News published on Federal Newswire in March 2013

News from March 2013


Chicopee Man Charged For Sexually Exploiting A Child

News Release: BOSTON - A Chicopee man and soccer coach was arrested this morning on sexual exploitation of children charges.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), today continued its “Nation of Builders" hearing series with a focus on steel manufacturing.


News Release: Spokane - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington announced that Isidro Madrigal-Galvan, age 20, and Renee Gomez, age 24, both of Moses Lake, Washington, were sentenced after being convicted by a jury of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and other offenses...


News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) delivered a statement on the House floor in support of the GOP’s balanced budget.


News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. -A Kanawha County man who previously admitted to illegally possessing numerous firearms including an AK-47 assault rifle was sentenced today to four years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. Mark Daniel Davis, 52, of Rand, Kanawha County, W.Va., previously pleaded guilty to a charge contained in an indictment returned in May 2012.


Oversight Advances FOIA 2013 and Other Transparency Bills

News Release: WASHINGTON - At a full committee business meeting today the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee advanced thirteen bills by voice vote.


USDA Announces New Partnership with States to Strengthen Integrity of Nation's Most Vital Nutrition Assistance Program

News Release: First-Ever Data-Sharing Agreements with States are Latest Effort in "SNAP Stewardship Solutions Project" WASHINGTON, March 20, 2013 – Agriculture Undersecretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services Kevin Concannon today announced a new federal-state partnership targeting recipient fraud in the Supplemental ...


News Release: Hospice of Arizona L.C., along with a related entity, American Hospice Management LLC, and their parent corporation, American Hospice Management Holdings LLC, have agreed to pay $12 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting or causing the submission of false claims to the Medicare program for ineligible hospice services, the Justice Department announced today.


News Release: Sean Rosales pleaded guilty in Miami federal court to one count of an indictment pending against him, charging conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, the Justice Department and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service announced today.


News Release: A New York man was sentenced today in Buffalo to serve 11 years in prison for committing mail fraud and attempting to escape the charges by exerting pressure on a U.S. Attorney’s spouse and candidate for office, the Justice Department announced.


News Release: The Justice Department announced that it has reached an agreement with the city of Wheatland, Calif., that, if approved by the court, will allow it to bail out from its status as a “covered jurisdiction” under the special provisions of the Voting Rights Act, and thereby exempt the city from the preclearance ...


Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement

News Release: Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in January suggests a return to moderate economic growth following a pause late last year. Labor market conditions have shown signs of improvement in recent months but the unemployment rate remains elevated. Household spending and business ...


Federal Reserve Board and Federal Open Market Committee release economic projections from the March 19-20 FOMC meeting

News Release: The attached table and charts released on Wednesday summarize the economic projections and the target federal funds rate projections made by Federal Reserve Board members and Federal Reserve Bank presidents for the March 19-20 meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee.


News Release: Deputy Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank Remarks on strengthening U.S.-Brazil relations at Columbia University event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Boa tarde. Thank you, President Bollinger. Lee hired me in 1999 to work for him as the dean of the public policy school at the University of Michigan. I have ...


News Release: Blank, Froman co-chair eighth meeting of the U.S.-Brazil CEO Forum U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank commended the progress that has been made to strengthen the economic relationship between the United States and Brazil, following the eighth meeting of the U.S.-Brazil CEO Forum, which took ...


Statement by acting Secretary of Labor Seth D. Harris regarding BLS report on employment among veterans

News Release: WASHINGTON – Acting Secretary of Labor Seth D. Harris issued the following statement on today's release of 2012 veterans' employment data by the Bureau of Labor Statistics: "Today's veterans' employment report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows promising signs that post-9/11 veterans are finding ...


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on March 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on March 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on March 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on March 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.