News from March 2014
By DOL Newswire | Mar 27, 2014
News Release: On Monday, March 31, 2014 House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Rep. Luke Messer (R-IN), chair of the House School Choice Caucus, will tour Global Academy in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, and Aspen Academy in Savage, Minnesota.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 27, 2014
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, sent a letter to Dr. Christopher Frey, Chairman of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) to make transparent, independent recommendations to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The letter relays Vitter's concerns with the continued lack of transparency by the EPA when creating and implementing air regulations and the associated health benefits.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 27, 2014
News Release: Committee Members Express Concern About “High Risks" Found Before State Sites Launched
By EPA Newswire | Mar 27, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today advanced by voice vote H.R. 4302, the Protecting Access to Medicare Act, legislation that will protect seniors’ access to Medicare physicians. The House of Representatives recently advanced a bipartisan, long-term, fully paid for solution to the flawed...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 27, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, April 3, 2014, at 10:30 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing will focus on the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act. Witnesses to be announced.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 27, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders wrote this week to several Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs) seeking information related to electricity affordability and reliability. This year’s brutally cold winter stressed the electric grid causing electricity prices to spike across...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2014
News Release: Today, U.S. Attorney Kenneth Allen Polite, Jr. announced that JONATHAN JOHNSON, age 27, of Abita Springs, Louisiana, pled guilty to Operating a Child Exploitation Enterprise in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2252A(g).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2014
News Release: A third person has been criminally charged for discharging brine and wastewater related to oil and gas well drilling into the Mahoning River, law enforcement officials announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 26, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee Peter DeFazio (D-OR) blasted House Republicans for voting to gut Presidential authority to designate new wilderness, National Parks, and National Monuments outlined in the Antiquities Act. The Republican legislation, H.R. 1459, would turn back the clock to a pre-Antiquities Act era when efforts to protect and conserve irreplaceable American landscapes were stalled in Congressional morass.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Eastern District of New York. Wednesday, March 26, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2014
News Release: TULSA, Okla. - A Tulsa man with three prior felony convictions was found guilty in federal court Tuesday for possessing a firearm and ammunition, and possessing heroin and methamphetamine with intent to distribute, announced United States Attorney Danny C. Williams Sr. for the Northern District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Ohio. Wednesday, March 26, 2014. CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. CINCINNATI - Christopher A. McGlown Jr., 27, of West Chester, Ohio was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 60 months in prison for distributing child pornography...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2014
News Release: Defendant was previously convicted of sexually assaulting a ten year old.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON— On Wednesday, a federal jury in Manhattan found Sulaiman Abu Ghayth, the son-in-law of Usama bin Laden and a senior member of al Qaeda, guilty on three counts, including conspiracy to kill Americans.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2014
News Release: The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division today issued the 2014 edition of its annual newsletter on its website. The newsletter highlights the Antitrust Division’s civil and criminal enforcement actions, international cooperation efforts and competition advocacy over the last year.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2014
News Release: Tieu Tran, 59, of Mankato, Minn., pleaded guilty late yesterday to one count of forced labor trafficking in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, the Justice Department announced today. Tran is the former owner and manager of Nails By Jordan, a nail salon located in Mankato.
By Fed Newswire | Mar 26, 2014
News Release: The Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced it has approved the capital plans of 25 bank holding companies participating in the Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR). The Federal Reserve objected to the plans of the other five participating firms--four based on qualitative concerns and one because it did not meet a minimum post-stress capital requirement.
By Commerce News Now | Mar 26, 2014
News Release: At the ceremony, USPTO also announced a new Intellectual Property (IP) patch for Girl Scouts in the National Capital Region. The patch is designed to support curriculum and activities that increase understanding of IP, especially as it relates to science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields.
By Commerce News Now | Mar 26, 2014
News Release: America today is the global epicenter of innovation.
By Commerce News Now | Mar 26, 2014
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker delivered remarks today at a ceremony commemorating the 700,000th design patent. The patent covers the “Leapster Explorer,”a learning and play device from LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc., featuring a touch screen and 3D graphics.
