News published on Federal Newswire in March 2014

News from March 2014


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on March 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on March 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on March 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on March 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on March 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on March 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a five page notice on March 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on March 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


U.S. Department of Transportation’s Proposed Budget Invests $90.9 Billion in Safe, Efficient, Innovative Transportation Programs

News Release: Four-year, $302 Billion Surface Reauthorization Proposal Would Help Address Infrastructure Deficit, Provide Greater Access to Ladders of Opportunity


News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Lee’s Summit, Mo., company pleaded guilty in federal court today to engaging in money laundering by conducting financial transactions with funds derived from a wire fraud scheme.


News Release: The House Education and the Workforce Committee will host two field hearings during the week of March 17, 2014 to discuss ways education and skills training can strengthen our economy.


Portland Man Sentenced for Tax Refund Fraud

News Release: Received over $296,000 in Fraudulent Refund.


News Release: PORTLAND, Ore - Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Marco A. Hernandez sentenced Denise Lachelle Palfrey, 38, of Tacoma, Washington, for stealing welfare benefits while employed at the St. John’s branch of the Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS). On Nov. 18, 2013, pursuant to a plea agreement...


FACT SHEET: Lois Lerner and the Oversight Committee Investigation of the IRS Targeting Scandal

News Release: • Two year investigation - The Committee’s investigation began in February 2012, after concerns about disparate treatment and inappropriate scrutiny of applicants for tax exempt status by the IRS were brought to the Committee’s attention. The underlying concerns were IRS efforts to deny Americans their...


Bank Robber Sentenced To 262 Months

News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Phillip D. Bosket, 47, of New York, was sentenced yesterday to 262 months in prison for bank robbery and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the senior Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement regarding the release of the President’s FY 2015 international affairs budget.


News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Kyle Michael Hall, 24, of Woodland, pleaded guilty today to distribution of child pornography, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.


Hatch on President's Fiscal Year 2015 Budget

News Release: WASHINGTON -U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today issued the following statement in response to the President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 Budget that was submitted to Congress...


Three Storm Area Residents Plead Guilty to Conspiring to Obstruct Justice

News Release: Janelle Zoch, age 47, and Darwin Zoch, age 45, both of Storm Lake, Iowa, and Brandon Hinesly, age 35, of Truesdale, Iowa, have pled guilty in U.S. District Court in Sioux City, Iowa, to one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice. Janelle Zoch and Brandon Hinesly pled guilty on Feb. 28, 2014. Darwin Zoch pled guilty on March 3, 2014. Mark Hill, age 48, of Storm Lake, Iowa, also pled guilty on Aug. 13, 2013 to one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice,


Chairman Reichert Introduces Bill to Block Access  to Welfare Benefits in Stores Selling Marijuana

News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Human Resources Subcommittee Chairman Dave Reichert (R-WA), Congressman Cory Gardner (R-CO), Congressman Scott Tipton (R-CO) and nine additional Members of Congress introduced legislation to ensure taxpayer-funded welfare benefits are not used at stores selling...