News published on Federal Newswire in June 2018

News from June 2018


News Release: Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen announced that Ronald D. Vitiello will serve as Deputy Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), effective Saturday, June 30. He will also take on the role as the Acting Director of ICE. Vitiello currently serves as the Acting Deputy Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.


High school assistant track coach faces federal child sexual exploitation and pornography charges

News Release: Defendant is alleged to have had hundreds of videos and other images on his cell phone.


News Release: The National Park Service has selected James Woolsey to serve as the next superintendent of Great Basin National Park in Nevada. He replaces Steve Mietz who was promoted to superintendent of Redwood National & State Parks in California.


News Release: -UPDATE-. Today (July 16) Glacier National Park lifted restrictions on tent camping in the Many Glacier Campground. The park did not capture the grizzly bear involved in the incident, despite trapping efforts. The park will continue to monitor for unusual grizzly bear behavior in the Many Glacier area.


Facebook Submits Responses to Cmte’s Written Questions

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee has received responses from Facebook to its written questions following its hearing with CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Facebook submitted the responses to the committee shortly before midnight last night. The deadline for submission provided by the committee was close of business on June 29th.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee has received responses from Facebook to its written questions following its hearing with CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Facebook submitted the responses to the committee shortly before midnight last night. The deadline for submission provided by the committee was close of business on June 29th.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee has received responses from Facebook to its written questions following its hearing with CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Facebook submitted the responses to the committee shortly before midnight last night. The deadline for submission provided by the committee was close of business on June 29th.


Park Offers Special Tour of Arrowhead Pueblo in July 2018

News Release: Pecos, NM:- Pecos National Historical Park will offer a free ranger-led tour of the seldom-seen Arrowhead Pueblo on Saturday, July 28th. This one mile roundtrip visit to the 14th century pueblo will explore the historical, archeological, and cultural significance of this 100+ room ruin. Visitors interested in the tour are required to reserve a spot, as space is limited. Attendees will meet at the Visitor Center at 1:00 p.m. and caravan to the trailhead with the ranger.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today released Facebook’s long-awaited answers to the Committee’s outstanding questions for the record. Earlier this year, House members sent hundreds of follow up questions to Facebook after Mark Zuckerberg was unable to answer a number of questions during his hearing before the Committee in April.


E&C Democrats Release Facebook’s Responses to Questions

News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today released Facebook’s long-awaited answers to the Committee’s outstanding questions for the record. Earlier this year, House members sent hundreds of follow up questions to Facebook after Mark Zuckerberg was unable to answer a number of questions during his hearing before the Committee in April.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today released Facebook’s long-awaited answers to the Committee’s outstanding questions for the record. Earlier this year, House members sent hundreds of follow up questions to Facebook after Mark Zuckerberg was unable to answer a number of questions during his hearing before the Committee in April.


Single Vehicle Accident Results in Fatality on Harpers Corner Road

News Release: Dinosaur, Colorado - Eighteen year old Maria Blakley from Dinosaur, CO was found deceased at the scene of a single vehicle accident along Harpers Corner Road in Dinosaur National Monument.


News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) announces that electric and water services are now available at 23 of the camping sites at Oregon Inlet Campground. The upgraded amenities are expected to be in high demand, so it is recommended that reservations be made in advance.


High School Assistant Track Coach Faces Federal Child Sexual Exploitation and Pornography Charges

News Release: Defendant is alleged to have had hundreds of videos and other images on his cell phone.


News Release: The Justice Department today announced that Dustin Allen Hughes, 26, of Cutler Bay, Florida, pleaded guilty yesterday in the Southern District of Florida to one count of obstructing the free exercise of religious beliefs through the threatened use of a dangerous weapon and explosive, in connection with making a phone call in which he threatened to detonate a bomb at a mosque in Pembroke Pines, Florida.


News Release: An indictment was unsealed today in the U.S. District Court of Maryland charging Shingaizdo Nhekairo, 49, of Arnold, Maryland, with one count of alien harboring for financial gain and one count of unlawful conduct with respect to immigration documents. The indictment was announced by Acting Assistant Attorney General John Gore of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney Robert K. Hur.


News Release: A former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a software company in Sterling, Virginia, was sentenced to 21 months in prison today for conspiring to defraud the government by failing to pay over employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), announced Principal Deputy Assistant General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney G. Zachary Terwilliger for the Eastern District of Virginia.


News Release: A federal grand jury has returned a third superseding indictment charging 24 alleged members and associates of the gang MS-13. The indictment was returned on June 27, and unsealed yesterday.


News Release: A Newington, Connecticut, insurance salesman was sentenced to 70 months in prison for tax fraud, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division. Terry DiMartino was convicted after a jury trial in March 2016 of one count of corruptly ...


News Release: Today, on the one year anniversary of the Justice Department’s 2017 Hate Crimes Summit, the Department announced an update on hate crimes prosecutions under the Civil Rights Division’s Criminal Section. The Department is committed to enforcing federal hate crimes statutes, which allow the Department ...