News published on Federal Newswire in September 2014

News from September 2014


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Sept. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Sept. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on Sept. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Sept. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


U.S. Transportation Secretary Foxx Announces $20 Million TIGER Grant for Florida’s Tamiami Trail

News Release: DOT 84-14 Florida MIAMI – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced that the Florida Department of Transportation has been awarded a $20 million TIGER grant that will go toward replacing the Tamiami Trail (US-41) with an elevated 2.6-mile bridge that will help restore natural storm ...


U.S. Transportation Secretary Foxx Announces 72 TIGER 2014 Recipients

News Release: DOT 84-14 WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced that the Department of Transportation would provide $600 million for 72 transportation projects in 46 states and the District of Columbia from its TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) 2014 program. ...


U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $10.8 Million TIGER 2014 Grant for Rehabilitation of Charleston’s Wando Welch Terminal

News Release: DOT 84-14 Port of Charleston CHARLESTON, S.C. – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced a $10.8 million TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) grant for the rehabilitation of the Wando Welch Terminal project, one of 72 transportation projects in 46 states and ...


U.S. Transportation Secretary Foxx Announces $20 Million in TIGER Funds for MBTA Ruggles Station

News Release: DOT 84-14 Boston BOSTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx was in Boston today to announce that the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) has been selected to receive $20 million in TIGER funds towards a $30 million project to modernize the Ruggles Station. The project is one ...


U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $10.3 Million in TIGER Funds for St. Louis Light Rail Corridor Improvements

News Release: DOT 84-14 St. Louis ST. LOUIS – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced that the Bi-State Development Agency (known as Metro) has been awarded a $10.3 million TIGER grant toward construction of a new light rail transit (LRT) station and other improvements for accessing St. Louis’ ...


U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $14.6 Million TIGER 2014 Grant for Asheville’s East of the Riverway Multimodal Network Project

News Release: DOT 84-14 Asheville ASHEVILLE, N.C. – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx was in Asheville today to announce a $14.6 million TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) grant for the Asheville East of the Riverway Multimodal Network Project that will connect people in different ...


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. today announced the creation of a Conviction Integrity Unit in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, promising a vigorous effort to identify and investigate cases that resulted in wrongful convictions. The unit also will make recommendations about ways to improve training, investigations, and prosecution practices to ensure the integrity of future convictions.


ATF National Firearms Examiner Academy Graduates Next Generation of Crime Fighters

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) awarded 10 law enforcement officers from around the nation certification in the fundamentals of firearm and toolmark examination, which serves as the foundation for expert firearms examiners. The graduates attended a year-long ...


News Release: WASHINGTON - Juan Flores, 37, of Hyattsville, Md., was sentenced today to a 13-year prison term for sexually abusing a three-year-old girl earlier this year, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.


SORNA Offender Sentenced To 48 Months In Federal Prison

News Release: ABILENE, Texas - Troy E. Powell, 46, most recently of Tuscola, Texas, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Jorge A. Solis to 48 months in federal prison for failing to register as a sex offender, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.


New Jersey Man Pleads Guilty to Firearms Charge

News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Kevin Anderson, 46, of Mullica Township, New Jersey, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to unlawful possession of firearms. Court records reveal during a July 12, 2013 probation home check at a Moose River, Maine residence, ...


ENGEL STATEMENT ON NEW SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding the Obama Administration’s imposition of new sanctions against Russia...


News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Friday, Sept. 12, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that on Wednesday, Sept. 10, MARQUIS MITCHELL, 23, of New Haven, was sentenced by Senior U.S.


Ray Dwight Sluss Sentenced To 17 Years In Federal Prison For Receipt Of Child Pornography

News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Sept. 11, 2014, Ray Dwight Sluss, 49, of Johnson City, Tenn., was sentenced to serve 210 months in prison by the Honorable Leon Jordan, Senior U.S. District Judge. Sluss pleaded guilty in February 2014 to a federal indictment charging him with the receipt and possession of child pornography.


Harkin Applauds Senate Passage of Bipartisan HELP Committee Bill to Strengthen Emergency Medical Services for Children

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, applauded Senate passage of the bipartisan Emergency Medical Services for Children Reauthorization Act of 2014. The bill would continue the 30 years of care provided through...


News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces Kathryn (Kathy) Stangl as the new Eugene district manager. Stangl replaces Robert Towne, who was the interim district manager after Ginnie Grilley retired in March 2014. With a bachelor's degree in biology, Stangl applied her education as a fisheries extension...