News published on Federal Newswire in March 2014

News from March 2014


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on March 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on March 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a four page notice on March 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on March 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


U.S. Transportation Secretary Foxx Recommends $2.5 Billion to Expand Transit Options that Improve Access to Jobs and Opportunities

News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today highlighted $2.5 billion recommended in President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2015 budget to advance the construction or completion of 26 rail, bus rapid transit (BRT), and streetcar projects in 16 states. These projects, competitively funded through ...


News Release: PHOENIX - On March 4, 2014, Aaron Lee Escarsega, 19, of Laveen, Ariz., a member of the Tohono O’odham Nation, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge James Carrto 120 months in prison, followed by a lifetime supervised release. Escarsega pled guilty on Dec. 18, 2013, to abusive sexual contact of a minor.


Scarborough Man Sentenced for Benefits Fraud

News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that.


Seeking Comment on Delicate Arch/Wolfe Ranch Parking Area

News Release: Arches Seeks Input on Site Plan for Delicate Arch/Wolfe Ranch Parking Area.


News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Fort Thompson, South Dakota, woman convicted of Larceny was sentenced on March 3, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.


Waterbury Woman Pleads Guilty To Failing To Register As A Sex Offender, Violating Supervised Release

News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Wednesday, March 5, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that GUITANA JONES, 42, formerly of Waterbury, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill...


Committee Examines NLRB Ambush Election Rule

News Release: The House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), today held a hearing entitled, “Culture of Union Favoritism: The Return of the NLRB’s Ambush Election Rule." During the hearing, members discussed how a proposed rule by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) would undermine long-standing rights of workers, employers, and unions.


Orca Skeleton Completed and on Display

News Release: The Whale is Up!. After nine years of anticipation, Glacier Bay's killer whale calf has finally found a permanent home in the Gustavus Community Library. When a juvenine killer whale was discovered dead in Glacier Bay in August 2005, the entire skeleton was collected for future educational display. After...


2014 Economic Impact

News Release: Catoctin Mountain Park News Release. March 5, 2014. Mel Poole (301) 663-9330. National Park Survey Quantifies Catoctin Mountain Park's Local Economic Impact. Whether on vacation or taking a day trip, visitors to Catoctin Mountain Park spend time and money in the gateway communities surrounding the site.


News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a five count indictment charging Joseph S. Heleniak, 69, of West Seneca, N.Y., with transportation and possession of child pornography. Due to a prior conviction, the transportation charges carry a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison, a maximum of 40 years and a fine of $250,000.


Volunteers Needed: Seventh Annual Scotch Broom Bash in the Bald Hills, Saturday, March 8th, 2014

News Release: Redwood National and State Parks seeks volunteers interested in helping the park remove Scotch Broom from the Bald Hills area of the park.


Former Winchester Brake Pad Engineer Pleads Guilty To Theft Of Trade Secrets Charge

News Release: LEXINGTON, KY - Kerry B. Harvey, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Perrye Turner, Special Agent in Charge, FBI, and Mythili Raman, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division jointly announced today that a Winchester, KY., man admitted in federal court that he conspired to share confidential information about his employer’s brake pads with another company.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), Ranking Member of the Committee, introduced H.Res. 499, which condemns the violation of Ukrainian sovereignty and calls for sanctions on Russian officials, banks and other state...


Luzerne County Man Pleads Guilty To Bath Salts Distribution Conspiracy

News Release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced the guilty plea of a West Pittston man for his role in a conspiracy to distribute “bath salts".


News Release: Huntington, W.Va. - A Huntington man was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today. In June 2012, Ricky Eugene Lewis, 35, pawned a Harrington & Richardson.20 gauge shotgun at the Kenova Pawn Shop in Kenova...


Issa Turns Off Mic, Tries to Silence Cummings and Democrats at IRS Hearing

News Release: Washington, DC -During a hearing today before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Committee Chairman Darrell E. Issa posed questions for approximately 15 minutes to former IRS official Lois Lerner, who stated, as she had nine months ago, that she was invoking her Fifth Amendment right not to testify.