News from March 2017
By USDA Wire | Mar 31, 2017
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on March 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Mar 31, 2017
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on March 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 31, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao directed Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) officials today to award $10 million in Emergency Relief (ER) funds to help begin repairs on the bridge over Atlanta’s I-85 near Piedmont Road which collapsed during rush hour as a result of intense heat from a fire below. Secretary Chao spoke with Governor Deal within the hour to discuss the situation and apprise him of the release of funds.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking nominees for the Paper and Packaging Board. The 12-member board will hold elections to fill four seats for members whose terms will expire Dec. 31, 2017. Each member will serve a three-year term. To be eligible, nominees must manufacture or import 100,000 short tons or more of paper and paper-based packaging annually.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - The owner of a trash company was charged today in federal court in Boston in connection with defrauding the operator of the Fall River Landfill out of approximately $473,000 in disposal fees.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Monclaire Saint Louis, 29, and Ulriste Tulin, 40, both from of Carrefour, Haiti, were each sentenced to 20 years in prison today for conspiracy to commit hostage taking, hostage taking and using a firearm during a crime of violence. Both men were ordered to pay $49,000 in restitution to their victims, and will be removed from the United States upon release from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Sherrell Davis, 43, of Benicia, pleaded guilty today to submitting false claims for tax refunds, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
News Release: WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA - Leaders from the Northern Shenandoah Valley Substance Abuse Coalition, area schools, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the United States Attorney’s Office, and other law enforcement agencies, got together this week at James Wood Middle School to discuss the role of prevention...
By State Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the following upcoming Committee events...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
News Release: Two Women Sentenced for Providing Material Support to Terrorists.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
News Release: Join staff and map lovers for an introduction to orienteering at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Programs will be held at the Paul H. Douglas Center for Environmental Education on Sunday, April 9, from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm and Saturday, April 29, from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm and 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced today that a Lake Charles man pleaded guilty to transporting explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
News Release: In Austin this morning, a federal judge sentenced 32-year-old Russell Eric Spillers to 14 months in prison for providing false tax information to a title company in order to facilitate a real estate transaction, announced United States Attorney Richard Durbin, Jr., and Special Agent in Charge Ruben Florez, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), Mid-States Field Division.
By State Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement on the recent announcement that the removal of Bashar al-Assad is no longer an American priority...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
News Release: LANDER - Acting United States Attorney John R. Green, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Calvin Shivers, and Bureau of Indian Affairs Special Agent in Charge Doug Noseep announced that on March 28, 2017 Winder River Indian Reservation Resident Marvin "Muff" Magnan, age 63, of Lander...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
News Release: McALLEN, Texas ‐ The owner of a durable medical equipment company has entered a guilty plea to defrauding Medicaid of more than $3 million, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
News Release: FBI Arrests Sandy Man on Child Pornography and Enticement Charges.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
News Release: Washington - During a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) trade mission to Cairo, Egypt, April 2-6, leaders from 23 U.S. agribusinesses and agricultural trade organizations will explore opportunities to increase their food and agricultural exports to the Middle East and North Africa.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Two women were sentenced today for terrorism crimes related to their material support of al-Shabaab, a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
News Release: Adrian Abonce, 46, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was charged today by Indictment with production, distribution, and possession of child pornography, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen.
