News published on Federal Newswire in July 2013

News from July 2013


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on July 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on July 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on July 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: On Thursday, July 25, RAMROD, an organized recreational bicycle ride, will bring 800 participating bicyclists through the roads of Mount Rainier National Park and surrounding areas. This will be the 30th year that RAMROD (Ride Around Mount Rainier in One Day), sponsored by the Redmond Cycling Club, has...


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 19, 2013 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) sent five letters to Obama Administration agencies and departments requesting similar information on the development, legal authority, activities, staffing, and funding of President Obama’s National Ocean Policy and mandatory ocean zoning initiative.


News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a West Palm Beach, Florida, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Pay Child Support.


Week In Review – South Bend

News Release: South Bend, Indiana -The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.


New Haven Man Sentenced To More Than Four Years In Prison For Distributing Narcotics

News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that CORNELL STREATER, also known as “Messy," 21, of New Haven, was sentenced yesterday by Senior U.S. District Judge Warren W. Eginton in Bridgeport to 50 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing crack cocaine.


HELP Chairman Harkin Statement on House Passage of Legislation to Reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.--U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) released the following statement today after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 5, a bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). Earlier this year, the Senate HELP Committee passed its own ESEA reauthorization, the Strengthening America's Schools Act of 2013.


Jess James Rutherford, Jr. Pleads Guilty In U.S. Federal Court

News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on July 18, 2013, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Keith Strong, JESS JAMES RUTHERFORD, JR., a 28-year-old resident of Heart Butte and an enrolled member of the Blackfeet Tribe, pled guilty to assault resulting in serious bodily injury. Sentencing has been set for Oct. 22, 2013. He is currently detained.


Former Special Forces Sergeant Sentenced To 24 Months’ Imprisonment For International Arms Smuggling

News Release: Defendant, A Former Marine, Supplied Semi-Automatic Weapons For Export To China.


News Release: Little Rock - Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas; Randall C. Coleman, Special Agent in Charge of the Little Rock Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and Colonel Stan Witt, Director of the Arkansas State Police announced that Sedrick Reed...


International Wildlife Investigation results in charges against Alaskan Big Game Guide and Canadian Clients for wildlife crimes

News Release: Anchorage, Alaska- Acting U.S. Attorney Kevin Feldis announced today that a joint United States and Canadian wildlife investigation has resulted in the filing of charges by the federal grand jury in Anchorage, Alaska, against an Alaskan big game guide, and three Canadian citizens.


Baucus-Hatch Bill Extends Key Trade Preference Program to Support U.S. Manufacturing

News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) introduced legislation late yesterday extending the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), a key program that supports international trade and lowers costs for U.S. manufacturers and retailers by granting duty-free access to many products they import from developing countries.


News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Alysa D. Erichs, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI), and Jeffrey S. Katz, Interim Chief, Boynton Beach Police Department (BBPD), announce the arrest...


News Release: A man who lives in Orange, Ohio and admitted to overbilling Medicaid and Medicare was sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay more than $1.9 million, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.


Family Days at John Muir National Historic Site

News Release: Free, Fun-Filled Family Days Continue at John Muir National Historic Site.


News Release: WICHITA FALLS, Texas - A former engineer at Sheppard Air Force Base (SAFB), Larry Thomas Ballard, 60, of Wichita Falls, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor to 24 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $6,095 in restitution, following his guilty plea in October 2012...


News Release: LEXINGTON, KY - Kerry B. Harvey, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, and Christopher A. Henry, Special Agent in Charge, IRS Criminal Investigation Division, Nashville Field Office, jointly announced today that a Richmond, KY., man, who prepared false income tax returns, was sentenced to 36 months in federal prison.


Federal Jury Finds Washington County Man Guilty Of Illegal Financial Transactions

News Release: PITTSBURGH - After deliberating two hours, a federal jury of seven men and five women found Daniel Young guilty of four counts of conspiracy and structuring financial transactions, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.