News published on Federal Newswire in July 2014

News from July 2014


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on July 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on July 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on July 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on July 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on July 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Identity Theft Defendant Now Facing Weapons Charges

News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - Acting U.S. Attorney Kevin R. Feldis announced today that Joseph Keenan May, 60, was charged in a superseding indictment with federal weapons offenses. Defendant May, of Eagle River and Houston, Alaska, was indicted in June for identity theft crimes. He now faces three new federal...


News Release: In support of President Obama’s all-of-the-above energy strategy, the Energy Department today announced up to $4.5 million in funding to expand the use of alternative fuels through the Clean Cities program, which works with nearly 100 local coalitions and thousands of stakeholders across the country...


Committee Passes Bills to Ensure Balance, Certainty, & Federal-State Partnership in Regulation of Nation’s Waters

News Release: Today the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure approved several bills related to the regulation of the Nation’s waters - legislation to provide greater regulatory certainty, protect and maintain the balanced federal-state regulatory partnership, and prevent overreach by the federal government.


Jasper Man Sentenced To 11 Years In Prison For Walker County Bank Robbery And Bomb Threats

News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A federal judge today sentenced a Jasper man to more than 11 years in prison for robbing a Walker County bank, calling in bomb threats on a hospital and a highway bridge before the robbery, and possessing guns as a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and FBI Special Agent in Charge Richard D. Schwein Jr.


Lobster Sport Season in Biscayne National Park

News Release: HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA - During the July 30 and 31 Spiny Lobster Sport Season in Biscayne National Park, law enforcement rangers patrol the park around the clock to ensure public safety and legal lobster harvests. Park employees are stationed at local marinas to provide information, assist visitors with questions about the park and conduct brief but important surveys that guide better management oflobsters and lobstering in the park for this and future generations.


News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that.


News Release: CHICAGO ― Seven defendants are facing federal charges here for their alleged participation in a drug and firearms trafficking operation between south suburban Harvey and Marion, Ohio, federal law enforcement officials announced today. At least 19 assorted firearms, many of them stolen from gun owners in central Ohio, were seized during the course of the investigation, which was led by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.


NIST Webinar to Cover Validation of Forensic DNA Testing Technologies

News Release: Forensic DNA analysts and other interested stakeholders are invited to participate in a free NIST webinar on validation concepts and resources on Aug. 6, 2014, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., ET.


Harkin, Blumenthal, Casey Introduce Legislation to Hold Companies Accountable For Concealing Defects

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, Senators Tom Harkin (D-IA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Bob Casey (D-PA) introduced the Hide No Harm Act of 2014, a bill that would make it a crime for a corporate officer to knowingly conceal the fact that a corporate action or product poses a danger of death or serious physical...


Hampton Man Charged With Passport Fraud And False Statements

News Release: Abel Hernandez-Labra, age 43, from Hampton, Iowa, has been charged with passport fraud and false statements in a Complaint filed on July 15, 2014, in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.


RAPID RESPONSE:  Issa Scuttles Hearing Testimony  After Cummings Plays Video

News Release: Washington, DC-Today, Rep. Darrell Issa, Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, suddenly halted a hearing on the new White House Office of Political Strategy and Outreach (OPSO) and its compliance with the Hatch Act.


BLM Oil and Gas Lease Sale Nets Over $83 Million from Parcels in Chaves, Eddy, Guadalupe, and Lea Counties

News Release: As part of President Obama's all-of-the-above strategy to continue to expand safe and responsible domestic energy production, a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) oil and gas lease auction today netted over $83 million in revenues from the sale of 31 Federal leases totaling 13,282.01 acres in the Chaves...


News Release: An Indictment Is A Formal Accusation Of Criminal Conduct, Not Evidence.


News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Wednesday, July 16, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that JERRY GRUENBAUM, 59, of Woodbridge, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty yesterday...


Harkin: We Will Not Give Up the Fight to Ensure Access to Health Care Services

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement today after Senate Republicans obstructed consideration of theProtect Women’s Health from Corporate Interference Act, also known as the Not My Boss’s...