News published on Federal Newswire in February 2014

News from February 2014


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Feb. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Feb. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Feb. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a four page notice on Feb. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Feb. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Feb. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Feb. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


2013 Airline Consumer Complaints Down From Previous Year

News Release: WASHINGTON – Airline consumer complaints filed with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Aviation Consumer Protection Division during 2013 were down 14.1 percent from 2012, according to the DOT’s Air Travel Consumer Report released today.


News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CRUZ BONILLA, also known as “Jay," 30, of New London, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet...


News Release: More Than $2.7 Billion In Forfeitures Recovered And Over $1 Billion From Criminal Penalties And Civil Actions To Be Paid.


News Release: It has been nearly nine months since the Inspector General’s IRS audit report was published. And yet, Republicans are no closer today to finding any evidence to back up their baseless allegations of White House corruption than when they began making those claims immediately after the report came out, including during this committee’s first hearing on the matter May 17.


News Release: BOISE - U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced today that Patrick S. Baker, 50, of Caldwell, Idaho, was sentenced today in United States District Court to 12 months and one day in prison. Baker pleaded guilty on Nov. 21, 2013, to possessing obscene visual representations of the sexual abuse of children.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered the below statement, as prepared for delivery, at today’s hearing, “Prospects for Democratic Reconciliation and Workers' Rights in Bangladesh."


Report: D.C. Navy Yard Shooting Exposes Flaws in the Federal Security Clearance Process

News Release: WASHINGTON - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) today released a staff report on the flawed security clearance process that allowed D.C. Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis to obtain and keep a security clearance despite a history of violence and signs of mental illness.


Indictment Charges IRS Employee With Tax Fraud And Aggravated Identity Theft

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Sherelle Pratt, 49, of Philadelphia, was charged by Indictment, unsealed today, with filing false tax returns, aiding and assisting other individuals in preparing and filing false tax returns, theft of government property, and aggravated identity theft, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. Pratt was arrested today.


News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that TREVIN MAURICE GIBSON of Greenville, MICHAEL RONDALE GIBSON of Greenville and DESHAUN ENTREA SPRUILL of Robersonville were each sentenced today resulting from their earlier guilty pleas to firearms charges. The charges involved a string...


News Release: ROCKFORD - A Rockford man and a California man were indicted today by a federal grand jury in Rockford on fraud charges. TODD C. SMITH, 46, of Rockford, was charged with seven counts of mail fraud and ten counts of wire fraud, and TRAVIS OLIVER, 36, of Tremecula, Cal., was charged with eight counts of...


News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DEANDRE BARNES, also known as “D-Man," 24, of Hamden, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge...


BLM-Utah Resource Advisory Council Meeting and Conference Call 2/28/2014

News Release: The Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Utah Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will host a meeting and conference call on Friday, Feb. 28, 2014, from 8:30 a.m. to noon, MST.The RAC will be updated on the Utah Greater Sage-Grouse Draft Land Use Plan Amendment and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) process...


Committee Votes for Keeping Cell Phone Calls off Planes, Reauthorizing the U.S. Coast Guard, & Saving Taxpayer Dollars Through GSA Leases

News Release: Measures to ensure cell phone calls stay out of airplane cabins, to reauthorize the United States Coast Guard, and to save taxpayer dollars through the more efficient use of federal space were approved by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure today.