News from October 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, NY - Acting Assistant Attorney General Chad A. Readler and Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Zoladz Construction Company Inc. (ZCCI), Arsenal Contracting LLC (Arsenal), and Alliance Contracting LLC (Alliance), all of Alden, NY, along with two owners, John Zoladz...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
Release: TRENTON, N.J. - To ensure the security of airline passengers and the nation’s airports, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has begun to implement new, stronger screening procedures for carry-on items at airports across the country with the procedures now in place at all New Jersey airports-Atlantic...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
Release: WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today announced the selection of VMD Systems Integrators, Inc. of Reston, Virginia, as the private screening contractor for Atlantic City International Airport (ACY) under the agency’s Screening Partnership Program (SPP).
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: Electronic messages traveling across the internet are under constant threat from data thieves, but new security standards created with the technical guidance of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will reduce the risk of messages being intercepted or stolen. These standards address a security weakness that has been a part of the internet since its earliest days.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 36 on a near party line vote of 237-189. H.R. 36, the so called “Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act" bans abortions beginning at 20 weeks after fertilization and is a direct challenge to the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Charley Joe, Jr., 68, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Shiprock, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 78 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his voluntary manslaughter conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two Jersey City police officers today admitted fraudulently collecting income for off-duty work they never performed, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The owner of a consulting services company today admitted evading taxes while operating his business in 2009, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A local income tax return preparer has been ordered to prison following his conviction of preparing a false U.S. Individual Income Tax Return for a client, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Chester Swanson pleaded guilty July 17, 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - This week, federal agencies and non-profit river partners released the next video in the #FindYourWay series to celebrate the upcoming 50th anniversary of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act and National Trails System Act on Oct. 2, 2018. #FindYourWay invites visitors from all backgrounds to explore America’s rivers and trails.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will undertake a study to assess the reliability of forensic methods for analyzing DNA evidence that, if misapplied, could lead to innocent people being wrongly convicted. The study will focus on DNA mixtures involving three or more people, and on very small quantities of DNA also known as touch DNA.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has selected nine projects to support the development of advanced technologies that will foster early adoption of small-scale modular coal-gasification. Used for power and other applications, these technologies may open new market opportunities for domestic coal. The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) will manage these nine projects.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: Dear Congressmen Walden, Pallone, Burgess, and Green...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: OTHELLO, Wash. -Two Bureau of Reclamation recreational facilities in central Washington will be closing for the winter season. Scooteney Park campground in Franklin County and Summer Falls Day Use Recreation Area in Grant County will be shut down on October 17. They are scheduled to re-open in spring 2018. However, the Day Use Area and boat ramps at Scooteney Reservoir will remain open until snowfall closes them.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: SPOKANE, Wash. - The Bureau of Land Management today announced it will hold a meeting of the San Juan Islands National Monument Advisory Committee, demonstrating that partnerships and inclusion are vital to managing sustainable, working public lands. The public is welcome to attend the meeting which will occur on Thursday, Oct. 19 at the Friday Harbor Grange, 152 First St., Friday Harbor, Wash., from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: Dear Secretary Mnuchin: Prior to his resignation on Sept. 29, 2017, former Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Thomas Price committed to reimburse taxpayers for the cost of his travel on private planes for official business. While Price may no longer be Secretary of HHS, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Philip, South Dakota, man convicted of Attempted Possession of Child Pornography was sentenced on Oct. 2, 2017, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: OAKLAND - Antwon Graham was sentenced to 92 months’ imprisonment after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and for various violations of the conditions of his supervised release, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - An Akron man pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime and a federal gun crime, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Lonnie Brown, 46, entered his guilty plea to distribution of fentanyl. In a separate proceeding, Brown also pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national pleaded guilty today in federal court in Worcester to passport fraud.
