News published on Federal Newswire in November 2013

News from November 2013


The US Labor Department published a two page rule on Nov. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page rule on Nov. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a five page rule on Nov. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a six page proposed rule on Nov. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a three page rule on Nov. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a four page proposed rule on Nov. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Nov. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Nov. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: A patient broker of a South Florida psychiatric hospital was sentenced today to serve 24 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for her participation in a $67 million Medicare fraud scheme.


News Release: Field drainage installations called blind inlets have been adapted by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists for managing agricultural pollutants in the Lake Erie watershed. These systems, which were developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist Doug Smith and others, are so effective...


News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The people of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands positively responded to the DEA-led National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. On Saturday Oct. 26, 2013, the Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Island communities turned over 810.95 pounds of expired and unwanted medications for safe and proper disposal at 20 take-back sites in Puerto Rico and the islands of St. Thomas and St. Croix.


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Baltimore Police officer Ashley Roane, age 26, of Pikesville, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to extortion and aggravated identity.


News Release: Today, the United States Attorney’s Office announced the distribution of approximately $2,000,000 in criminally forfeited funds back to the victims of a Ponzi scheme relating to the investigation and ultimate prosecution of Dante DeMiro.


News Release: Includes charge of terrorist attack against railroad carrier.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Acting U.S. Attorney A. Lee Bentley III and Acting Assistant Attorney General Jocelyn Samuels of the Civil Rights Division today announced the conviction of Andrew Blane Fields, 62, of Lutz, Fla., in the Middle District of Florida on charges of possession with intent to distribute controlled...


Engel Statement on New Social Media Initiative

News Release: Washington D.C. - Ranking Member Eliot Engel, the senior Democratic member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement regarding his new social media initiative, #AskEngel, which the Committee on Foreign Affairs will debut today at noon via Twitter.


Porcupine Man Pleads Guilty To Child Abuse

News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Corey Good Crow, age 37, of Porcupine, South Dakota, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Veronica L. Duffy on Nov. 1, 2013, and pled guilty to Felony Child Abuse and Neglect.


Sioux Falls Woman Sentenced For Bank Embezzlement

News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, woman convicted of Embezzlement of Bank Funds was sentenced on November 4, 2013, by U.S. District Judge Lawrence L. Piersol.


White Sands Commemorates Veterans Day Weekend with Free Admission

News Release: Alamogordo, NM. In honor of America's military veterans, entrance fees will be waived for everyone during the Veterans Day weekend, November 9 through 11, at White Sands National Monument and all 401 national parks. America's military protects American values and our democracy abroad, while the National...


Baucus Statement on the Critical Need to Fix the Health Insurance Marketplaces

News Release: In February 1958, against the backdrop of a divided nation, a junior Senator from Massachusetts spoke at Loyola College in Baltimore. The young senator, named John Kennedy, said, “Let us not despair, but act. Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past - let us accept our own responsibility for the future.".