforts within the health care sector.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JIMMIE SMITH, also known as “Prime," 44, of Hartford, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Alfred V. Covello in Hartford to 46 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Mikel Lowe, aka L-O, 23, of Buffalo, NY, with possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine and heroin, and possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking crimes. The charges carry a maximum penalty of life in prison.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing examining the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) role in cybersecurity efforts within the health care sector.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore has sentenced Josiah E. Hutton (60, Winter Haven) to six months in federal prison, followed by six months of home confinement, for concealment of assets from a bankruptcy estate. In addition, he was ordered to pay $93,255.27 in restitution to the victim of his offense.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: This administration, from day one, has preferred “alternative facts" and convenient spin to the truth. One of the most recent examples was its budget proposal, which double-counted two trillion dollars to maintain some whiff of fiscal responsibility while it slashed health programs and protections for basic living standards.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A man who picked up a 13-year old girl at her school bus stop to have sex with her was sentenced today to 10 years in prison and 20 years of supervised release.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today delivered the following opening statement at a hearing examining the Trump Administration’s fiscal year (FY) 2018 budget request for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - An East Chicago, Indiana man was sentenced today to 10 years in prison on a firearms charge related to the activity of a street gang known as the Two Six Nation. Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Clifford D. Johnson of the Northern District of Indiana made the announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: Sentenced to 35 months imprisonment; Ordered to pay $100,000 restitution.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: MILWAUKEE - If there’s a place in your heart for a mustang and you are ready to adopt, come to the Bureau of Land Management-Eastern States (BLM-ES) Northeastern States District Wild Horse and Burro adoption June 16- 17. Both days are free and open to anyone interested in wild horses and burros, even if you can’t take one home with you. The BLM-ES will hold an adoption at the Central Wisconsin State Fairgrounds, located at 513 East 17th Street, Marshfield, Wisconsin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Thirty-three individuals have been charged in a 129-count federal indictment as a result of an investigation spanning two states and four North Central West Virginia counties, according to Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: EMERYVILLE, Calif.- A five-alarm fire that severely damaged an apartment complex construction site and nearby buildings for the second time in Emeryville, California, was determined to be arson. The first fire at the structure occurred on July 6, 2016.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled, “Examining the Role of the Department of Health and Human Services in Health Care Cybersecurity:"
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - The Bureau of Reclamation announced today that construction is complete, except for seeding this coming fall, on Orchard Mesa Irrigation District’s 74 acre-foot regulating reservoir on Orchard Mesa, Colo. The $8.86 million reservoir was built for the District on behalf of the Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program and is the latest feature of the District’s Canal System’s Improvement Project.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), today held a hearing to discuss how the financial services landscape has been disrupted by financial technology, also called “FinTech," over the last decade and the impact this has had on...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Dana Boente, the Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and James P.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Matthew John Andaluz, 44, of Battle Creek, Michigan pleaded guilty before the Hon. Robert J. Jonker, Chief U.S. District Judge, to producing child pornography, Acting U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today. Andaluz faces a minimum of 15 years and a maximum of 30 years of...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A local couple will serve 10 years in federal prison for their roles in a drug conspiracy they ran out of their home in Alton, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Rodolfo Chavez Gonzalez, 53, pleaded guilty Nov. 29, 2016, as did his wife - Maria Elizabeth Gonzalez, 48.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today issued a statement regarding the appointment of Everett Eissenstat, the Senate Finance Committee’s Chief International Trade Counsel, to serve as Deputy Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs and Deputy Director...
