News published on Federal Newswire in December 2015

News from December 2015


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Dec. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Dec. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Dec. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a six page rule on Dec. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Dec. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Digest - December 4, 2015

News Release: DOT Releases Plan for Accessing Federally Funded Research Results. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) recently released its Public Access Plan: Increasing Access to Federally Funded Research Results . This plan sets out a framework for enhancing the tracking of the complete research lifecycle ...


News Release: HOUSTON - Five people have been sentenced for their respective roles in a sex trafficking of minors conspiracy in which young females were forced and/or coerced to engaged in commercial sex acts, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Emanuel Dandre Wade, 26, Charmaine Henderson, 27, Ashley Shawntel...


News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Don Juan Campbell, a/k/a “Flav," “Flava Flav," and “Flay," age 32, of Laurel, Maryland, today to 130 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute phencyclidine...


News Release: Wednesday, December 9, 2015. Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. 1: 0 p.m. in 2141 Rayburn House Office Building. Hearing on: Oversight of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services . Witness: The Honorable Leon Rodriguez, Director, USCIS


News Release: (WASHINGTON) - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD), Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Ranking Member on the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security, and Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member on the Homeland Security Committee, announced their support for H.R. 158, the Visa Waiver Program...


Northern District of Mississippi U.S. Attorney’s Office Collects $1,735,405.72 in Civil and Criminal Actions for U.S. Taxpayers in Fiscal Year 2015

News Release: (OXFORD) - U.S. Attorney Felicia C. Adams announced today that the Northern District of Mississippi collected $1,735.405.72 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2015. Of this amount, $1,527,555.12 was collected in criminal actions and $207,850.60 was collected in civil actions.


Meth Smuggler Heads To Federal Prison

News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 23-year-old legal permanent resident from Mexico who resided in Laredo has been ordered to prison following his conviction of possession of nearly nine kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Wilivaldo Sanchez-Mende, 23, pleaded guilty April 30, 2015.


News Release: MIAMI - The National Park Service (NPS) has released the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for acquisition of a parcel of land owned by Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) in the East Everglades Expansion Area (EEEA) of Everglades National Park. Alternative 3, “Fee-for-Fee Land Exchange," is...


Defendant Pleads Guilty in Tallahassee Cyberstalking Case

News Release: Defendant Pleads Guilty in Tallahassee Cyberstalking Case.


OSHA renews alliance with Lamar Outdoor Advertising

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently renewed an alliance with Lamar Advertising Company to help prevent workplace injuries, illnesses and fatalities by raising awareness of OSHA initiatives and outreach campaigns.


Bronx Woman Sentenced for Passport Fraud

News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that SUZANNE DIANNE BENT, 55, a resident of the Bronx, N.Y., was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to three years of probation for passport fraud.


Information:  Federal Court Arraignments

News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office announced that those persons listed below were arraigned before the U.S. Magistrate and the indictments handed down by the Grand Jury unsealed.


Former Army Energy Program Manager At Fort Knox Guilty Of Violating Conflict Of Interest Laws

News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Gary Thomas Meredith, age 68, of Leitchfield, Kentucky, pleaded guilty yesterday in Federal District Court in Louisville, Kentucky, to violating conflict of interest laws. After one day of trial, Meredith, a retired federal employee, admitted that while he was a federal employee he was personally and substantially involved in the creation of a contract in which he had a direct financial interest announced United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr.


News Release: Greensboro, NC - U.S. Attorney Ripley Rand announced today that the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of North Carolina collected $9,082,850.56 in criminal and civil actions during Fiscal Year 2015. Of this amount, $1,338,633.11 was collected in criminal actions and $7,744,217.45 was collected in civil actions.


News Release: Roger Thomas Clark Was a Key Figure in the Development of Silk Road Who Helped Ross Ulbricht Run the Criminal Enterprise.