News published on Federal Newswire in March 2015

News from March 2015


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on March 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on March 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on March 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on March 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on March 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on March 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a three page notice on March 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on March 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on March 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


January 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)

News Release: January 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)


FHWA and AASHTO Release Findings on Dimensions of ET-Plus Guardrail End Terminal

News Release: FHWA 16-15 Wednesday, Mar. 11, 2015 AASHTO Contact: Tony Dorsey tdorsey@aashto.org, Cell: 202-412-2391 FHWA Contact: Neil Gaffney neil.gaffney@dot.gov Ofc: (202) 366-0660 FHWA and AASHTO Release Findings on Dimensions of ET-Plus Guardrail End Terminal Joint Task Force Analysis of Data Shows ...


Detroit man sentenced to 4+ years in federal pill case

News Release: Defendant caught with more than 300 pills hidden in detergent box.


News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a travel agent was sentenced in federal court today for stealing $360,000 from the Willard High School Band Boosters, which forced the cancellation of a trip to Hawaii for more than 300 students and chaperones.


Knoxville Woman And Others Indicted For Operating “Pill Mills" In Knox And Adjacent Counties

News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A federal grand jury in Knoxville has returned indictments charging multiple individuals for their roles in the proliferation of several “pill mills" in Knox and adjacent counties over the past few years. The primary defendant in the investigation, Sylvia Hoffstetter, 51, of Knoxville...


News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On March 4, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment against 61 defendants charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances in the municipalities of Manatí, Barceloneta, and Florida, PR, announced Rosa Emilia ...


Metairie Resident Sentenced to 43 Months in Prison for His Role in $10 Million Tax Fraud Conspiracy, Aggravated Identity Theft

News Release: OLSEN SARAVIA-HERNANDEZ, 48, a Honduran national who most recently resided in Metairie, Louisiana, was sentenced today for conspiracy to defraud the United States by filing false tax returns and for aggravated identity theft, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Allen Polite, Jr. and Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.


T&I Committee to Hold Surface Transportation Reauthorization Hearing

News Release: The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, chaired by U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA), will hold a hearing next week on reauthorizing the federal surface transportation programs and the perspectives of state and local governments.


Four Charged With Trafficking Heroin And Heroin Laced With Fentanyl

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that John Haak, 33, of Evans, NY, and Francis Tessina, 43, of Buffalo, NY, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with distribution of heroin and conspiracy to distribute heroin. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.


Murray on King v. Burwell: GOP Rooting for Court to Take Away Health Care From Millions of Americans, Including Their Own Constituents

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) delivered remarks on the Senator floor following last week’s Supreme Court oral arguments on the King v. Burwell case. In her remarks, Murray highlighted that the Affordable Care...


Laurel Couple Sentenced to Federal Prison for Role in Rocky Boy's Corruption Probe

News Release: GREAT FALLS - A husband and wife linked to corruption on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation were both given two-year federal prison sentences today in Great Falls. Mark Craig Leischner,48, and Tammy Kay Leischner,43, of Laurel were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Brian Morris following their guilty...