News from March 2015
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Due to inclement weather and a change in the House schedule, tomorrow’s scheduled committee activity has been postponed. Rescheduled dates to be announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) issued the following statement after the Department of Justice released a report that cites the Missouri Ferguson Police Department engaged in a systemic and broad pattern of racially biased enforcement, including the use of unreasonable force against African-Americans...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: SAN JOSE -- Jason Keith Smith pleaded guilty yesterday to charges related to multiple telephone bomb threats he made to San Benito High School, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Change David J. Johnson.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held the first of a series of hearings on cybersecurity and the broader implications for businesses and consumers in today’s 21st Century economy. Today’s hearing provided an overview of the issue, focusing on the history, evolution, and future of cybersecurity.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Wednesday, March 4, 2015. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MIGUEL TORRES, 45, of Waterbury, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty today before U.S.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Chamberlain, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Larceny.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today heard from FCC Managing Director Jon Wilkins as members began their review of the Federal Communications Commission’s $530 million Fiscal Year 2016 budget request. As part of the committee’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: MONROE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Minnesota professor was sentenced on Monday, to 135 months in prison for contacting a minor in Union Parish in order to start a sexual relationship.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: March 4, 2015 - UPDATE - Everyone who loves birding is invited to participate in the final Big Day Birding Adventures of the season, being held on two Saturdays: March 14 and March 28. This is a great chance to go out with experienced park staff in a “citizen science" activity to count birds within the varied habitats of Everglades National Park. Advance reservations are not required; meet at the Anhinga Trail parking area at 8 a.m.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Due to inclement weather and a change in the House schedule, tomorrow’s scheduled committee activity has been postponed. Rescheduled dates to be announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that another Beckley man was sentenced in federal court for distribution of heroin. Ronald Greer, 60, was sentenced by United States District Judge Irene C. Berger to a 16-month term of imprisonment, followed by a three-year term of...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: PHOENIX - An employee who raised concerns that a truck driver employed by Core-Mark International of Phoenix had exceeded the legally allowed maximum number of driving hours must be reinstated immediately and paid more than $230,000 in back wages and compensatory damages, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has ordered.
By State Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced the following upcoming Committee events...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: A Mason City man was sentenced Feb. 25, 2015, for his role in a Mason City area methamphetamine conspiracy.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the statement below after the Senate voted to sustain President Obama's veto of S.1, a bill to approve the Keystone tar sands pipeline. The 62 to 37 vote failed to reach the two-thirds majority required to override a Presidential veto.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: The Headquarters Visitor Center of Haleakalā NP will remain closed until a structural engineer can assess the damage and determine how and when the building can be reopened. This visitor center is the one just past the Summit Entrance Station.The headquarters rest rooms, which are not near the damage, remain open.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced the sentencing of JEFFERY JOHN PLZAK, 52, to 22 months in federal prison for felony false statements in connection with prevailing wage violations. PLZAK pleaded guilty on July 8, 2014, to one count of False Statements and was sentenced on March 3, 2015, before Judge Patrick J. Schiltz in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minn.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON- A likely violation of the Federal Records Act, abuse of power, and whistleblower retaliation within the Chemical Safety Board (CSB) will be examined during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Wednesday at 9:00 a.m. EST.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement regarding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to a joint meeting of Congress today.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 3, 2015
News Release: The Energy Department today announced up to $35 million in available funding to advance fuel cell and hydrogen technologies, and enable early adoption of fuel cell applications, such as light duty fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs). This funding opportunity will accelerate American innovation in hydrogen and fuel cell technologies by supporting research and development advancements in demonstration and deployments of early fuel cell markets.
