News from February 2015
By DOT News Wire | Feb 6, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Feb 6, 2015
The US State Department published a one page notice on Feb. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Feb 6, 2015
The US State Department published a two page notice on Feb. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Feb 6, 2015
The US State Department published a three page notice on Feb. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON –Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) officials today released the results and an analysis of four crash tests recently conducted on the Trinity ET-Plus guardrail end terminal at a height of 27-¾ inches.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON – Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced that a California manufacturer will pay a $1.75 million civil penalty and agree to increased oversight by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for continuing to sell defective wheelchair lifts even as it had issued a recall of the lifts to remedy a potential fire hazard.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: TULSA, Okla. -A former medical technician was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for accepting bribes in exchange for submitting fraudulent urinalysis drug tests and to submitting a falsified certification, announced United States Attorney Danny C. Williams Sr. for the Northern District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JOSE EDGARDO CANALES-MADRID, age 25, a citizen of Honduras, pled guilty today to a one-count Bill of Information for illegal reentry of removed alien.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: MEDORA, ND: Shadow Country Outfitters offered its final trail rides in Theodore Roosevelt National Park on Sept. 1, 2014. Shadow Country Outfitters have held the concession contract for guided horseback rides on park trails since 1997. The owners, Neil and Laura Tangen, decided to retire from the...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh resident has been sentenced in federal court to 35 months imprisonment, followed by three years supervised release, and restitution in the amount of $569 on his conviction of robbing a U.S. Post Office, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee Chairman Lou Barletta (R-PA) will lead a Subcommittee roundtable next week on opportunities for saving taxpayers money by reducing costs and space of federal office leases in the Washington, DC metro area.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that two brothers who owned businesses in Springfield, Joplin and Webb City, Mo., pleaded guilty in federal court today to their roles in a $6.7 million conspiracy that involved the distribution of approximately 2,253 kilograms of synthetic marijuana, commonly referred to as K2.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) said a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report gives them confidence that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is adequately preparing to implement the tenth revision to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) on Oct. 1, 2015. ICD codes are used to classify diseases and health issues on patient healthcare records.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - On Feb. 11, 2015, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) will release an update to the High Risk List, an inventory of government operations vulnerable to fraud, waste, abuse and mismanagement. GAO updates the High Risk List every two years at the beginning of a new Congress to focus national attention on these critical areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury has found Deena Williams (40, Lehigh Acres) guilty of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methylone. She faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. Her sentencing hearing is scheduled for May 4, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: Faces life in prison for prostituting over 55 women including a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. -James Ashby Moncure, Jr., 42, of Fredericksburg, Virginia, pleaded guilty today to charges of Wire Fraud and Engaging in Unlawful Monetary Transactions.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, released the following statement after President Obama announced that he will appoint Tony Scott to be federal Chief Information Officer (CIO), Office of Management and Budget.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Christopher Saravello, 37, of Philadelphia, PA, pleaded guilty today, to a scheme to extort drugs and money from drug dealers and drug buyers while working as a Philadelphia Police Officer. He was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act extortion and five counts of Hobbs Act extortion.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - Kathleen Creel, a former employee of Wilhelmsen Ships Service Inc., has pleaded guilty to 10 counts of wire fraud in connection with defrauding her company, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
