News published on Federal Newswire in March 2021

News from March 2021


Grand Teton Boat Permits Move to Online System

News Release: MOOSE, WY-Boaters to Grand Teton National Park and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway will have the option to purchase their park boating permits online via Recreation.gov beginning Tuesday, April 6.


Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park welcomed 589,775 visitors in 2020

News Release: Hawaii National Park, HAWAI‘I - In 2020, Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park welcomed 589,775 visitors to Kīlauea and Mauna Loa volcanoes, a 57% decrease from 2019 when the park welcomed 1,368,376 visitors.


News Release: TYLER, Texas - A Tyler, Texas woman was sentenced to prison today for a federal drug trafficking crime in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.


Boca Raton Man Used Messenger Applications to Produce Child Pornography of Toddler and Other Minors

News Release: Miami, Florida - A Boca Raton man pleaded guilty today in West Palm Beach federal court to producing, distributing, and possessing child sexual abuse material.


E&C Leaders Question Electric Reliability Council of Texas About Extreme Weather Event Crisis

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rep. Marc Veasey (D-TX), and Rep. Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX) wrote to Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) President...


News Release: A Catoosa woman has been indicted for defrauding seven Oklahoma banks when she falsified and submitted documents to apply for $735,396 in loans, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.


Talladega County Man Sentenced for Possession of Child Pornography

News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal judge sentenced a Childersburg man yesterday for possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Prim F. Escalona and FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp, Jr.


Williamsport Man Sentenced To 210 Months’ Imprisonment For Drug Trafficking

News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Wayne Davidson, age 27, of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 210 months’ imprisonment followed by a four-year term of supervised release by U.S. District Court Judge Matthew W. Brann for his involvement in a drug trafficking conspiracy.


Crapo Statement at Executive Session to Vote on Nominations

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, delivered the following remarks at a hearing to vote on the nominations of Adewale Adeyemo, to serve as the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury; Katherine Tai, to be the United States Trade Representative; and Xavier Becerra, to be Secretary of Health and Human Services.


News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Christopher Algieri, Special Agent in Charge of the Department of Veteran Affairs, Office of the Inspector General, Northeast Field Office, today announced that PHILLIANN BARNETT, 42, a Jamaican citizen residing in New...


Philadelphia Woman Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Firearms Trafficking

News Release: The defendant began selling weapons after her brother was arrested for the same crime.


News Release: House Ways and Means Select Revenue Measures Subcommittee Chairman Mike Thompson announced today that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing on “Tax Tools to Help Local Governments" on Thursday, March 11, 2021 at 2:00 p.m EST.


News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - Two Texas men pleaded guilty this week to violent gang-related activities in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei and Nicholas L. McQuaid, Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.


News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell has sentenced Asa Nall (50, Largo) to 10 years in federal prison for attempted enticement of a child. The court also ordered Nall to forfeit the electronic devices that were used in commission of the offense.


E&C Leaders Question Electric Reliability Council of Texas About Extreme Weather Event Crisis

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rep. Marc Veasey (D-TX), and Rep. Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX) wrote to Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) President...


News Release: BROOKLYN, NY - The United States Court for the Eastern District of New York has permanently enjoined a New York company and its operators from manufacturing or distributing dietary supplements unless and until they comply with the law, the Department of Justice Civil Division’s Consumer Protection Branch and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York announced today.


Florida man admits to conspiring to transport stolen campers across state lines

News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Yankier Gaston Garcia, of Florida, has admitted to his involvement in the theft of campers from a business in Elkins, West Virginia, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Joni Ernst (R-IA) announced they are reintroducing bipartisan legislation to encourage innovation in contracting and expand opportunities for small businesses to work...


Former CFO of ETA Compute Sentenced for Wire Fraud

News Release: Timothy Semones Sentenced to 3 Years in Federal Prison.


At HSGAC Hearing, Portman Secures Commitment from OMB Nominees to Support Safeguarding American Innovation Act & FAST-41 Sunset Removal

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), as Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee, secured a commitment from two Office of Management and Budget (OMB) nominees, Shalanda Young to be Deputy Director and Jason S. Miller to be Deputy Director for...