News published on Federal Newswire in April 2013

News from April 2013


Harrison County Man Sentenced For Drug Trafficking

News Release: MARSHALL, Texas - A 56-year-old Karnack, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.


News Release: Harkers Island, N.C. -- Cape Lookout National Seashore Superintendent Pat Kenney, Foundation for Shackleford Horses president Carolyn Mason, and Rachel Carson Reserve site manager Paula Gillikin announce that spring has arrived on the islands populated by wild horses. They caution that the horses are recovering from the winter and should be given their space.


News Release: In the United States, the very young and the elderly are among the groups at risk of becoming deficient in vitamin B12, an essential nutrient. Now, a team of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists led by research chemist John W. Newman has developed and tested an improved method for measuring an indicator of the body's stores of B12 in blood.


News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack appointed 23 representatives to serve on the very first Processed Raspberry Council. Members and their alternates will fulfill staggered terms of two or three years on the council.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jerome Dominic Concha, 20, a member and resident of Jemez Pueblo, pleaded guilty this morning to a federal assault charge under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.


USDA Rural Development Celebrates Earth Day by Promoting Water Quality Projects in 32 States

News Release: WASHINGTON, April 22, 2013 – As part of USDA's Earth Day celebration, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced support for projects that will improve water and wastewater services for rural Americans and benefit the environment across the country. The United States Department of Agriculture ...


Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Disaster Assistance to Producers and Communities in 12 States Affected by Superstorm Sandy

News Release: Funds Help Rehabilitate Farmland and Private Forests Adversely Affected by the Disaster WASHINGTON, April 22, 2013—Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced an important package of disaster assistance valued at $209 million to help farmers, land owners and communities recover from the effects ...


News Release: Ralph Lauren Corporation (RLC), a New York based apparel company, has agreed to pay an $882,000 penalty to resolve allegations that it violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by bribing government officials in Argentina to obtain improper customs clearance of merchandise, announced Mythili Raman, the Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division, and Loretta E. Lynch, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York.


News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder announced today that Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, 19, a U.S. citizen and resident of Cambridge, Mass., has been charged with using a weapon of mass destruction against persons and property at the Boston Marathon on Apr. 15, 2013, resulting in the death of three people and injuries to more than 200 people.


News Release: The Department of Justice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Wisconsin announced a Clean Air Act (CAA) settlement with Wisconsin Power and Light Company (WPL) that will significantly reduce air pollution from three coal-fired ...


News Release: Lina Rodriguez, 34, was sentenced today in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida to serve 72 months in prison, followed by 24 months of supervised release, for operating and facilitating the operation of an Internet-pharmacy business that illegally shipped over $1.5 million of pharmaceuticals since July 2007 to U.S. and overseas purchasers.


News Release: A former owner of a Los Angeles-area medical equipment supply company pleaded guilty today to conspiring with others to defraud Medicare, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney André Birotte Jr. of the Central District of ...


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on April 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on April 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on April 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on April 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on April 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on April 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on April 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on April 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.