News published on Federal Newswire in December 2013

News from December 2013


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Dec. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Dec. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Dec. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Dec. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Dec. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Dec. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Man Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Nicholas Mussolini, 27, of Williamsville, New York, pleaded guilty to a felony charge of Wire Fraud before U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of a term of 20 years imprisonment, a term of supervised release of 3 years and a fine of $250,000.


Federal Jury Convicts Austin Man Who Harbored Female At Local Motel

News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Jose Gallegos, 47, of Austin, has been found guilty by a Corpus Christi jury of harboring and transporting an undocumented person, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. The verdict was returned late this morning following a two-day trial and approximately 45 minutes of deliberation.


News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Willie Dean, 23, and Tynoice Baker, 24, both of Madison, Wis., were sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Conley for committing an armed robbery of Heller’s Recycling in ...


RELEASE: New GAO Report Shows Agencies Can Do More to Increase Contract Savings with Reverse Auctions

News Release: (WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Ranking Member Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK), today highlighted a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) entitled, “Reverse Auctions: Guidance Is Needed to Maximize Competition and Achieve...


News Release: Washington D.C. - Ranking Member Eliot L. Engel, the senior Democratic member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, gave the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at today’s Full Committee hearing “The Iran Nuclear Deal: Does it Further U.S. National Security?".


News Release: The 2014 Southeast Utah Group (Arches and Canyonlands National Parks and Hovenweep and Natural Bridges National Monuments) Annual Pass is now available for purchase ($25).


Denver Man Sentenced For Possession Of Child Pornography He Ordered Over The Internet Which Was Delivered Via United States Mail

News Release: Torture table was found in house of defendant when authorities executed search warrant.


Long Island Man Charged With Orchestrating $5 Million Ponzi Scheme

News Release: A fourteen-count indictment was unsealed today in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York located in Central Islip, charging Robert Rocco with wire and mail fraud in connection with a series of business ventures that he created. 1 Rocco was arrested earlier today and will be arraigned before the Honorable Leonard D. Wexler in the federal courthouse in Central Islip.


News Release: AS PART OF FEDERAL PRESCRIPTION DRUG CRACKDOWN.


News Release: CHICAGO - A federal jury today convicted a Bolingbrook man of running a sex trafficking ring between at least late 2009 and November 2010 that forced into prostitution at least four victims, including a minor who was 17 at the time. The defendant, McKENZIE CARSON, was found guilty on one count of sex...


News Release: The Chesapeake Conservancy and the NPS Chesapeake Bay Office hosted a two day workshop last month for conservation practitioners in the Chesapeake watershed. Over fifty representatives from federal, state, local agencies and national and regional land trusts, coalitions and conservation groups met at...


News Release: ROCKFORD - A Rockford, Ill. man was sentenced today in federal court by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. ROBERT J. GRAY, 34, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release. Gray pled guilty on...


BLM Gunnison Field Office Plans Move to Spencer Street

News Release: GUNNISON, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Gunnison Field Office has secured a new temporary location scheduled to reopen on December 23.


Pinellas County Men Sentenced In A joint Federal And State Weapons And Drug Investigation

News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven today sentenced Joseph E. Thornton (34, of Largo) to 15 years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Thornton pleaded guilty on June 27, 2013.