News published on Federal Newswire in January 2015

News from January 2015


The US Commerce Department published a two page proposed rule on Jan. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Jan. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a four page notice on Jan. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Jan. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Jan. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Jan. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


U.S. Transportation Secretary Foxx Announces $500,000 in Emergency Relief Funds for Washington State

News Release: Federal Funds to Help Repair Roads Damaged Statewide by Rainfall


U.S. Transportation Secretary Foxx Announces $500,000 in Emergency Relief Funds for Washington State

News Release: Federal Funds to Help Repair Roads Damaged Statewide by Rainfall


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Gary Clark Steciuk, age 39, of Buffalo Grove, Illinois and Heber Springs, Arkansas, pleaded guilty today to mail fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud his clients of more than $2.6 million.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Earlier this afternoon a federal jury sitting in Albuquerque, N.M., found Shelia Villegas, 47, of Manila, Ark., guilty on methamphetamine and cocaine trafficking charges after a two-day trial. The guilty verdict was announced by U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez, Acting Special Agent in Charge Tom Hernandez of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in El Paso, Texas, and Chief Gorden Eden of the Albuquerque Police Department (APD).


News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that AMANDA JO JONES, age 24, of Westville, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 60 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release for Conspiracy, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 371.


Dallas Man Known as “Baja Bandit” Sentenced to 35 Years

News Release: DALLAS - A Dallas man, who admitted committing the armed robberies of insurance companies in Dallas last year, received a lengthy federal prison sentence today, announced John Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.



Secretary Moniz Announces $125 Million OPEN Solicitation for Transformational Energy Projects

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz announced today at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars that the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) is issuing its third open funding opportunity announcement, OPEN 2015, for up to $125 million. OPEN 2015 will support energy research and development projects from America’s top innovators for disruptive new technologies in transportation and stationary applications.


Two Joplin Men Charged with Illegal Firearms Following Car Chase, K-9 Search

News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that two Joplin, Mo., men have been charged in federal court, in separate but related cases, with illegally possessing firearms after they attempted to hide and flee from law enforcement officers.


NIST Contributes to Media's Top Science Stories of 2014

News Release: Cool instruments-literally-made by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) contributed to the media's top science stories of 2014.


News Release: Defendant and Co-Conspirators Fled the United States for Honduras After the 2011 Murder.


News Release: PHOENIX - On Jan. 5, 2015, Logan Keenan Brown, 21, of Chandler, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Diane Humetewa to 40 months in prison, having previously plead guilty to the offense of making a false declaration before a grand jury. On Dec. 8, 2014, Georgina Holguin, 44, of Bapchule, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Douglas Rayes to 24 months in prison for a false declaration in front of the same grand jury.


Muskogee Man Sentenced to 60 Months for Firearm Possession in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking

News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that JAMES DEWAYNE MARSHALL, 23, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 60 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release for Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking Offense, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 924(c)(1)(A).


Two Joplin Men Charged with Illegal Firearms Following Car Chase, K-9 Search

News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that two Joplin, Mo., men have been charged in federal court, in separate but related cases, with illegally possessing firearms after they attempted to hide and flee from law enforcement officers.