News from March 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Theft or Embezzlement in Connection with Health Care.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 26, 2014
News Release: Mount Rainier Superintendent Randy King advises that the public sledding area at Paradise will be groomed and staffed through Sunday, March 30. After that date the snow play runs will no longer be maintained and sledding will not be permitted anywhere in the park due to safety concerns. Park staff will utilize the snow play grooming equipment to begin Spring snow removal operations around the park.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2014
News Release: Jackson, Miss - William Marshall Wolfe, 44, of Ridgeland, was arraigned in federal court today pursuant to an indictment charging him with two counts of bankruptcy fraud, announced U. S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis, Acting U. S. Trustee Henry G. Hobbs, Jr. of Region 5, FBI Special Agent in Charge Daniel McMullen, IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Gabriel L. Grchan, and Inspector in Charge Robert B. Wemyss of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 26, 2014
News Release: Brookline, MA - John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site, located at 83 Beals Street in Brookline, Massachusetts, reopens to visitors for the summer season on Thursday, May 22, 2014. Visitor hours are Wednesday through Sunday from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm. Ranger-guided house tours are offered from 10:00...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 26, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - As part of the committee’s ongoing commitment to the safety and security of our nation’s energy infrastructure, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today hosted a briefing for bipartisan members of the committee and members of the California delegation on grid security issues, including the attack last spring on the Metcalf substation in San Jose, California.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Blairsville, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to 240 months in prison, followed by lifetime supervised release, on his conviction of sexually exploiting children by producing sexually explicit images, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 26, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement regarding the administration’s delay to the health law’s open enrollment period...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2014
News Release: (HAGATNA, GU) - ALICIA A.G. LIMTIACO, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that on March 24, 2014, in the U.S. District Court of Guam, Chief Judge Frances M. Tydingco-Gatewood sentenced RODNEY D. TAITANO, age 45, to 10 years in prison followed by...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Robert Mullen, 60, a former officer with the Lawton, Okla., Police Department who now resides in Albuquerque, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning to distribution and possession of visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 26, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy and Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz will appear next week at separate committee hearings to review their respective agency’s proposed budget request and priorities. McCarthy will testify at a joint hearing before the Energy...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 26, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing entitled “Where Have All the Patients Gone? Examining the Psychiatric Bed Shortage," to discuss the lack of access to inpatient psychiatric beds for seriously mentally ill patients. Members heard from a panel of 10 witnesses with a variety of perspectives to discuss the effects this scarcity of care has on patients, hospitals, and the community at large.
By State Newswire | Mar 26, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered the below statement, as prepared for delivery, at today’s hearing on “Syria After Geneva: Next Steps for U.S. Policy."
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today charging Nicholas Michael Teausant, 20, of Acampo, with attempting to provide material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 26, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today made the following statement regarding the upcoming end to open enrollment in the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 26, 2014
News Release: Statement of Chairman Boxer Oversight Hearing on the Environmental Protection Agency's Fiscal Year 2015 Budget March 26, 2014 (Remarks as prepared for delivery) I welcome Administrator Gina McCarthy to this oversight hearing on the 2015 budget for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). EPA's mission ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2014
News Release: A retired U.S. Army major and former civilian employee of the Tank Automotive Command in Warren pleaded guilty today to receiving unlawful pay while working for the military and to unlawfully shipping firearms to South Africa without a license, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 26, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing entitled “Where Have All the Patients Gone? Examining the Psychiatric Bed Shortage," to discuss the lack of access to inpatient psychiatric beds for seriously mentally ill patients. Members heard from a panel of 10 witnesses with a variety of perspectives to discuss the effects this scarcity of care has on patients, hospitals, and the community at large.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 26, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Catching child predators? There's an app for that, and it's up for "Best App" in the PR News' 2014 Social Media Icon Awards.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2014
News Release: CHRISTOPHER JAMIESON, age 31, a resident of Douglasville, Georgia, pled guilty today to receipt of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Allen Polite, Jr.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 26, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), joined by Congressmen Jim Moran (D-VA), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), John Tierney (D-MA) and other House members, today introduced legislation in the House to provide a 3.3 percent pay raise to federal workers. The Federal Adjustment of Income Rates (FAIR) Act would provide the pay hike to all federal employees in calendar year 2015.
