News from March 2018

By DOE Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: CINCINNATI, Ohio - The Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) announced today the appointment of Jeffrey Kash Grimes as Director of the Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center (EMCBC).
By Interior Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: Dr. Chris Lowe, a shark researcher with California State University Long Beach (CSULB), will discuss the increasing trend in white shark numbers including juvenile sharks along our coast during the March From Shore to Sea lecture.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against David Patrick Seilheimer, 50, of Sacramento, charging him with receiving child pornography and possessing child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement after President Trump announced plans to levy tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: Derek Indivero Is Arrested After Alleged Sexual Contact With a 12-Year Old.

By US DOT Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), delivered the following remarks at a full committee hearing titled, “The Administration's framework for rebuilding infrastructure in America."

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Steven Gagnon, 55, of Fort Wayne, Indiana was indicted for being a felon in possession of a firearm.

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a speech at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) today, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) emphasized the benefits of the new tax law, pointing to Americans receiving bigger paychecks and businesses increasing investment in the United States. Hatch delivered the remarks at the AEI’s “Assessing the Impact of Tax Reform" event.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Nelson Rodriguez, age 38, of Amsterdam, New York, was arraigned yesterday on an indictment charging him with narcotics and firearms offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Blue Springs, Mo., man was charged in federal court today with illegally possessing a firearm he carried into an elementary school building.

By EPA Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS) announced a hearing for Thursday, March 8, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining U.S. Public Health Preparedness for and Response Efforts to Seasonal Influenza."
By DOE Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Earlier today, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered keynote remarks at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, as part of a forum examining solutions to combat the opioid crisis.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Beverly, Mass., man was arrested today in connection with mailing five threatening letters containing suspicious white powder to high-profile individuals around the country.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Adam Joseph Plauche, of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, has admitted to selling a stolen firearm, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: “Today’s guilty verdicts send the message again to corrupt politicians that they are not above the law," said United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. “The jury has held Mayor Pawlowski accountable for selling his office to the highest bidder to fund his personal ambitions. Thinking only of himself, he...

By State Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
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By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for his role in a heroin and fentanyl trafficking organization that operated in Taunton and Boston.

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) released the following statement on today’s announcement from Equifax that the company has identified an additional 2.4 million consumers who were compromised due to last year’s massive data breach.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A New Hampshire man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for his role in a widespread heroin and fentanyl trafficking conspiracy operating in Lawrence.

By DOE Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: Sean I. Plasynski, Ph.D., a 28-year veteran of federal fossil energy research, has been named acting director of the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL).