News from June 2019
By EPA Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A bipartisan group of Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Acting Commissioner Norman E. “Ned" Sharpless, M.D., today requesting briefings on two key agency actions related to the opioid epidemic. The Committee leaders are seeking...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: DENVER, CO-As part of the FBI’s continuing commitment to attract highly skilled and diverse talent, the FBI Denver Division will host a targeted recruiting event on Aug. 1, 2019, in Denver, Colorado. The event is part of the FBI’s “Diversity Agent Recruitment" (DAR) Program, an initiative aimed at reaching applicants with a variety of backgrounds to diversify the FBI special agent force.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today held a hearing titled, “The State of the Derivatives Market and Perspectives for CFTC Reauthorization."
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former deputy with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department was sentenced today to 12 months in federal prison for lying to FBI agents about the beating of a handcuffed man that took place in 2011 at Men’s Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Slater, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to transporting a 16-year-old victim across state lines for illegal sexual activity.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: GUNNISON, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today published a notice in the Federal Register proposing to convey 43.09 acres of public land to the Town of Lake City to continue operation of the Lake City Ski Hill and to enhance recreational opportunities.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Columbia, Missouri, man, who displayed a firearm during a drive-by shooting at a local convenience store, pleaded guilty in federal court today to illegally possessing a firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: Hyde Park, New York - Springwood Seasonal Closure for 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: Defendant recruited an individual to smuggle cocaine into the U.S. from Jamaica by ingesting or inserting into her body.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: Harrisburg, PA - Today, U.S. Marshal Martin J. Pane announced the arrest of Joshua Matthew Johnson - a 28-year old Hanover man.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: GRAND COULEE, Wash. - Consistent with a Bureau of Land Management fire restrictions order, the Bureau of Reclamation will prohibit fireworks on North Dam for the Independence Day holiday. Dry, fire-prone vegetative conditions in eastern Washington have warranted this decision.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $495 million in airport infrastructure grants, the second allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $495 million in airport infrastructure grants, the second allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: USDA Has More Than $2 Billion Still Available for Rural Communities to Build or Modernize Education, Health Care, Municipal and Public Safety Facilities WASHINGTON, June 24, 2019 – Acting Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Joel Baxley today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: An indictment was unsealed today in federal court in the Eastern District of California following the arrests of Nery A. Martinez Vasquez, 50, and Maura N. Martinez, 50, of Shasta Lake, California. The indictment charges the defendants with conspiracy, forced labor, and alien harboring for financial ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: A federal court in Orlando, Florida, entered a permanent injunction against Lakeesha Tucker, Lakeesha Tucker LLC, and Simplified Financial Services LLC, barring them from preparing federal tax returns for others and owning or operating a tax preparation business, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: James Baldinger, 51, a former private prisoner transport officer with the Prisoner Transportation Services of America LLC. (PTS), pleaded guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to one count of violating the civil rights of a female in his custody whom he sexually assaulted during a transport.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: Two Mississippi-licensed physicians and two Mississippi-licensed registered nurses were charged in an indictment unsealed today for their roles in a multimillion dollar scheme to defraud TRICARE, the health care benefit program serving U.S. military, veterans and their respective family members, as well as private health care benefit programs Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi and United Healthcare of Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, Attorney General William P. Barr announced the recipients for the 33rd Annual Attorney General’s Volunteer Awards Ceremony, awarded to those within the Department of Justice, and members of the general public, who have shown admirable dedication to improving their communities. These awards are separated into two different categories, the Attorney General’s Volunteer Award for Community Service and the Attorney General’s Citizen Volunteer Service Award.
By Fed Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Reserve Board today jointly published amendments to Regulation CC that implement a statutory requirement to adjust for inflation the amount of funds depository institutions must make available to their customers. The amendments ...
