News from March 2013
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A group of bipartisan, bicameral congressional leaders will hold a press conference tomorrow, Friday, March 15, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. to discuss House and Senate bills that would advance construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. Friday will mark 1,638 days since the Keystone XL application was first filed with the State Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on March 14, 2013, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Keith Strong, the following individual was arraigned.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 49-year-old Kilgore, 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 DOE Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius expressing concern regarding the draft health care exchange application materials recently posted on HHS’ website. The Associated Press reported, “Applying for benefits...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: LA JARA, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Melissa Shawcroft has received the 2012 Colorado Outstanding Rangeland Management Specialist Award. The BLM’s national office recognized Shawcroft Feb. 8, for her outstanding contributions in rangeland management on public lands at the Society for Range Management’s annual convention in Oklahoma City. Lynda Boody, BLM’s Division Chief for Forests, Rangeland, Riparian and Plant Conservation, presented the award.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the appointment of Michael A. Levy as Chief of the Appeals Unit. Mr. Levy will replace Katherine P. Failla, who was recently confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve as a federal judge in the Southern District of New York.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on March 12, 2013, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Keith Strong, the following individuals were arraigned.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius expressing concern regarding the draft health care exchange application materials recently posted on HHS’ website. The Associated Press reported, “Applying for benefits...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: Orlando, FL - Chief United States District Judge Anne C. Conway sentenced Geoffrey Jones (61, Orlando) today to 78 months in federal prison, followed by 20 years of supervised release, for possessing child pornography. Jones pleaded guilty on Nov. 1, 2012.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today held a hearing entitled “Oversight of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) and Emergency Communications." Created by the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on March 13, 2013, before Senior U.S. District Judge Jack D. Shanstrom, ALI DWAYNE KHAN, a 33-year-old resident of Billings, appeared for sentencing. KHAN was sentenced to a term of.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge today sentenced a former officer at a Birmingham bank to six months in prison, followed by six months home detention, plus three years of supervised release for a five-year fraud through which she stole almost $275,000 from her employer, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and FBI Special Agent in Charge Richard D. Schwein Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Joshua Julian, age 24, of Denver, Colorado appeared before Chief U.S. District Judge Jeffrey L. Viken on Feb. 22, 2013 and pled guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance. The maximum penalty upon conviction is 20 years of imprisonment and/or a $1,000,000 fine.
By State Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), the Committee’s Ranking member, introduced bipartisan legislation (H.R. 1151) that calls for the Secretary of State to endorse Taiwan’s entry into the International Civil Aviation Organization.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today held a hearing entitled “Oversight of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) and Emergency Communications." Created by the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Bruce King, the founder and operator of Premier Tax, was sentenced yesterday to 70 months in prison and ordered to pay $781,305 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for orchestrating a tax fraud scheme at his business, George L. Beck, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama announced. King had previously pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to defraud the United States and filing false tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: Aaron Thomas, 47, of Philadelphia pleaded guilty today to six counts of bank robbery, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. Thomas pleaded guilty to robbing six banks: (1) PNC Bank located on Old York Road in Abington on Aug. 10, 2012; (2) TD Bank located on City Avenue in Philadelphia...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius expressing concern regarding the draft health care exchange application materials recently posted on HHS’ website. The Associated Press reported, “Applying for benefits...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 13, 2013
News Release: It has now been nearly five months since this catastrophic storm, yet many families are still struggling to rebuild their homes and many businesses are wondering whether they’ll be able to survive the year.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2013
News Release: David Crisostomi Faces Between 15 - 120 Years In Federal Prison.
