News published on Federal Newswire in March 2014

News from March 2014


Bridgeport Man Sentenced To 40 Months In Prison For Selling Cocaine

News Release: BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Cornel Cameron, 36, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 40 months of imprisonment for his role in a southwestern Connecticut narcotics trafficking ring.


News Release: MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Alfonso Portillo, the former President of Guatemala, pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court to laundering millions of dollars through bank accounts located in the United States. Portillo, ...


News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today pledged to conduct aggressive oversight following the recent announcement by the Obama administration on the future of Internet governance.


AMENDED: Government Contractor Pleads Guilty To Submitting False Claims

News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Thomas J. Cicatello, 32, of Woodbridge, Va., pleaded guilty today to charges of submitting false claims to the United States government totaling more than $40,000.


News Release: Grand Teton National Park road crews will begin their annual spring plowing of the Teton Park Road from Taggart Lake parking area to Signal Mountain Lodge on Monday, March 24, 2014. As plowing operations get underway, recreation on this winter trail will cease for the season. Visitors may continue to...


News Release: FRESNO, Calif. -Vicente Rivaz-Felix, 28, an undocumented alien who was living in Los Angeles, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute cocaine, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.


News Release: Friday, March 21 2014: Teddy and Rebecca Goodluck of Houck, AZ will demonstrate their family tradition of Navajo silversmithing.


News Release: Project Safe Childhood. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Grandview, Mo., man who is a convicted sex offender was sentenced in federal court today for receiving child pornography over the Internet. Robert E. Shepherd, 41...


Weight-Loss Infomercial Pitch-Man Kevin Trudeau Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Criminal Contempt

News Release: CHICAGO ― Author and television pitch-man KEVIN TRUDEAU was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison for criminal contempt for violating a 2004 federal court order that prohibited him from making deceptive television infomercials that misrepresented the contents of his weight loss cure book. Trudeau was convicted by a jury last November after a week-long trial in U.S. District Court.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Alberto Acevedo, Jr., 60, an attorney in San Antonio, Texas, pleaded guilty this morning to a bribery charge in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, announced Steven C. Yarbrough, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Aaron C. Rouse, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s San Antonio Division.


News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 “On March 19-20, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson will travel to Mexico to meet with senior Mexican officials and other partners to discuss the ongoing partnership and cooperation between the United States and Mexico to ensure a safe and secure border region, which is critical to both nations’ economic competitiveness and national security.”


News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 TUCSON, Ariz.—Today, Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, joined by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner R. Gil Kerlikowske, traveled to Nogales and Tucson, Ariz. to tour border operations and receive briefings on the Department’s efforts to secure the border while facilitating lawful travel and trade.


OSHA News Release: ConAgra Foods faces $117,000 in US Department of Labor OSHA penalties for  failing to protect workers from dangerous machinery, other hazards [03/17/2014]

News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio —— ConAgra Foods Inc. has been cited for multiple safety violations at its Columbus-based flour mill. Most of the citations were issued because machines lacked proper guarding , one of the 10 most frequently cited standards by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health ...


ETA News Release: Maine workers affected by layoffs at Lincoln Paper and Tissue 
will receive funding for re-employment services from US Labor Department [03/17/2014]

News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $256,696 grant to assist approximately 100 workers impacted by layoffs at Lincoln Paper and Tissue LLC located in Lincoln, Maine.


US Labor Department files suit, seeking appointment of independent fiduciary for abandoned New York City retirement plan

News Release: Date of Action: March 6, 2014 Type of Action: Complaint Name(s) of Defendant: Council on Economic Priorities Inc. 403(b) Retirement Plan Allegations: The plan was established in January 1993 by The Council on Economic Priorities Inc., also known as The Center for Responsibility in Business, which was ...


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on March 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on March 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a two page notice on March 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on March 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.