News from March 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: Virginia Man Indicted on Child Pornography and Sex Tourism Charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DAVID MICHAEL WHITE, JR., a/k/a “Prince Loyalty," age 33, of New Orleans, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to use of an interstate facility to promote prostitution.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - In the wake of the release of the Trump administration’s budget, Committee Republicans are holding a hearing this morning to explore “innovative ideas" to address the infrastructure needs of the National Park Service (NPS) and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), a problem created because...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Paul La, 59, of Sacramento, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. to five years in prison, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry released the following statement in response to the Trump administration’s fiscal year 2018 budget request, which proposes steep cuts to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), today held a hearing to examine the ways that communities across the country are tapping into new technology and collaborating with private sector companies to deliver new initiatives that will improve safety, increase efficiency and create opportunity.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Topeka, Kan., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to robbing a bank in Excelsior Springs, Mo.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a New Iberia man pleaded guilty Tuesday to sending threatening letters to government agencies across South Louisiana, including the governor’s office.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: An East Cleveland man was indicted for robbing two banks on West 25th Street this year, said Acting U.S. Attorney David A. Sierleja and FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen D. Anthony.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - In an effort to strengthen transparency and accountability in government, U.S. Senators Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Jon Tester of Montana have introduced a bill requiring federal agencies to publically post online all federal contracts worth more than $150,000. The legislation comes during “Sunshine Week," a national initiative to promote open government and freedom of information.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a New Iberia man pleaded guilty Tuesday to sending threatening letters to government agencies across South Louisiana, including the governor’s office.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia entered a consent decree of condemnation and permanent injunction against Valley Milk Products LLC, Michael W. Curtis, Robert D. Schroeder, and Jennifer J. Funkhouser (defendants), the Department of Justice announced today. The consent decree also orders the condemnation of certain seized milk powder products and prevents the further distribution of adulterated milk powder products.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: A grand jury in the Northern District of California has indicted four defendants, including two officers of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), for computer hacking, economic espionage and other criminal offenses in connection with a conspiracy, beginning in January 2014, to access Yahoo’s network ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: The U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado has entered a permanent injunction against EonNutra LLC, two related companies, CDSM LLC and HABW LLC, and their owner, Michael Floren, to prevent the sale and distribution of adulterated and misbranded dietary supplements and unapproved and misbranded drugs, the Justice Department announced today.
By Fed Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in February indicates that the labor market has continued to strengthen and that economic activity has continued to expand at a moderate pace. Job gains remained solid and the unemployment rate was little changed in recent months. Household ...
By Fed Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: The attached table and charts released on Wednesday summarize the economic projections and the target federal funds rate projections made by Federal Open Market Committee participants for the March 14-15 meeting.
By Fed Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board has approved actions on Wednesday by the Boards of Directors of the Federal Reserve Banks of New York and St. Louis, increasing the discount rate (the primary credit rate) at the Banks from 1-1/4 percent to 1-1/2 percent, effective March 16, 2017.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration launched its “Safe and Sound Campaign ” recently, calling on employers to review their safety and health programs to protect workers, and reduce workplace injuries and deaths.
By State News Post | Mar 15, 2017
The US State Department published a two page notice on March 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
