News from February 2013
By USDA Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, La., Feb. 26, 2013 - Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan today announced the release of a report which provides a comprehensive look at the economic role, challenges and opportunities for food hubs in the nation's growing local food movement. The announcement was made during...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 41-year-old Lindale, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking crimes in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: JOHN P. SENS, age 52, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, and GERARD J. HOFFMAN, age 59, a resident of Mandeville, Louisiana, were charged today in two separate bills of information with conspiracy to commit bribery, announced U.S. Attorney.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: “Today, the Committee will examine leadership and innovation on the part of states in the field of disability employment. The topic and timing of today’s hearing are inspired by the leadership of Governor Jack Markell of Delaware, who in his role as Chair of the National Governors Association (NGA) has made boosting employment outcomes for Americans with disabilities his signature initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that an Anchorage woman was indicted by the federal grand jury in Anchorage, Alaska, for violating federal conflict of interest laws.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 39-year-old Longview, Texas man has been sentenced to 40 years in federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Thomas P. Zugibe, the Rockland County District Attorney, George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and Chief Michael Sullivan of the Clarkstown...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: MARSHALL, Texas - A 45-year-old Jefferson, Texas woman has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Missoula, on Feb. 26, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen, STEVEN SANN, a 58-year-old resident of Lolo, appeared for sentencing. SANN was sentenced to a term of.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: DENVER - William M. Silvi, age 45, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Wiley Y. Daniel to serve 43 months in federal prison for wire fraud U.S. Attorney John Walsh and IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Stephen Boyd announced. Silvi was ordered to spend 3 years on supervised...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: Thank you, Chairman Camp, for scheduling today’s meeting to discharge our statutory responsibility to advise the Budget Committee of our committee priorities.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 39-year-old Nederland, 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.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: Congratulations, Mr. Chairman, on taking the reins of this Subcommittee. I enjoyed working with you on trade matters, and look forward to working with you to improve Medicare and other health programs. Certainly, there will be times when we agree to disagree, but I hope we will find common purpose as well.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: The update came after consultations with maritime interests and the public, as well as with other federal, state, and local agencies.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Six men, all from Washington, D.C., pled guilty today to charges stemming from various gang-related crimes, including beatings, attempted robberies, and obstructing justice, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. and Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: New report shows visitor spending supports 7,361 jobs in Arizona.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge today sentenced a Tuscaloosa man to nearly six years in prison for possessing child pornography obtained over the Internet, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Special Agent in Charge Raymond R. Parmer Jr. and Alabama Department of Public Safety Director Hugh B. McCall.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: Sedro Woolley, Washington - A new National Park Service (NPS) report for 2011 shows that the 791,388 visitors to North Cascades National Park Complex, which consists of the park plus Ross Lake and Lake Chelan National Recreation Areas spent $26.4 million in communities surrounding the park. This spending supported 358 jobs in the local area.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Chairman Duncan Hunter (R-CA), held the panel’s first hearing of the 113th Congress today on the U.S. Coast Guard’s allocation of its personnel and resources among its multiple missions, as well as on how the Service measures mission performance.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: NATIONAL HARBOR, MD -- Today, at the fourth annual Energy Innovation Summit of the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E), Deputy Director Cheryl Martin announced that ARPA-E projects have demonstrated major technical successes and shown significant market engagement after just four years since the agency began catalyzing energy breakthrough technologies.
