News published on Federal Newswire in June 2014

News from June 2014


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on June 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on June 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on June 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on June 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on June 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


FMCSA Shuts Down Minnesota-based Bus Company as an Imminent Hazard to Public Safety

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered Lakeville, Minn.-based On Eagles Wings Charters, Inc., USDOT No. 1100785, to immediately cease all passenger transportation operations after finding that the company was endangering the traveling public by failing to ensure the safety of its vehicles and drivers.


News Release: WASHINGTON- Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) Act of 2014 and the Federal Information Security Modernization (FISMA) Act of 2014, legislation that...


Flight 93 to Launch New Junior Ranger Program

News Release: SHANKSVILLE, PA: Flight 93 National Memorial is releasing their new Junior Ranger Program for its youngest visitors this Saturday, June 28 by holding a "Junior Ranger Day." The Junior Ranger Program is a national program offered at National Parks across the country. The program activities and illustrations...


Statement of Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) At the HELP Committee Roundtable: “Moving Toward Greater Community Inclusion – Olmstead at 15”

News Release: “The title of today’s roundtable is ‘Moving Toward Greater Community Inclusion - Olmstead at 15.’ Our discussion will focus on developments in advancing the community integration of people with disabilities and the impact of the Olmstead decision. I will also be interested to hear what the panelists think needs to be accomplished to make home- and community-based supports the norm for people with disabilities.


Hatch Statement at Finance Committee Hearing on the Role of Education Incentives in the Tax Code

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today delivered the following opening statement at a committee hearing examining the role of education incentives in the tax code...


Owner Of $14.5 Million Telemarketing Scam Surrenders In Southern Illinois

News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Tuesday, June 24, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that Kristina R. Cameron, 35, of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, surrendered herself to the United...


Fifteen Years After Landmark Olmstead Supreme Court Decision, Harkin Introduces Legislation to Ensure Community Living Choice for All People with Disabilities

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-One year after releasing a report showing that many states have not made adequate progress in ensuring the availability of home- and community-based services as an alternative to nursing homes and other institutional settings for individuals with disabilities, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) ...


Assessing Progress in Haiti Act Passes Senate Foreign Relations Committee

News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued this statement following the passage of the Assessing Progress in Haiti Act which was approved by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today.


Fairview Park Man And Cleveland Company Indicted For Making Illegal Discharges Into Sewer System

News Release: An indictment was filed in federal court charging Thomas E. White, 49, of Fairview Park, and Kelly Plating Company with making illegal discharges with high concentrations of metals such as chrome and zinc into the sewer system, which in turn, after treatment, discharges to Lake Erie, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.


News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A former resident of Lawrence was sentenced Tuesday to 87 months in federal prison for distributing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.


Illegal Alien Gets Maximum Sentence For Distribution Of Child Pornography

News Release: HOUSTON - Carmen Hernandez has been sentenced to the statutory maximum of 20 years for distributing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Hernandez, 37, pleaded guilty to the charge March 31, 2014.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Dan Curtis Thompson, 33, of Shiprock, N.M., was sentenced today to 35 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for his conviction on an arson charge. Thompson also was ordered to pay $57,415.02 to the Navajo Housing Authority to pay for damage caused by his criminal conduct. The sentence was announced by U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez and John Billison, Director of the Navajo Nation Division of Public Safety.


Hatch Statement on Chairman’s Mark of the Preserving America’s Transit and Highways Act

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today issued the following statement regarding the Chairman’s Mark of the Preserving America’s Transit and Highways Act...


***MEDIA ADVISORY*** TOMORROW: Meehan and Rokita to Hold Joint Subcommittee Hearing on Privacy, Security Risks of Data Mining Student Information

News Release: Tomorrow, the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education will hold a joint hearing with the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies to examine the mining and retention of student data and the potential privacy and ...


News Release: FRESNO, Calif. -Gerardo Alvarez-Montanez, 32, an inmate at the Taft Federal Correctional Facility, pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy to provide and possess contraband in prison, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.