News published on Federal Newswire in October 2013

By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2013

News Release: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park in conjunction with Friends of Moccasin Bend Inc., invites the public to the grand opening of the Brown's Ferry Federal Road on Saturday, October 26th, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. This rediscovered.6 mile road trace was the route to the Brown's Ferry river crossing...

By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2013

News Release: The National Park Service announces the continued availability of an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed extension of Rice Road (Madison County, MS). This project seeks to extend Rice Road and create an associated multi-use trail to the west of U.S. Highway 51 in Ridgeland. This extension would provide access to the northern portion of the planned Ridgeland City Center development, requiring a right-of-way of approximately 0.7 acres on NPS land.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2013

News Release: MONROE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Durar Mohammed Judeh, 48, of Tupelo, Miss., was sentenced on October 7, 2013 by U.S. District Court Judge Robert G. James, to 15 months in prison and five years of supervised release for bank fraud. He was also ordered to pay $101,280 in restitution. He pleaded guilty May 29, 2013.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2013

News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Carrolltown, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.

By Homeland Newswire | Oct 18, 2013

News Release: Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), Ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement on the passing of Rep. C.W. Bill Young (R-FL).

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2013

News Release: Savannah, GA - Gene Hoyt Vandiver, 34, of Richmond Hill, Georgia, was indicted earlier this month by a federal grand jury sitting in Savannah on charges related to the burning of a cross in his neighbor's yard. Vandiver was charged with one count of interfering with housing rights and with one count of arson. Vandiver had his initial appearance in federal court before United States Magistrate Judge G.R. Smith on Oct. 10, 2013.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2013

News Release: PITTSBURGH - Former Pittsburgh Police Chief Nathan E. Harper pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of conspiracy and willful failure to file income tax returns, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today. Harper, 60 of Pittsburgh, pleaded guilty to five counts before United States District Judge Cathy Bissoon.

By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2013

News Release: Mineral, CA -Lassen Volcanic National Park will reopen in time for the weekend on Friday morning at 8:00 a.m. The park has been closed since October 1 due to the lapse in Congressional appropriations. Park Superintendent Darlene M. Koontz stated, “The park staff is excited to return to work and we look forward to welcoming visitors to the park to enjoy the rest of the fall and upcoming winter season.".

By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2013

News Release: Tumacacori, AZ - Tumacácori National Historical Park re-opened to visitors on October 17. Visitors can access the Visitor Center, mission grounds, and Anza trail immediately. Tumacácori National Historical Park had been closed since October 1 due to the lapse in Congressional appropriations.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013

News Release: WASHINGTON - Detrek Baker, 24, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced on Oct. 4, 2013 to 23 years in prison for the April 2012 slaying of a man at a Northeast Washington bus stop, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.

By Commerce Newswire | Oct 17, 2013

News Release: WASHINGTON -- Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) made the following statement today regarding the agreement to reopen the government and avoid a potentially devastating default on our debt obligations...

By USDA Newswire | Oct 17, 2013

News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 17, 2013––The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced that the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) and World Agricultural Outlook Board (WAOB) have cancelled or postponed publication of selected USDA statistical reports impacted by the lapse in federal funding.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013

News Release: Boston Scientific Corp. and its subsidiaries, Guidant LLC, Guidant Sales LLC and Cardiac Pacemakers Inc. (Guidant), have agreed to pay $30 million to settle allegations that, between 2002 and 2005, Guidant knowingly sold defective heart devices to health care facilities that in turn implanted the devices into Medicare patients, the Justice Department announced today. Boston Scientific acquired Guidant, a medical device manufacturer, in 2006.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013

News Release: A pastor and owner of a Los Angeles-area medical supply company was sentenced today for his role in a power wheelchair fraud scheme that defrauded Medicare out of more than $11 million.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013

News Release: Brandon Shane Mundy, a former police officer of numerous law enforcement agencies, the most recent being the Town Creek, Ala., Police Department was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge R. David Proctor to serve five years in prison and three years of supervised release, and to pay $3,745 in ...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013

News Release: Two Latino men associated with the Compton 155 street gang pleaded guilty today to federal hate crime charges related to a racially motivated attack on African-American juveniles at a residence in Compton, Calif. on New Year’s Eve.

By Fed Newswire | Oct 17, 2013

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of the following enforcement action: Commerzbank AG, Frankfurt am Main, Germany and Commerzbank AG New York Branch (PDF), New York, New York Consent Cease and Desist Order dated Oct. 16, 2013 The Federal Reserve Board also announced the ...

By Labor Gazette | Oct 17, 2013

News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor today issued the following statement about previously scheduled economic data: "Because of the Oct. 1-16 lapse in appropriations, the previously scheduled economic data releases, compiled by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, have been ...

By Fed News Journal | Oct 17, 2013

The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Oct. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Commerce News Now | Oct 17, 2013

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