News published on Federal Newswire in March 2017

News from March 2017


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Energy and Commerce Committee Vice Chairman Joe Barton (R-TX), Subcommittee on Energy Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), and Subcommittee on Environment Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL), today asked the nonpartisan U.S. Government...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Energy and Commerce Committee Vice Chairman Joe Barton (R-TX), Subcommittee on Energy Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), and Subcommittee on Environment Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL), today asked the nonpartisan U.S. Government...


Coast Guard Subcommittee Hearing to Focus on Authorization of Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Programs

News Release: Washington, DC - The Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation will hold hearing next week to examine Coast Guard and federal maritime transportation programs, in preparation for an authorization bill later this Congress.


News Release: St. Croix, USVI B Scott Bass, 43, pleaded guilty today in federal court on St. Croix to providing contraband in prison, Acting United States Attorney Joycelyn Hewlett announced.


News Release: Eight defendants have pled guilty to drug trafficking charges in federal court in Cedar Rapids.


Carper Statement on Trump Hotel Lease

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), released the following statement after the General Services Administration (GSA) provided a briefing to his staff on President Donald Trump's lease of the Old Post Office Building.


Lewistown Field Office to lower water level at Dry Blood Reservoir

News Release: BILLINGS, MT. - The Bureau of Land Management Lewistown Field Office is currently in the process of lowering the water level of Dry Blood Reservoir.


News Release: Benin Man Convicted in Pennsylvania of Using Stolen IDs to File Tax Returns Seeking More Than $800,000 in Refunds.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Acting U.S. Attorney James D. Tierney and Ismael Nevarez Jr., Special Agent in Charge of the Phoenix Field Office of IRS Criminal Investigation announced that a federal jury sitting in Albuquerque, N.M., returned a verdict yesterday afternoon finding Darryl J. Gutierrez of Santa Fe, N.M....


News Release: ATLANTA - Antonio Sandridge and Rodney Sandridge have been sentenced to more than two years in federal prison for mail fraud conspiracy. The defendants, who are brothers, operated a fraud ring where they hijacked corporate identities and used them to fraudulently order over $500,000 in electronics. Both defendants were previously convicted of similar conduct in 2006.


News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury today indicted a former hotel desk clerk on fraud and identity theft charges for unauthorized use of a customer’s bankcard, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey and U.S. Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Michael Williams.


News Release: Tampa, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Steven Zoernack (55, Sarasota) today pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit wire fraud. He faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison, a $250,000 fine, and mandatory restitution to his victims in the amount of $2,890,518.54.


Aviation Subcommittee to Examine Innovation in the National Airspace

News Release: The Subcommittee on Aviation will hold its fourth hearing of the Congress next week as part of its preparations for a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reform and reauthorization bill later this year.


Graphene Lid Revitalizes Imaging Technique

News Release: By capping liquids with graphene, an ultrathin sheet of pure carbon, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their colleagues have revitalized and extended a powerful technique to image surfaces. The graphene lids enable researchers for the first time to easily and...


Jasper County Man Sentenced for Drug Trafficking Violations

News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 35-year-old Kirbyville, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.


"Three Years to Go, Census Bureau Prepares for 2020 Census"

News Release: MARCH 31, 2017 - Three years away from Census Day, April 1, 2020, the U.S. Census Bureau continues to leverage years of research to prepare for a complete and accurate census. This census will be the most technologically advanced and automated census ever.


South Carolina Man Arrested for Attempting to Join ISIS

News Release: South Carolina Man Arrested for Attempting to Join ISIS.


Former Monroe Prison Guard Sentenced for Smuggling Contraband into Facility

News Release: Corrections Department says Defendant Smuggled Drugs even after Inmate Died from Overdose.


Seventeen Charged for Allegedly Running Mexico-to-Ohio Heroin, Meth Ring

News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal grand jury has charged 17 individuals with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin and/or methamphetamine in a superseding indictment returned here.


News Release: A former Washington State Correctional Officer from the Monroe Correctional Complex was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 18 months in prison for his scheme to smuggle contraband into the prison, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. MICHAEL W. BOWDEN, 31, of Everett, Washington...