News published on Federal Newswire in April 2013

News from April 2013


The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on April 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on April 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a five page proposed rule on April 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on April 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page proposed rule on April 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Man Sentenced For Making Threatening Communications

News Release: A man who made hundreds of harassing and threatening phone calls, emails, and other communications to Allamakee County, Iowa, judges, law enforcement officers, court employees, and others, was sentenced in federal court in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, April 16, 2013.


News Release: SAN ANGELO, - Eric Cortez Flores, 32, a ranking member of the Mexican Mafia, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to 360 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in November 2012 to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 500 grams...


Fugitive Caught After Nearly Two Decades On The Run

News Release: Defendant Refused to Surrender for Service of Sentence.


News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, Antonio J. Gomez, Acting Inspector in Charge, Miami Division, U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), Paula Reid...


Carlos Alberto Aguilar Pleads Guilty To Illegal Reentry

News Release: CARLOS ALBERTO AGUILAR, age 40, a citizen of Honduras pled guilty in federal court today before U. S. District Judge Martin L.C. Feldman to a one-count indictment charging him with illegal re-entry of a removed alien, announced U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente.


Former Edwardsville Police Chief Pleads Guilty In Theft And Embezzlement

News Release: James S. Bedell, 58, of Edwardsville, Illinois, the former Police Chief from that city, pled guilty to an Information charging four counts of Embezzlement and Theft from the City of Edwardsville - a local government that received federal funds for the calendar years 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, the United...


Super-Nanotubes: 'Remarkable' Spray-on Coating Combines Carbon Nanotubes with Ceramic

News Release: Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Kansas State University have demonstrated a spray-on mixture of carbon nanotubes and ceramic that has unprecedented ability to resist damage while absorbing laser light.*


Powhatan Woman Pleads Guilty To Conspiring To Structure $10,000,000 Obtained From Illicit Cigarette Sales

News Release: RICHMOND, Va. -Loveleen Khare, 56, of Powhatan, Va., pleaded guilty today to conspiring to structure more than $10,000,000 in cash transactions for the purpose of preventing banking institutions from reporting those transactions to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).


News Release: Paw Paw Tunnel, MD - After several months of closure and limited public access, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park has reopened the towpath at mile 155 near the Paw Paw Tunnel following the removal of rock and stabilization of the area caused by a rock slide in January 2013.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the top Democratic on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, delivered the below remarks as prepared for delivery at today’s committee hearing, “Securing U.S. Interests Abroad: The FY 2014 Foreign Affairs Budget.".


News Release: Defendant Deported Three Times Previously. ATLANTA - Rogelio Lopez-Velasquez has been indicted by a federal grand jury for the offense of illegal re-entry after deportation and being found in the United States without admission or parole. “Our officers work diligently with prosecutors from the U.S.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 17, 2013 - Today, the House Natural Resources Committee held an oversight hearing on "State Lands vs. Federal Lands Oil and Gas Production: What State Regulators are doing right." This hearing examined the disparity between oil and natural gas production on state and private lands versus production on federal lands.


News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Mark Anthony Slade, 55, of Lafayette, pleaded guilty Tuesday before U. S. District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote to knowingly receiving child pornography on his computer.


News Release: THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Three new member countries have joined the Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT), an international alliance of law enforcement and private sector agencies dedicated to combating online child sexual abuse. Representatives from the Dutch National Police (DNP), Indonesian National Police...


Baucus Urges Administration to Improve Public Outreach for Health Law to Succeed

News Release: At a Senate Finance Committee hearing today examining the administration’s fiscal year 2014 budget with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) said the administration must improve its public outreach on the benefits of the Affordable Care Act and its health insurance marketplaces if the law is to work as intended.