News from June 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JUAN CARLOS MOSQUERA-AMARI, age 46, of New Orleans, ALEXANDER MURIEL-DIAZ, age 52, of Houston, Texas, LUIS RAMOS GRAVEDEPERALTA, age 60, of Kenner, CARLOS ALBERTO GONZALEZ VALENCIA, age 36, of Houston, Texas, STEVEN DUNCAN, age 45, of Metairie, JOSE ANTONIO...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. - Restoration specialists have completed a project for the Bureau of Land Management Eagle Lake Field Office to remove graffiti from panels of Native American cave paintings at a site in Lassen County. The effort took five days and cost nearly $9,000 to complete.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - A Coatesville, PA man was charged today in connection with a scheme to over-redeem gift cards, U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA) sent a letter to full committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn requesting they fulfill their commitment to hold oversight hearings of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) by immediately rescheduling a hearing that was postponed on February 16.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA) sent a letter to full committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn requesting they fulfill their commitment to hold oversight hearings of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) by immediately rescheduling a hearing that was postponed on February 16.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: Bipartisan and bicameral health care leaders today sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) raising concerns about the department’s implementation of a portion of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) of 2015. The leaders requested information regarding the “Cyber Threat Preparedness Report" (CTPR), as well as other important status updates.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Martin, South Dakota, man convicted of Accessory After the Fact (Murder) and Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance, was sentenced on May 24, 2018, by Chief Judge, Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Raymond Gachupin, 24, an enrolled member and resident of Jemez Pueblo, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 78 months in prison for his conviction on a voluntary manslaughter charge. Gachupin will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: MS-13 Member Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Participate in a Violent Racketeering Enterprise.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - A jury today voted to convict Peter W. Farnum, age 41, of Clifton Park, New York, of possessing child pornography, following a 2-week trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Margaret Parker, of Dellslow, West Virginia, has admitted to her involvement in an illegal firearms operation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today issued the following statement after President Trump signed into law S. 292, the Childhood Cancer STAR Act.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan and bicameral health care leaders today sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) raising concerns about the department’s implementation of a portion of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) of 2015. The leaders requested information regarding the “Cyber Threat Preparedness Report" (CTPR), as well as other important status updates.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today issued the following statement after President Trump signed into law S. 292, the Childhood Cancer STAR Act.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Karen McGinnis will retire this month after serving for 20 years as director of the Volpentest Hazardous Materials Management and Emergency Response (HAMMER) Federal Training Center.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: Bipartisan and bicameral health care leaders today sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) raising concerns about the department’s implementation of a portion of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) of 2015. The leaders requested information regarding the “Cyber Threat Preparedness Report" (CTPR), as well as other important status updates.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) sent a letter to Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) President Rhea Suh seeking information on the nature of the organization’s relationship with the People’s Republic of China and clarification on its status as a foreign agent under the Foreign Agents Registration Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - John R. Cacaro, 58, of West Chester, Ohio, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering as part of a scheme to defraud the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation for his own personal gain.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: SE - Leeroy Salazar, 39, of Nampa, was sentenced today to 120 months in prison followed by eight years of supervised release for distribution of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. A federal grand jury indicted Salazar on Dec. 13, 2017.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: CARLSBAD, N.M. - The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) management and operations contractor earned more than $10.7 million, or 90 percent, of the available fee for fiscal 2017, according to a recently released fee scorecard from EM’s Carlsbad Field Office (CBFO).
