News published on Federal Newswire in May 2015

News from May 2015


The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page proposed rule on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page proposed rule on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a four page proposed rule on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Highlands County Resident Pleads Guilty to Possessing Firearms and Ammunition While An Alien Unlawfully in the U.S.

News Release: A Highlands County resident pled guilty yesterday to possessing firearms and ammunition while being an alien unlawfully present in the United States.


Wyden Offers Ideas for Improving Child Welfare System

News Release: WASHINGTON -Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today made public a “discussion draft" of legislation to improve the nation’s foster care system by giving States and Tribes much-needed flexibility to finance new tools and programs to better the lives of at-risk children and their families.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Andres Salinas, 20, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to possessing child pornography. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Salinas will be sentenced within the range of four to six years in prison followed by not less than 15 years of supervised release. He also will be required to register as a sex offender after completing his term of imprisonment.


Employees of Utica, New York, steel and pipe manufacturer face laceration, crushing, exit access and fall hazards

News Release: May 5, 2015 BOS 2015-098. Employer name: Pacemaker Steel & Piping Co. Inc., provider of steel, aluminum and other metals and pipe to the construction trade. Inspection site: 501 Main St. Utica, New York 13501. Date inspections initiated: The Syracuse Area Office of the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational...


News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that RICHARD CUMMINGS, 43, of East Haddam, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to one year of probation and a $1,500 fine for violating federal firearms laws. CUMMINGS worked as a manager at Tri-Town Plastics (“Tri-Town"), a former federally-licensed firearms manufacturer located in Deep River.


Murray, Democrats to HHS: Women Should Have Full Access to All FDA-Approved Contraception

News Release: Dear Secretary Burwell: In the 21st century, women should have access to affordable, comprehensive health care services, like birth control, that empower them to make their own health care decisions and provide economic security for their families. By helping women get contraceptive coverage and other...


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Michocan, Mexico, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of reentry of removed alien and was sentenced to time served, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Patricia Ferrick, Special Agent In Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and William Offord, Special Agent in Charge, IRS Criminal Investigation announced that JASON CALABRESE, 43, of Watertown, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to his involvement in a series of fraudulent mortgage loan applications.


News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Joplin, Mo., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today following a pursuit in which he rammed into a police vehicle.


Hartford Man Sentenced to Prison for Manufacturing and Distributing PCP

News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KEVIN BETTS, also known as “KK," 28, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by two years of supervised release, for manufacturing and distributing PCP.


Salvadoran National Pleads Guilty to Illegally Reentry

News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that LUIS ADALBERTO MORADIAGA, age 44, a citizen of El Salvador, pled guilty on today to a one-count Indictment for illegal reentry of removed alien.


Skin care business convicted of selling misbranded, unauthorized medical products

News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Rebuilder Medical Technologies, Inc., a skin care business operating in Jefferson County, West Virginia, was convicted in federal court today of distributing medical products without the approval of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.