News from July 2014
By DOT News Wire | Jul 23, 2014
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on July 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 23, 2014
The US Transportation Department published a seven page proposed rule on July 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 23, 2014
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on July 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jul 23, 2014
The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on July 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: Releases new data on Bakken crude oil to support increased safety measures

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Joplin, Mo., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for receiving and distributing child pornography over the Internet. Frank Edwin Ness, 44, of Joplin, was...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: History comes alive at six historic sites during the annual Port Oneida Fair at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore), Friday and Saturday, August 8-9, 2014, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. In addition to the many popular demonstrations, animals and exhibits, the fair will feature...

By Commerce Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany Jr., M.D. (R-LA), Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Government Affairs Committee Ranking Member Tom Coburn (R-OK) released the preliminary results of a Government Accountability Office (GAO) undercover examination of enrollment controls in the ObamaCare health care exchanges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: MISSOULA - Jonathan Lee Oliver, a 41-year-old Missoula resident, was sentenced to 100 months in prison for diverting money he received from customers in eastern Montana, North Dakota, and other places, and using the money to buy himself a house, several vehicles, two jet skis, a luxury motor home, a diamond engagement ring, and various other items.

By US DOT Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: Chairman Duncan Hunter (R-CA). Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. Hearing on “Implementing U.S. Policy in the Arctic". July 23, 2014. Opening Statement. (Remarks as Prepared). The Subcommittee is meeting this morning to review how the agencies that will play the largest roles in the...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: Glen Jean, WV- A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 1,243,400 visitors toNew River Gorge National River, Bluestone National Scenic River, and Gauley River National Recreation Area in2013 spent$51,108,000in communities near the park. That spending supported673jobs in the local area.

By Interior Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: Glen Jean, WV- A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 1,243,400 visitors toNew River Gorge National River, Bluestone National Scenic River, and Gauley River National Recreation Area in2013 spent$51,108,000in communities near the park. That spending supported673jobs in the local area.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: GALVESTON, Texas - Miguel Angel Macias, 53, formerly of Friendswood, has entered a guilty plea to receipt and possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today made the following statement in response to an ongoing GAO investigation that is using fake identities to gain access to affordable health insurance...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC -Today, the House of Representatives passed legislation that includes critical provisions introduced by Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, to reform the Net Price Calculator tool to provide prospective students with consistent and comparable price information for colleges and universities based on up-to-date data.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - On Wednesday, July 23, 2014, Chief U.S. District Court Judge Ann Aiken sentenced Steven Anthony Kidd, 21, of Linn County, Oregon, to a prison term of 12 years for two counts of child sex trafficking. Following his release from prison, Kidd will be on supervised release for five years.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Warren Troy Gibson, Jr., age 33, of Stevensville, Maryland, today to nine years in prison for conspiring to distribute narcotics.

By Commerce Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 23, 2014 - Today, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held an oversight hearing on “American Metals and Mineral Security: An Examination of the Domestic Critical Minerals Supply and Demand Chain." This hearing examined the vital role that critical minerals and metals play in American manufacturing and why it’s important to ensure the continued this domestic production.

By Interior Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: New River Gorge National River, a unit of the National Park System, in partnership with the Appalachian Coal Country Team (ACCT) is excited and proud to announce that they are hosting a National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) Team at Camp Brookside, located near Hinton, WV.

By Commerce Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a speech on the Senate floor today, Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) called on Congress to debate real reforms that make America a better place for business and job creators instead of playing election year political games.