News from March 2017
By DOT News Wire | Mar 30, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
The US Interior Department published a three page notice on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Mar 30, 2017
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: Conspiracy Used Information from California Death Records to Seek Tax Refunds.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Veronica Valenzuela, 41, of Columbus, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 156 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for her methamphetamine trafficking conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 20-year-old Pharr man has been convicted of both conspiracy to commit hostage taking and conspiracy to transport undocumented aliens, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. The federal jury sitting in McAllen convicted Luis Gerardo Betancourt in absentia following a five-day trial and less than three hours of deliberation.

By DOL Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement on today’s vote by Senate Republicans to thwart cities from expanding retirement savings programs for over 2 million workers, including workers in Seattle, Washington...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: Two men were indicted on firearms charges, said David A. Sierleja, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., along with senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee Representative Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., today introduced three pieces of legislation to preserve the integrity of state marijuana laws and provide a path for responsible...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: Earlier today, Justin Smith, a Bloods gang member, was sentenced to 101 months imprisonment by United States District Judge I. Leo Glasser for his role in leading an illegal drug distribution operation in Brooklyn and carrying multiple firearms to further his drug distribution activities.

By DOE Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM’s Richland Operations Office (RL) awarded occupational medical services contractor HPM Corporation (HPMC) nearly 92 percent of its available fee for fiscal year 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal judge today sentenced a Park Forest man to 57 years in prison for leading a crew of armed robbers that targeted cell phone stores in the Chicago suburbs.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake announced today that the U.S. Attorney’s Office has partnered with the Greenville Police Department, along with the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office, the Thirteenth Circuit Solicitor’s Office, the South Carolina Department of Probation...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - The management and operations contractor at the Savannah River Site joined EM’s Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) to modify a one-of-a-kind robotic recovery crawler for different uses instead of buying a new one, saving about $500,000 in taxpayer dollars.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Jesse B. Ingram, Jr. (34, Apopka) yesterday pleaded guilty to two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm; two counts of attempting to possess with the intent to distribute and attempting to distribute heroin;...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - A safety advocate of nearly 40 years recently received a top honor for promoting safety across the Hanford Site.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: Defendant Also Ordered to Forfeit $70,000 in Drug Proceeds and Five Firearms.

By State Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today decried the Venezuelan Supreme Court for assuming legislative authority that he blamed on President Nicolas Maduro as an effort to consolidate power.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is seeking nominations for positions on the National Sheep Industry Improvement Center Board of Directors.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a Shreveport woman was sentenced Monday to 46 months in prison for her role in a cocaine and methamphetamine distribution operation in Caddo, Bossier, DeSoto and Red River parishes.