News from March 2017
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 31, 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...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 31, 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...

By US DOT Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
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.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
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.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
News Release: Eight defendants have pled guilty to drug trafficking charges in federal court in Cedar Rapids.

By US DOT Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
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.

By Interior Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
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.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
News Release: Benin Man Convicted in Pennsylvania of Using Stolen IDs to File Tax Returns Seeking More Than $800,000 in Refunds.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
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....
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
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.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
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.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
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.

By US DOT Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
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.

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
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...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
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.

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
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.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
News Release: South Carolina Man Arrested for Attempting to Join ISIS.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
News Release: Corrections Department says Defendant Smuggled Drugs even after Inmate Died from Overdose.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
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.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2017
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...