News from November 2019
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: Candice Stevenson, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) refuge manager in Florida has been named as the new fire communication and education specialist for the National Park Service (NPS) Division of Fire and Aviation. Tina Boehle, who formerly held the position, became the division’s branch chief for communication and education in 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - VERNON WAYNE BROCK, 70, of Alva, has pleaded guilty to hiring someone to commit murder, announced U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: Special Agents of the National Park Service Investigative Services Branch are seeking help from the public to recover a stolen artifact from John Muir National Historic Site in Martinez, California. On the night of July 23, 1978, an unknown person(s) broke into a park display case and took a gold pocket watch that belonged to John Muir.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: West Glacier, MT - Artists are encouraged to apply for the 2020 Glacier National Park Artist-in-Residence Program. The application period will be open November 6, 2019-January 6, 2020.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Bureau of Reclamation announced a Memorandum of Understanding that advances federal collaboration on funding for water supply and water reuse projects nationwide. Consistent with the Administration’s commitment to infrastructure resiliency, ...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee advanced four judicial nominees and 15 bills during a committee markup Wednesday, including 11 postal-naming bills. The bills, amendments and nominees were passed by voice vote unless otherwise noted.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The Justice Department has announced the formation of the Procurement Collusion Strike Force (PCSF) that will focus on deterring, detecting, investigating and prosecuting antitrust crimes - such as bid-rigging conspiracies and related fraudulent schemes - which undermine competition in government procurement, grant and program funding. The United States Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California will be among participants on the PCSF.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on November 4, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced that Donald “Duck" Daigle, age 62, of Plaquemine, Louisiana, pled guilty before U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles to fraudulently obtaining disability payments from the Social Security Administration. As a result of his conviction, Daigle faces a significant term of imprisonment, a fine, and a period of supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 5, 2019
News Release: ELY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Bristlecone and Caliente field offices, in conjunction with the Basin and Range National Monument, will begin a wild horse gather on or about Nov. 11, 2019 on the Seaman-White River Herd Areas (HA) located near Ely, Nevada. The purpose of this gather is to remove all excess wild horses from areas not designated for or suitable to their long-term management and prevent further degradation of public lands.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Rhode Island man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with a scheme to embezzle over $1 million from a Massachusetts company.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 5, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – Attorney General William Barr, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan, Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire, FBI Director Christopher Wray, U.S. Cyber Command Commander and NSA Director Gen. Paul Nakasone, and CISA Director ...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 5, 2019
News Release: (Muse, Oklahoma, Nov. 5, 2019) – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation Bill Northey today announced USDA has invested over $4.2 million in high-speed broadband infrastructure that will create or improve rural e-Connectivity for rural households and farms in Oklahoma. This is one of many funding announcements in the first round of USDA’s ReConnect Pilot Program investments.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2019
News Release: The Honorable Judge Keith Starrett, of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, sentenced Defendant Graham Williamson, 38, to serve 36 months incarcertation on federal charges for his commission of a crossburning on Oct. 24, 2017, in Seminary, Mississippi. Williamson ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2019
News Release: The Justice Department announced today the formation of the new Procurement Collusion Strike Force (PCSF) focusing on deterring, detecting, investigating and prosecuting antitrust crimes, such as bid-rigging conspiracies and related fraudulent schemes, which undermine competition in government procurement, grant and program funding.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2019
News Release: A Maple Heights man pleaded guilty to crimes related to his plot to launch a terrorist attack in Cleveland on Independence Day. The announcement was made by Assistant Attorney General of National Security John C. Demers, U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman for the Northern District of Ohio, and Special Agent in Charge Eric B. Smith for the FBI Cleveland Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2019
News Release: A British man living in Las Vegas, Nevada, pleaded guilty today to a scheme to abuse the personal and financial information of hundreds of thousands of victims in order to steal millions of dollars, the Department of Justice announced today. Gareth David Long, 40, pleaded guilty to one count of wire ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2019
News Release: Attorney General William Barr, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan, Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire, FBI Director Christopher Wray, U.S. Cyber Command Commander and NSA Director Gen. Paul Nakasone, and CISA Director Christopher ...
By Commerce News Now | Nov 5, 2019
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced an affirmative preliminary determination in the countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of imports of certain collated steel staples from China, finding that exporters received countervailable subsidies ranging from 12.38 to 156.99 percent.
