News from March 2013
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 15, 2013
News Release: First, I would like to thank the chair for having today’s hearing. It is a bread-and-butter part of our job, and I appreciate that we are doing it. And I would like to thank Mr. Hackbarth for coming to see us yet again.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 15, 2013
News Release: Everglades National Park is hosting a series of public meetings to facilitate public comment on its Draft General Management Plan / East Everglades Wilderness Study / Environmental Impact Statement (Draft GMP). The Draft GMP was released February 27 for public review, and public comment is requested by Sunday, May 12, 2013.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 15, 2013
News Release: ANDERSONVILLE, Georgia - 2013 marks the sixtieth anniversary of the Armistice that ended the Korean War, and led to the release of American prisoners of war. To mark this anniversary, and the upcoming National Former POW Recognition Day, the National Prisoner of War Museum at Andersonville National Historic Site is proud to announce that former Korean POW Bill Freeman will speak at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday April 6, 2013 in the museum theater.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 15, 2013
News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. - Nearly four hundred elk from Wind Cave National Park were recently moved into Custer State Park as part of a plan to reduce the herd size in the national park while increasing population numbers in the state park.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2013
News Release: SEATTLE - -A drug trafficking organization that distributed large amounts of methamphetamine and heroin from Mexico to Washington state was dismantled today with more than a dozen arrests. The criminal organization spanned a large area of the state with operations ranging from Everett to Vancouver, Washington...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 15, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., Ranking Minority Member Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., Government Operations Subcommittee Chairman John Mica, R-Fla., and Government Operations Subcommittee Ranking Member Gerry Connolly, D-Va., yesterday introduced the Federal Information Security Amendments Act of 2013 (HR 1163 ).
By DOE Newswire | Mar 15, 2013
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced that the Draft Uranium Leasing Program Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (ULP PEIS) is available for public review and comment.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2013
News Release: A Cahokia man was found guilty on March 14, 2013, after a 3 day jury trial, for Production of Child Pornography (Count 1), Receipt of Child Pornography (Count 2), and Possession of Child Pornography (Count 3), the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2013
News Release: >MOBILE, AL-- United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown announced today that Jason Christopher Spellen, Raymond Spellen and Andrew Valentino Wilson, III, all pleaded guilty today to a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) conspiracy, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1962(d), in federal district court. Trial for the remaining defendants named in the Superseding Indictment is currently set for June 2013.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 15, 2013
News Release: VISITORS ADVISED TO SECURE VALUABLES BEFORE HIKING.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2013
News Release: MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN - Roger Harrison White, 70, of Grand Marais, Michigan, was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison for possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Patrick A. Miles, Jr. announced today. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Judge Robert Holmes Bell ordered White to serve...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 15, 2013
News Release: Everglades National Park Superintendent Dan Kimball announced today that the public comment period has been extended to allow interested parties more time to comment on a proposed fee increase for all backcountry camping. The public comment period was originally scheduled to end on March 15, but to facilitate public involvement it has been extended an additional thirty days, to April 16, 2013.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 15, 2013
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today issued the following statements after Japan announced its intent to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2013
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By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2013
News Release: Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on March 15, 2013, Gordon D. Caldwell, 46, of Madison, Illinois, pled guilty in federal court to Conspiracy to Possess and Pass Counterfeit Securities, Wire Fraud, and Aggravated Identity Theft, as...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2013
News Release: Fifty years ago, the United States Supreme Court decided, in a landmark unanimous ruling, that under the due process clause of the 14th Amendment state courts are required to provide an attorney for defendants in criminal cases who are unable to afford legal counsel. This requirement already existed ...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 15, 2013
News Release: Glacier National Park and the Glacier National Park Conservancy are accepting art submissions from high school students for the annual park pass artwork contest. The winning art will be displayed on the 2014 Glacier National Park annual park pass.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Thomas C. Holloway, age 46, of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, was charged today with attempted income tax evasion for 2008.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2013
News Release: A North-Iowa man pled guilty yesterday in federal court in Cedar Rapids to two fraudulent schemes, one involving the fabrication of fictitious grain elevator tickets, and another involving lying to the bankruptcy court about proceeds from the sale of a combine. He also admitted impeding the Internal Revenue laws.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2013
News Release: 10 Defendants Have Now Pled Guilty.
