News published on Federal Newswire in March 2013

News from March 2013


The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page proposed rule on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a one page notice on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a four page notice on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Peterson Statement at Hearing to Examine Legislative Improvements to Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act

News Release: “Thank you Mr. Chairman. I want to welcome CFTC Chairman Gensler for what I have been told is his 50th appearance before a Congressional Committee, going all the way back to his confirmation hearing. That has to be some kind of record.


Camping Facilities are Open for Use in Big South Fork

News Release: The Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area is pleased to announce that camping facilities at the Blue Heron and Bandy Creek Campgrounds will be open for use starting Friday, March 29, 2013. Bandy Creek Campground loop A will not be open until Monday, April 15, 2013, due to maintenance issues.


Finance Leaders Convene Committee to Kick Start Tax Reform Conversation

News Release: Washington -Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today detailed plans for the committee to begin developing a proposal to reform America’s tax code.


News Release: Jacksonville, FL - U.S. Attorney Robert E. O'Neill announces that the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit today affirmed the convictions of former Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPort) Chairman Tony Devaughan Nelson on thirty-six corruption-related charges, including bribery, money...


16 Members Of An International Money Laundering Scheme Arrested In The United States And Colombia

News Release: Defendants Charged With Conspiring To Launder Millions Of Dollars In Narcotics Proceeds.


Guilty Verdict Returned In South Bend District Court

News Release: South Bend, Indiana -- United States Attorney David Capp announced.


Homestead Heroin-Trafficking Ring Dismantled

News Release: PITTSBURGH - After a nearly year-long federal, state and local law enforcement investigation into drug trafficking and violence in Homestead, Pa., 34 residents of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today. These charges were contained in six related indictments, returned on March 6 and unsealed today.


Body of Woman Found and Recovered

News Release: The body of a 28-year old Kalispell woman, Amy Marie Reddig, was located and recovered today near the head of Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park.


News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced that two men were indicted on March 13 by a federal grand jury sitting in Beckley in connection with illegal prescription drug distribution and firearm possession offenses. According to a two-count indictment, Jody Lowell Sowder, 36 of Scarbro...


News Release: Lowell Todd Newby, 49, of Rock Springs, Wyoming, was sentenced by Chief Federal District Court Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal on March 11, 2013, for possession with intent to distribute 91.8 grams of methamphetamine. Newby was arrested in Rock Springs. He received 180 months imprisonment, to be followed...


New NIST Microscope Measures Nanomagnet Property Vital to 'Spintronics'

News Release: Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new microscope able to view and measure an important but elusive property of the nanoscale magnets used in an advanced, experimental form of digital memory. The new instrument already has demonstrated its utility with initial results that suggest how to limit power consumption in future computer memories.