News published on Federal Newswire in April 2015

News from April 2015


The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on April 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on April 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on April 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on April 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on April 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a seven page notice on April 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on April 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on April 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on April 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on April 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


U.S. Transportation Secretary Foxx Announces LadderSTEP Technical Assistance Program

News Release: INDIANAPOLIS – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced a new technical assistance program – LadderSTEP – that will help seven cities foster sustainable economic development related to planned transportation projects. The choices made regarding transportation infrastructure at the Federal, ...


February 2015 Passenger Airline Employment Data

News Release: February 2015 Passenger Airline Employment Data


Ringling Bros. to enhance safety for all aerial acts after settlement agreement

News Release: April 23, 2015 BOS 2015-087. Ringling Bros. to enhance safety for all aerial acts after settlement agreement. 9 employees injured in May 2014 fall in Providence, Rhode Island. BOSTON -- Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, will implement ongoing safety enhancements in aerial acts to protect employees...


Tourism to Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument creates $13,499,000 in Economic Benefits

News Release: Ajo, Arizona --A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 224,547 visitors toOrgan Pipe Cactus NM in 2014 spent $13.5 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 195jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $13.5 million.


Federal Indictment Charges East Providence Resident With Conspiracy, Transportation Of Minors And Sex Trafficking Of Minors

News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A federal grand jury in Providence has returned acharging Reginald Chaney, a/k/a “Reggie", 19, of East Providence, with conspiracy, sex trafficking of a child and transportation of a minor. It is alleged that Chaney conspired to recruit, transport and coerce two minor females to engage in commercial sex acts.


Applications for START Clean Energy Project Development Technical Assistance Due May 22

News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy is accepting applications for the third round of Strategic Technical Assistance Response Team (START) Renewable Energy Project Development Assistance. Through START, federally recognized tribal governments and other tribal entities can apply for and are selected to receive on-the-ground support to accelerate clean energy project development.


Broward Resident Pleads Guilty to Traveling to Colombia to Engage in Sexual Activity with Minors

News Release: Dennis De Jesus, 46, of Fort Lauderdale, pled guilty to traveling to Colombia in order to engage in illicit sexual activity with two persons under the age of eighteen, enticing the minors to engage in sexual activity, and knowingly possessing a visual depiction of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 23, 2015 - On March 26, 2015, a bipartisan letter was sent to U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Sally Jewell by Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT), Subcommittee Chairman Don Young (AK-at-large), Representatives Mike Thompson (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), and Elizabeth H. Esty (D-CT)...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and a former Chairman of the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee, today issued the following statement regarding Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina’s decision to renew the mandate of the United Nations International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) for two years when it expires in September.


Louisiana Doctor Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud Charges for Writing False Home Health Certifications in $56 Million Fraud Scheme

News Release: WASHINGTON - A Louisiana doctor pleaded guilty to federal health care fraud charges today, admitting that he wrote false home health care certifications that were used in a multi-million dollar Medicare fraud scheme.