News from September 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: Free virtual online presentations to assist individuals reentering communities from prison and others identify and apply for Federal employment opportunities.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) today released the following statement about the U.S.-Korea trade agreement...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, had this to say following President Donald Trump’s decision to phase out the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) within six months...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: REDDING, Calif. - An amendment that would permanently assign 3,000 acre-feet of the Corning Water District’s contracted water supply to the Bureau of Reclamation has been released for public review. The amendment is to the Long-Term Renewal Contract between the U.S. and Corning Water District.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - James VanBlaricum, 78, of Colleyville, Texas, was sentenced today before Senior U.S. District Judge Terry R. Means to 84 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $32,222,291 in restitution for participating in a Ponzi oil and gas fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH -A former resident of Wappingers Falls, New York, has pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of wire fraud and access device fraud, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: RENO, Nev. - A Gardnerville, Nevada man pleaded guilty today to child sexual exploitation, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: FORT WORTH - Marquis Konrad Streaty, 32, of Arlington, Texas, was sentenced today before U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor to 180 months in federal prison for the attempted enticement of an individual Streaty believed to be a 13-year-old female, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Little Falls, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 54 months in prison for robbing a TD Bank in Hawthorne, New Jersey, in February 2016, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: Christiansted National Historic Site has begun shut down procedures for the three National Park units on St. Croix, including Buck Island Reef National Monument and Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve, for today, September 5, 2017. The parks are closed today, and will remain...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - EM has updated its set of “By the Numbers" infographics, filled with metrics and factoids demonstrating EM’s cleanup progress.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on news the Trump Administration will end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: When Continental flight 3407 crashed on approach to Buffalo Niagara airport on Feb. 12, 2009, all 49 persons on board, and one on the ground, were killed. The National Transportation Safety Board began its investigation within hours, and ultimately determined that the crash was caused in part by...
By State Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the committee will convene a hearing entitled “Sanctions, Diplomacy, and Information: Pressuring North Korea " on Tuesday, Sept. 12, at 10 a.m.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: Effective immediately, Mount Rainier National Park has closed the northeast portion of the park due to the unpredictable fire behavior of the Norse Peak Fire. This fire is burning outside the east boundary of the park. Currently the Sunrise Road is closed between the junction with SR 410 near White River and Sunrise. The portions of SR 410 to Cayuse Pass and SR 123 within the park are open.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management is saying farewell to Alaska State Director Bud Cribley, who has served in his position for nearly seven years. Cribley is transferring to serve as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Senior Advisor for Energy in Washington, D.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced that two residents of New Ipswich, New Hampshire have pleaded guilty to charges that they conspired to distribute misbranded drugs that they obtained from India.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man pleaded guilty Tuesday to driving the getaway car during an armed robbery, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $1.6 million contract on August 31 to Taylor Enterprises of Grand Coulee, Washington, for grounds maintenance and landscaping.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that HUGO TURCIO-CRUZ, age 35, a citizen of Honduras, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Bill of Information charging him with illegal reentry of a removed alien.
