News from March 2017
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement following news reports that Preet Bharara, the recently fired U.S. Attorney for the South District of New York, may have been investigating Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tom Price’s stock trading activity...
By State Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement applauding the administration for strongly condemning an anti-Israel report released this week by the U.N.’s Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: Drug Counselor Allegedly Did Drugs and Had Sex with USPO Client and Attempted to Conceal Client’s Pretrial Release Violations.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: Dear Mr. Davis: In one of her first official acts as the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Ms. Seema Verma co-signed an undated letter to each of the Nation’s governors with Secretary Price signaling their intention to “revamp the federal and state Medicaid partnership."...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: Two of four defendants, all of whom have previously pled guilty to conspiracy to commit theft from a federal firearms licensee stemming from the Sept. 29, 2013, burglary of the Macon Bass Pro Shops, were sentenced this week in Macon by the Honorable Marc T. Treadwell, District Court Judge, announced United States Attorney G. F. “Pete" Peterman, III.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: Houston-Area Registered Nurse Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Defraud Medicare of More than $5 Million.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: Climbing routes on the northeast face of Devils Tower have been temporarily closed to protect nesting peregrine and prairie falcons. The closure is implemented to provide the falcons with an undisturbed nesting location during this critical courtship and nest-selection period, and is an annual occurrence at Devils Tower. 45 climbing routes are affected by the closure, between “Belle Fourche Buttress," and “Psychic Turbulence." Over one hundred climbing routes remain open.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: Balstrop, TX-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), in partnership with the Department of Interior (DOI) and Team Rubicon, is conducting a wildland firefighter training session March 17-20 in Balstrop, Texas for military veterans. The training, one of several sessions taking place throughout the country...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: Yellowstone National Park seeks comments from the public on a proposal to construct a temporary gravel parking area near the Fairy Falls Trailhead at Midway Geyser Basin. In response to increased visitation, the lot would provide additional parking and help alleviate traffic congestion, safety concerns, and resource impacts.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Richard Ferdinand Toussaint, Jr., 58, of Dallas appeared today before U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater and pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to pay health care bribes and kickbacks and one count of offering or paying illegal remuneration and aiding and abetting under the Travel Act announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: Defendant Failed to Report Income from Year End Bonus Checks.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: Homestead, Fla. -- Everglades National Park welcomes all to enjoy the beauty of the Everglades as captured by renowned local artist Charlie Causey in an exhibit of his photography at the Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center Gallery throughout the month of March.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: Contact Person: DeWayne Pearson (803) 929-3000.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: CINCINNATI - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the Butler County Sheriff’s Office, and the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) - the trade association for the firearms industry - announced a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the theft of firearms from Center Mass Defense, a federal firearms licensee located in Hamilton, Ohio.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, AL - The National Park Service and local partners will next month host a community celebration in Birmingham, Alabama, marking the recent establishment of Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, where U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill serves as the top-ranking Democrat, this week unanimously passed a bipartisan bill that protects taxpayer dollars from being used for lawmakers’ portraits, the Eliminating Government-Funded Oil-Painting (EGO) Act.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, where U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill serves as the top-ranking Democrat, this week unanimously approved the Taxpayer Right to Know Act. The bill calls for the federal government to make public the details, costs, and performance...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former Coachella Valley resident has been sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for soliciting investments in his money-losing day-trading operation that cost victims millions of dollars in losses.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, with a bipartisan voice vote, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee approved H.R. 756, the Postal Service Reform Act of 2017, as amended. Upon approval, the bill's original cosponsors, including Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), Reps. Mark Meadows (R-NC), Dennis Ross (R-FL), Gerry Connolly (D-VA), and Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), released the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: Portland, Maine: Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced that Mustafa Hassan, 34, of Portland, Maine was convicted yesterday following a jury trial in U.S. District Court of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and 28 grams or more of cocaine base, commonly known as crack.
