News published on Federal Newswire in June 2013

News from June 2013


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on June 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on June 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on June 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on June 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on June 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Harkin Statement on Committee Passage of the Strengthening America's Schools Act

News Release: WASHINGTON--Chairman Tom Harkin released the following statement after the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee today approved Harkin's Strengthening America's Schools Act (SASA), a bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).


News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Charles M. Oberly, III, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today the sentencing of one man on narcotics trafficking and attempted murder convictions, and the separate conviction of that man’s brother for using Facebook to threaten to kill a government witness during the narcotics trafficking and attempted murder trial.


Seattle Man Charged In Spokane Ethanol Plant Investment Scheme

News Release: Spokane - Today, Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Robert J. Braun, age 53, originally of Spokane, and now residing in Seattle, appeared for an arraignment in United States District Court in Spokane. Braun is charged in a twenty-seven count...


News Release: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) will again be hosting their successful barn restoration workshop June 18-22 at the Thoreson Granary and Corn Crib located off M-22 on Thoreson Road, four miles north of Glen Arbor, Michigan. This year marks the 17th anniversary of the partnership...


Bank Robber Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Two Newark Bank Robberies

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, N.J., man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for robbing the Garden State Community Bank in Newark on two separate occasions, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


Suwanee Man Sentenced For Violating Tax Laws

News Release: Sroufe Falsely Claimed $1.7 Million Tax Refund.


News Release: For 2012 Robbery at Deanwood Metro Station-Defendant Also Sentenced to Nine Months in Prison in Case Involving Stolen Car-.


News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a four count indictment charging Omer Fadhel Saleh Mohammed, 31, of Rochester, N.Y., with making false bomb threats. Each charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, a fine of $250,000.00 or both.


News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to 48 months in prison, followed by 20 years supervised release, and was required to register as a convicted sex offender on his conviction of possession of child pornography, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


Hatch, Rubio Unveil Amendments to Further Strengthen Immigration Bill

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Marco Rubio (R-Florida) introduced four common-sense amendments to the immigration reform bill (S.744) to further strengthen the legislation. The Hatch-Rubio amendments will ensure that those newly legalized immigrants pay their back taxes, that...


News Release: BUSHKILL, PA: Delaware Water Gap National Recreation AreaSuperintendent John J. Donahue announced today that River Road in Middle Smithfield Township will be closed from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.on June 18ththrough 20thfor annual road maintenance. It will re-open each afternoon at4:00. Work will consist...


Ranking Member Eliot Engel Opening Statement at Hearing, “Modernizing US International Food Aid: Reaching More for Less”

News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, delivered the below remarks as prepared for delivery at today’s committee hearing, “Modernizing US International Food Aid: Reaching More for Less.".


News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that HEATH TRAHAN, 39, formerly of North Windham, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 204 months of imprisonment, followed by 15 years of supervised release, for producing and distributing child pornography.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - One of the owners and operators of a Totowa, N.J., test preparation business, who was extradited from Latvia in October 2012, was ordered to pay $700,000 in restitution for her role in stealing “live" licensing examination questions from the National Board of Medical Examiners, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Bergen County, N.J., dentist and owner of three dental practices in Bergen and Monmouth counties, was sentenced today to 21 months in prison for evading more than $800,000 in taxes and failing to disclose almost $1.3 million in income in a bankruptcy petition, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.