News published on Federal Newswire in February 2014

News Release: Employers would be required to check clearinghouse before hiring and annually

U.S. Department of Transportation Declares Illinois Long-Haul Truck Driver to be an Imminent Hazard to Public Safety

News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared Illinois-licensed truck driver Renato V. Velasquez to be an imminent hazard to public safety and ordered him not to operate any commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce following a Jan. 27 crash that killed an Illinois Tollway worker and seriously injured an Illinois State Police trooper.

NHTSA Announces New Mandatory Label to Help Owners Instantly Identify Recall Mailings

News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) today announced that starting Feb. 18, all manufacturers must use a distinctive label on required mailings that notify owners of recalled vehicles or equipment. The requirement was introduced ...

Freight Shipments Fell 1.0% in December from November

News Release: Freight Shipments Fell 1.0% in December from November

Owner Of Local Advertising Company Pleads Guilty To Fraud Charges

News Release: St. Louis, MO - CARY JORDAN pled guilty to fraud charges involving his diversion of almost $500,000 of client funds for his personal use.

Jefferson City Couple Sentenced For Illegal Firearms, Tampering With Evidence

News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Jefferson City, Mo., husband and wife were sentenced in federal court today for the husband’s illegal possession of firearms and the wife’s tampering with evidence.

Black Rock Desert Artist-in-Residence Program 2014 Call for Artists

News Release: In late Spring 2014, the Black Rock Desert Artist-in-Residence program will host two emerging or established artists, working in two-dimensional media (painting, printmaking, photography, etc.) at the Black Rock Desert - High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area. The program is a partnership...

Gang Member From Hollygrove Area, Norman Ratcliff, Sentenced To 33 Years In Prison On Federal Rico, Drug, And Murder Charges

News Release: NORMAN RATCLIFF, a/k/a “Turk", 21, a resident of New Orleans, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stanwood R. Duval, Jr. to serve 396 months in prison for violating federal RICO, drug conspiracy, firearms conspiracy, and murder charges, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Allen Polite, Jr. RATCLIFF...

Man Pleads Guilty To Swindling Millions From Investors In Golf Course Scheme

News Release: RENO, Nev. - A man who fraudulently convinced 11 persons to loan him a total of $3.6 million for the purchase of a golf course near Gardnerville, Nev., pleaded guilty today to 24 federal felony charges, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada.

Former Erie Man Sentenced To 7+ Years In Prison For Illegally Possessing Gun

News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 80 months in prison on his conviction of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.

Charenton Woman Pleads Guilty To Assault At The Chitimacha Tribal Reservation

News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. -United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Tammy M. Krol, 42, of Charenton, La., entered a guilty plea Tuesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge C. Michael Hill to assaulting a Chitimacha Tribal Reservation resident.

Archives Relocate to Museum Resource Center

News Release: WASHINGTON - Consistent with its mission to preserve the nation’s treasures, the National Park Service (NPS) will relocate the National Archives for Black Women’s History collection from Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site to the NPS’s Museum Resource Center in Landover, Maryland. The relocation is in response to a site evaluation that documented inadequate conditions to appropriately house the archives.

Presidents Day Weekend is Free

News Release: Entrance fees to Glacier National Park, as well as other units of the National Park Service, will be waived this President’s Day Weekend, Saturday through Monday, February 15-17.

Chairman Royce Highlights Cambodia’s Human Trafficking Failures

By State Newswire | Feb 12, 2014

News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary: I write to register my grave concern regarding the Cambodian Supreme Court’s recent acquittal of Eam Rattana, former chief of the Phnom Penh Municipal Anti-human Trafficking and Juvenile Protection Police Unit, which reversed his December 2011 conviction for human trafficking and...

Chairman Carper on Administration's Cybersecurity Framework: "Widespread Implementation Critical to Effectively Protect National and Economic Security"

By Homeland Newswire | Feb 12, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) released the following statement in response to the Administration’s Cyber Framework, released this afternoon...

Princeton Woman Pleads Guilty To Selling Addictive Prescription Pain Pills

News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that Kristi Ball, 39, of Princeton, West Virginia, pled guilty in federal court in Bluefield to distributing hydromorphone, a powerful and addictive prescription pain medication. Ball admitted that on Jan. 16, 2013, she sold three hydromorphone pills to a person who was cooperating with law enforcement authorities. The drug deal took place in Princeton.

Kline Statement on Executive Order Affecting Federal Contractors

By DOL Newswire | Feb 12, 2014

News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement after President Obama signed an executive order affecting federal contractor employees...

C. Ray Nagin, Former New Orleans Mayor, Convicted On Federal Bribery, Honest Services Wire Fraud, Money Laundering, Conspiracy, And Tax Charges

News Release: C. RAY NAGIN, 57, a resident of Frisco, Texas, and formerly the Mayor of New Orleans, was convicted in federal court today on 20 of 21 charges, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Allen Polite, Jr., FBI Special Agent-in-Charge Michael Anderson, and IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent-in-Charge Gabriel Grchan. NAGIN was found not guilty on Count 7, a bribery charge.

“River People” Exhibit Showing in Los Paisanos Gallery

News Release: Chamizal National Memorial Superintendent F. Gus Sanchez is pleased to announce the River People exhibit showing in the Memorial's Los Paisanos Gallery through March 8th.

Two Tampa Corporations And Four Tampa Residents Indicted In Scheme To Unlawfully Sell An Unregistered Pesticide And Obstruct Justice