News published on Federal Newswire in December 2015

News from December 2015


The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Dec. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Dec. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Dec. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on Dec. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page proposed rule on Dec. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page proposed rule on Dec. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Dec. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Dec. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


U.S. DOT Imposes Civil Penalty on Harbor Freight Tools For Failure To Recall Trailer Kits

News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has imposed a $1 million civil penalty on Harbor Freight Tools, an equipment importer, for failing to issue a timely recall of more than 800,000 after-market trailer light kits that violate Federal safety standards.


U.S. Department of Transportation to Investigate Possible Discrimination through Alabama Driver License Office Closures

News Release: WASHINGTON — Today, following widespread closures and reduction in services at driver license offices across Alabama, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced it will investigate whether these actions by the State and the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) violate Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin in programs and activities receiving federal assistance.


October 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)

News Release: October 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 2130, the “Red River Private Property Protection Act" by a vote of 253-177. The Committee passed the legislation in September. Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) commented upon passage.


New York Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Conspiracy To Distribute Kilograms Of Cocaine And Failure To Appear In Court

News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a New York City man was sentenced to 122 months (10 years) imprisonment by U.S. District Court Judge Yvette Kane in Harrisburg for conspiracy to distribution multiple kilograms of cocaine and for failure to appear in court.


Houston Man Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine

News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that BAKEER RASHED, JR., age 33, of Houston was sentenced today after having pled guilty to one count of conspiring to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine hydrochloride.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark, New Jersey, man with at least six felony convictions in New Jersey courts was arrested today after federal law enforcement officers found four handguns, a 12-guage shotgun and more than 500 grams of cocaine at his residence, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 22-year-old resident of Corpus Christi has been ordered to federal prison for more than 15 years following his conviction for distribution of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Rogelio Jesus Martinez, 22, pleaded guilty March 3, 2014.


News Release: As the Acting United States Attorney for the District of Oregon, I write to the citizens of Harney County to address ongoing attempts by outside individuals and organizations that are making statements and using social media to express views which are clearly contrary to what occurred publicly in an...


News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Demonte Johntrell Latimore, 28, of St. Paul, Minn, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 48 months in prison, to be served concurrently with a separate federal gun sentence, for threatening to impair the confidentiality of information obtained from a protected computer without authorization.


Yosemite National Park Closes Tioga Road for the Season

News Release: Incoming Storm Expected to Drop a Significant Amount of Snow in the Park’s Higher Elevations.