News from July 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, FL - Today, after a multiple-year investigation and the government’s intervention into a whistleblower suit in 2015, the United States announces a $1.2 million settlement with Liberty Ambulance. In reaching this settlement, the parties have resolved allegations that, from June 29, 2005...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 10, 2018
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - The Savannah River Site (SRS) recently finished a major infrastructure project five months ahead of schedule and $3.9 million under budget.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Milford woman pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to stealing approximately $2.7 million from her employer, and then using the money to purchase luxury items, many of which she resold to consignment shops.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 10, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), announced today a hearing for Tuesday, July 17, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Realizing the Benefits of Rural Broadband: Challenges and Solutions."
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced James E. Goldsberry, age 35, of Laurel, Maryland today to nine years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine, possession of a firearm by a felon, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. A federal jury convicted Goldsberry of those charges on March 15, 2018.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 10, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), announced today a hearing for Tuesday, July 17, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Realizing the Benefits of Rural Broadband: Challenges and Solutions."
By DOE Newswire | Jul 10, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today blasting the Trump Administration’s announcement that it would slash funding to $10 million for the Affordable Care Act Navigators program...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 10, 2018
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - Everyone is invited to find their park and experience authentic Hawaiian cultural programs, guided hikes and more from Ka‘ū to Volcano to Hilo.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - An MS-13 member was sentenced today in federal court in Boston on drug trafficking and RICO conspiracy charges.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 10, 2018
News Release: RIDGECREST, Calif. - Wild horses from southern Nevada public rangelands will be offered for adoption and sale Saturday, Aug. 11, at the Bureau of Land Management’s Ridgecrest Regional Wild Horse and Burro Corrals, 3647 Randsburg Wash Road, Ridgecrest.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2018
News Release: FBI Tech Tuesday: Building a Digital Defense Against Tech Support Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Ericka Chavez, 22, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to bank fraud, identify theft and theft of mail charges.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 10, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways & Means Ranking Committee Member Richard Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after President Donald Trump signed an executive order that will allow the President to appoint federal Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) on the basis of ideology and political orientation, rather than through a competitive examination process based on merit, neutrality, and fitness for office...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2018
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - An inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in Loretto, Pa., was indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on a charge of possession of a prohibited object in prison, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Tyrone D. Pierce, age 60, of Ocean City, Maryland today to eight years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, specifically, a bank robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Angel Prado, age 46, of Providence, Rhode Island, pleaded guilty on July 9, 2018, to possession with intent to distribute more than a kilogram of heroin before U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 10, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered remarks today at a forum hosted by the DPCC on what teachers, workers, and unions around the country can do in light of the Supreme Court’s decision in Janus v. AFSCME, which significantly undermined the collective bargaining power of public sector unions.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 10, 2018
News Release: * Mount Washburn trails and trailhead parking lots from Dunraven Pass and Chittenden Road will close Thursday, July 12, at 12 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a conspiracy to kidnap and torture an Independence, Mo., man.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2018
News Release: Companies Will Pay Financial Penalties of More Than $24 Million, Implement Enhanced Compliance and Internal Control Measures.