News from December 2015
By Commerce News Now | Dec 11, 2015
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Dec. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 11, 2015
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Dec. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Dec 11, 2015
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Dec. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 11, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Dec. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Dec 11, 2015
The US Energy Department published a one page rule on Dec. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Dec 11, 2015
The US Agriculture Department published a three page proposed rule on Dec. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 11, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Dec. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 11, 2015
The US Interior Department published a three page proposed rule on Dec. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 11, 2015
The US Commerce Department published a two page proposed rule on Dec. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Dec 11, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced the immediate availability of $2 million in emergency relief funds from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to the Oregon Department of Transportation and the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) to help repair roads and bridges damaged throughout the region by heavy rain that began falling last week.

By DOT News Wire | Dec 11, 2015
News Release: FMCSA Proposed Rule Would Close Safety Gap by Requiring All Large Commercial Truck Passengers to Use Safety Belts. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced that it is seeking public comment on a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) requiring passengers riding in property-carrying ...

By DOT News Wire | Dec 11, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) was named one of the best places to work in the federal government Tuesday by the Partnership for Public Service.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2015
News Release: In San Antonio today, a military official from Qatar pleaded guilty to visa fraud and his wife pleaded guilty to misprision of a felony involving two domestic employees who were also citizens of foreign countries announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Special Agent in Charge Shane Folden, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in San Antonio.

By Commerce Newswire | Dec 11, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday the Senate passed S. 209, the “Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2015," a bill similar to H.R. 538, the “Native American Energy Act" that passed the House on October 8, 2015. Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) released the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2015
News Release: GREENVILLE - A federal grand jury in Greenville, North Carolina has returned a nine-count indictment charging two engineering officers employed by Oceanfleet Shipping Limited with crimes relating to the illegal discharge of oily wastes directly into the sea, announced Assistant Attorney General John...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2015
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Yesterday afternoon, a federal jury convicted Milton resident Robert F. Matlack, 79, of attempted commercial sex trafficking and attempted enticement of a minor for sex. The verdict was announced by Christopher P. Canova, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 11, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said he was dismayed but not surprised at the announcement that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) planned to nearly double the size of its current bed space to make room for the unaccompanied children being referred to the agency by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

By Commerce Newswire | Dec 11, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement following the release of a rule by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regarding Section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act, also known as the State Innovation Waiver...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2015
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Stephen Farris Underwood (47, Tampa) to 19 years and 7 months in federal prison for transporting a minor across state lines to engage in sexual activity.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2015
News Release: Defendant Made a Video Talking About Plans to Commit Murder.