News published on Federal Newswire in June 2014

News from June 2014


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


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


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


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


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


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


The US Interior Department published a five page notice on June 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published an eight page notice on June 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


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


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


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


The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on June 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


U.S. Department of Transportation Attends Rechristening of USMMA’s Kings Pointer

News Release: KINGS POINT, NY – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and Acting Maritime Administrator Paul “Chip” Jaenichen today visited the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) to celebrate the rechristening of the Academy’s new training vessel, the Kings Pointer. They were joined by Academy leadership, as well as Senator Charles Schumer and Representatives Timothy Bishop and Steve Israel.


St. Charles Parish Tax Preparer Pleads Guilty On Morning Of Trial

News Release: A St. Charles Parish tax preparer pled guilty this morning to conspiracy to defraud the United States and, specifically, the Internal Revenue Service, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Allen Polite, Jr. Her daughter, LASHANDA RUTH VINNETT, age 29, also of Destrehan, Louisiana, pled guilty on Friday, June 13, 2014, to the same charge.


News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss - William Walker, 69, of Ocean Springs, was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit federal program fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and FBI Special Agent in Charge Daniel McMullen. He was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $572,689.14 and a $125,000 fine.


News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Jody Farnham, 55, of Burlington, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Rutland to 13 months of imprisonment following her guilty plea to a charge of federal program embezzlement. Chief Judge Christina...


Continued Trend in Island Fox Recovery

News Release: The endangered island fox subspecies on the northern Channel Islands are at or approaching biological recovery following their near 95% decline in the 1990s.


News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Alfred John Schlette, 60, of San Ramon, was sentenced today in San Francisco by Chief United States District Judge Claudia Wilken of the Northern District of California to three years and five months in prison for mail fraud, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. Schlette was also ordered to pay $1.7 million in restitution to more than 10 victims.


News Release: Congaree National Parkis one of 23 national parks selected to receive a 2014 Impact Grant from the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America's national parks. Now in its seventh year, the Impact Grants program provides national parks with the critical financial support they need to transform innovative, yet underfunded, ideas into successful in-park programs and initiatives.


Maryland Man Sentenced To 28 Months In Prison For Bias-Related Assault In Northeast WashingtonDefendant Struck Transgender Woman With A Gun

News Release: WASHINGTON - Michael Phillips, 36, of Fairmount Heights, Md., was sentenced today to 28 months in prison on charges stemming from an attack earlier this year against a transgender woman at a store in Northeast Washington, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.