News published on Federal Newswire in February 2013

News from February 2013


Jury Convicts Ohio Heroin Trafficker

News Release: Four additional co-conspirators previously pled guilty


Issa, Cummings Question DOJ on FOIA

News Release: WASHINGTON- Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Ranking Member Elijah Cummings, D-Md., of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, sent a letter this week to the Department of Justice’s top Freedom of Information Act officer posing 24 questions for the agency on longstanding problems in FOIA and the Department’s role improving federal agency compliance with the transparency law.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on today’s implementation of tighter Iran sanctions provisions included in the Iran Threat Reduction and Syrian Human Rights Act of 2012...


Coburn, Issa Support Postal Service Modified Saturday Delivery Plan

News Release: WASHINGTON- House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Ranking Member Tom Coburn M.D., R-Okla., sent a letter to leaders of both chambers of Congress supporting today’s announcement by the United States Postal...


Clayton Charged With Production, Possession Of Child Pornography In Indictment Returned Wednesday

News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - A federal grand jury returned a five-count indictment Wednesday afternoon charging John Reid Clayton, age 29, of Stansbury Park, Utah, with four counts of production of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography.


Toledo Man Charged With Theft Of Mail By A Postal Employee

News Release: Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, today announced that an information was filed against Deldre L. Jordan, age 40, of Toledo, Ohio. The charge relates to theft of mail by a postal employee beginning on or about January 2012 and continuing to March 23, 2012.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), the Ranking Member of the Natural Resources Committee, which has jurisdiction over the Interior Department, today released the following statement on the nomination of Sally Jewell to succeed Ken Salazar as the Secretary of Interior...


Cocke County Residents Arrested For Drug Violations

News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - Billy Webb, 77, Gary Eugene Teague, 45, Emily Suzanne Sexton, 26, Timothy Jay Gilbert, 50, Christopher Lynn Suggs, 52, Tammie Brown Suggs, 43, and Ella Mae Gregg, 63, all of Newport, Tenn., and Regina Faye Webb, 36, of Cosby, Tenn., were all arrested on Feb. 6, 2013, after being...


News Release: Defendant Conspired With Former Vice-President of Pavillion Bank in Richardson, Texas.


News Release: Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-Illinois): “My city - Chicago, Illinois - has long been a leader in efforts to seriously reduce the number of illegal guns in our society, which has been my position for years. The time has come to pass this legislation and to make it stick. "


News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - An accountant in Manhattan, Kan., has been charged with embezzling more than $500,000 from the commercial construction company where he worked, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.


Proposed Parcels for May Oil and Gas Lease Sale Posted

News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wyoming State Office has posted its proposed list of parcels for the quarterly competitive oil and gas lease sale scheduled for Tuesday, May 7, at the Holiday Inn in Cheyenne, Wyo. Doors open at 7 a.m. with the auction beginning at 8 a.m.


Chairman Carper Statement on USPS Plans to Implement 5-day Delivery Schedule

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Tom Carper released the following statement reacting to the Postmaster General’s announcement that the U.S. Postal Service plans to reduce some mail delivery to 5 days a week...


NIST to Host Three Presidential Innovation Fellows

News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) expects to host three new Presidential Innovation Fellows (PIF) from the latest round announced yesterday by the White House.* The PIF program pairs top innovators from the private sector, nonprofits and academia with top innovators in government to collaborate during six-to-12 month "tours of duty" that aim to save lives, save taxpayer money and fuel job creation. Fellows are funded by the sponsoring agencies.


Two More Defendants Sentenced To Prison For Identity Theft

News Release: Defendants Relied on Local Restaurant & Retail Establishment Employees.


Issa, Cummings Question DOJ on FOIA

News Release: WASHINGTON- Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Ranking Member Elijah Cummings, D-Md., of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, sent a letter this week to the Department of Justice’s top Freedom of Information Act officer posing 24 questions for the agency on longstanding problems in FOIA and the Department’s role improving federal agency compliance with the transparency law.


Gregg County Man Guilty Of Methamphetamine Violations

News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 26-year-old Longview, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.


News Release: DALLAS - Andrew Dale McKee, 36, formerly of Oklahoma City, was sentenced this afternoon by U.S. District Judge Barbara M. G. Lynn to 87 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in October 2012 to one count of transferring obscene material to a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.


Philadelphia Teen Charged With String Of Armed Holdups

News Release: Abdullah Sirleaf, 19, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged today by indictment with robbery and gun charges for holdups at six different business, in Philadelphia and Lansdowne, PA, in June and July of 2013, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. Sirleaf is charged with the armed robberies...


News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 45-year-old Marshall, Texas, man has been sentenced to federal prison for bank fraud violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.