News published on Federal Newswire in March 2014

News from March 2014


Employee Of Deep River Gun Frame Manufacturer Pleads Guilty To Federal Firearms Violations

News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Monday, March 10, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Daniel J. Kumor, Special Agent in Charge of the ATF Boston Field Division, announced that ROBERT BRINKERHOFF, 54...


Hogsett Announces Indictment Of Putnam County Sheriff’s Deputy

News Release: Deputy used excessive force on citizens on four occasions.


Former Mingo Chief Magistrate Sentenced To 27 Months In Federal Prison

News Release: Dallas Toler is second former official to draw prison time in Mingo corruption probe.


Drug Defendants, Inmate Appear In Federal Court In Bluefield

News Release: BLUEFIELD, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that four defendants convicted of distributing hydromorphone pills to persons cooperating with law enforcement authorities were sentenced in federal court in Bluefield. Senior United States District Judge David A. Faber sentenced...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Working to protect America’s seniors and most vulnerable citizens, House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans last week wrote to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator (CMS) Marilyn Tavenner calling on the administration to rescind its, “Proposed Rule for Medicare...


News Release: BOSTON - A former Florida resident who defrauded victims across the country, including in Massachusetts, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Springfield to charges stemming from a $7 million investment fraud scheme.


Upton Announces Investigation into GM and NHTSA Response to Consumer Complaints

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today announced that the committee has opened an investigation into the General Motors Company’s (GM) and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) response to consumer complaints related to problems with ignition...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced the Committee will convene a hearing on Friday, March 14 to examine the progress made in U.S.-Taiwan relations over the past 35 years. The hearing entitled, “The Promise of the Taiwan Relations Act " will begin at 9:30 a.m.


News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man was sentenced Monday to five years in federal prison for distributing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today responded to the Obama administration’s decision to roll back parts of its “Proposed Rule for Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Benefit Programs." The committee has been actively working to preserve the popular program that millions of American seniors rely upon.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today responded to the Obama administration’s decision to roll back parts of its “Proposed Rule for Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Benefit Programs." The committee has been actively working to preserve the popular program that millions of American seniors rely upon.


Houston Man Pleads Guilty to Role in the Deaths of Grand Forks Area Teenagers

News Release: FARGO - U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on March 10, 2014, Charles William Carlton, 29, Katy, Texas, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of controlled substances and analogues controlled substance resulting in serious bodily injury or death, introduction and delivery of a misbranded drug, and money laundering before U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Erickson.


Committee Presses Administration to Keep the Promise to Seniors and Protect Popular Medicare Drug Program

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Working to protect America’s seniors and most vulnerable citizens, House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans last week wrote to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator (CMS) Marilyn Tavenner calling on the administration to rescind its, “Proposed Rule for Medicare...


Campbell Creek Science Center Fireside Chat Focuses on Working Dogs: from Arctic Racing to Bomb Detecting in the Afghan Desert

News Release: Anchorage - Dogs are some of the most adaptable mammal athletes around. They are able to perform as superior athletes in temperatures from minus 40 to 120 degrees and at altitudes of 20,000 feet. How do they do it? Find out at the Campbell Creek Science Center Fireside Chat March 12.


News Release: HOUSTON - A 22-year-old Houston man will be spending the next 189 months in federal prison as a result of his convictions related to the April 2013 robbery of Regions Bank in Humble, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Demontray Ward entered guilty pleas to aggravated bank robbery and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence on Dec. 2, 2013, along with Justin Devon Hayes, 24, also of Houston.


News Release: On Saturday, July 12, 2014, on Hyde Street Pier from 12-4pm, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park presents an afternoon of costumed living history depicting events during the 1901 San Francisco waterfront strike.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today announced that the committee has opened an investigation into the General Motors Company’s (GM) and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) response to consumer complaints related to problems with ignition...


Upton Comments on the Administration’s Proposed Change to Medicare Part D Regulation

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today responded to the Obama administration’s decision to roll back parts of its “Proposed Rule for Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Benefit Programs." The committee has been actively working to preserve the popular program that millions of American seniors rely upon.


Committee Presses Administration to Keep the Promise to Seniors and Protect Popular Medicare Drug Program

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Working to protect America’s seniors and most vulnerable citizens, House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans last week wrote to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator (CMS) Marilyn Tavenner calling on the administration to rescind its, “Proposed Rule for Medicare...


News Release: The Energy Department today announced $2.2 million for three California projects to help lower the costs of solar electricity and increase deployment nationwide. This funding will help startup businesses and entrepreneurs develop technologies, innovative programs, and streamlined processes that will make solar more accessible for American families and businesses.