News from March 2014
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) made the following statement after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced that it will hold off on Medicare Part D proposals relating to the protected classes definition on three drug classes, standards for preferred pharmacy networks, the number of Part D plans sponsors may offer, and clarifications to the non-interference provision...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 10, 2014
News Release: Seedling success sometimes depends on a good coverup, according to research at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Agricultural Research Service (ARS) plant physiologist Russ Gesch has determined that sowing seeds protected by a thin polymer layer can help northern Corn Belt farmers optimize spring planting schedules. ARS is USDA's chief intramural scientific research agency.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2014
News Release: DENVER - U.S. Attorney John Walsh and FBI Denver Special Agent in Charge Thomas Ravenelle announced that Mervin Edy Wolf, age 61, of Englewood, Colorado, was arrested and charged with travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct and production of child pornography. Wolf appeared before a U.S.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg today announced that Chief United States District Court Judge Laurie Smith Camp, sentenced Jason Armstrong, age 35 of Omaha, Nebraska, following his conviction for Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud. Armstrong was sentenced to 24 months in prison and ordered to pay...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 10, 2014
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that High Point Marketing of NJ Inc. satisfied a reparation order issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2014
News Release: Michael Wayne Harding Admitted To Criminal Misconduct.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2014
News Release: ROCKFORD - The former Energy Director for the City of Rockford was sentenced today in federal court by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala for mail fraud. MARK E. BIXBY, 58, of Rockton, Ill., was sentenced to 14 months in federal prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, and was ordered...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 10, 2014
News Release: Olympic National Park is pleased to announce the release of a new Science Minute Movie by the North Coast and Cascades Science Learning Network (NCCSLN). Tides of Change takes viewers behind-the-scenes of Olympic National Park with coastal ecologist Dr. Steve Fradkin, as he traverses one of the most...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2014
News Release: In San Antonio, seven individuals face federal charges in connection with an estimated $1.6 million wire fraud scheme announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and FBI Acting Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 10, 2014
News Release: Catoctin Mountain Park News Release. March 10, 2014. Debra Mills. Official news release and. Catoctin Mountain Park Announces Road Openings and Spring Activities Schedule. Park Central and Manahan Roads Reopen After Seasonal Closures. The closed portions of Park Central Road in Catoctin Mountain Park...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Bounseuth Thourakhone, 54, of Laos, was sentenced to three years and three months in prison and Bounhome Singharath, 63, of Las Vegas, entered a guilty plea today for their involvement in a marijuana cultivation operation in Squaw Valley in eastern Fresno County.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2014
News Release: Repeated Sales To Minors And Eleven Firearms Used To Protect Drug Trade.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2014
News Release: POCATELLO - Cody Preacher, 20, of Fort Hall, Idaho, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court to assaulting a federal officer, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. He was indicted on Oct. 22, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2014
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina -- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Steven Mickey Bunker, age 47, of Aynor, South Carolina, and also of Shannon, North Carolina, pled guilty in federal court in Florence, to theft of government property, violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section ...
By State Newswire | Mar 10, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced that Secretary of State John Kerry will testify before the Committee on Thursday, March 13.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2014
News Release: Wendell Cisco, 39, of York, PA, pleaded guilty today to his role in a tax fraud scheme that bilked the government of over $1.8 million. Cisco is one of nine defendants who participated in a conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service through false tax returns. Cisco pleaded guilty to one count...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2014
News Release: ATLANTA - Bradford Thomas has been sentenced to ten years and one month in prison for using stolen identities of prisoners to file false federal income tax returns that claimed millions of dollars in fraudulent refunds.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 10, 2014
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public nominations for open positions on its 29 Resource Advisory Councils (RACs), which advise the BLM on public land issues. As published in a notice in the Federal Register today, the BLM will consider nominations for 45 days, until March 27.The BLM's RACs...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 10, 2014
News Release: DES MOINES, IA-U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today chaired a field hearing of the Committee in Des Moines to explore ways to expand and strengthen early education options for children and parents. The hearing, titled “Doing...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Robert Cavigliano, 56, of Irondequoit, N.Y., was convicted following a jury trial before U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. of five counts of distributing child pornography, one count of possessing child pornography and one count of making a false statement to federal agents. The charges carry a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison, a maximum of 20 years, and a fine of $250,000.
