News published on Federal Newswire in November 2015

News from November 2015


The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on Nov. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published an eight page rule on Nov. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page proposed rule on Nov. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


DOT Releases New Online Tool to Help Promote Health through Transportation

News Release: Washington, DC – The U.S. Department of Transportation has joined with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to launch a new online tool that provides profiles of how transportation may be affecting human health in each State and region. The Transportation and Health Tool provides a single ...


U.S. DOT Imposes Largest Civil Penalty in NHTSA’s History on Takata for Violating the Motor Vehicle Safety Act; Agency Accelerates Recalls to Get Safe Air Bags into U.S. Vehicles

News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration today issued two orders designed to protect the traveling public from defective Takata air bag inflators. The orders impose the largest civil penalty in NHTSA’s history for Takata’s violations of the Motor ...


News Release: Project Safe Childhood. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Columbia, Mo., man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for the sexual exploitation of a minor. Jayme Nathaniel Walker, 40, of Columbia, was charged...


Jacksonville Man Sentenced To More Than Seven Years For Receiving Child Pornography Over The Internet

News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced Christopher Shawn Warnock (43, Jacksonville) to seven years and six months in federal prison for receiving child pornography over the Internet. Warnock was also ordered to serve a 15-year term of supervision, and to register as a sex offender, upon his release from prison. He has been in custody since his arrest on Dec. 17, 2014.


Little Sahara Recreation Area to Shut off Water and Close Visitor Center for Winter

News Release: Fillmore, Utah-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Utah Little Sahara Recreation Area (LSRA) visitor center will close for winter from Nov. 28, 2015 through Feb. 18, 2016. While the center is closed, BLM staff will not be available to assist LSRA visitors, but the recreation area will remain open.


News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn.- On Nov. 3, 2015, Dakota Destry Weaver, 20, of Clinton, Tenn., was sentenced by the Honorable Thomas A. Varlan, Chief U.S. District Judge, to serve 144 months in prison as a result of his conviction for receipt and possession of child pornography. Following his release from prison...


News Release: More Than 17,000 Victims Defrauded. William M. Worthy, II, 53, of Isle of Palms, South Carolina, pleaded guilty today to federal charges arising from a national health care benefits scheme that defrauded more than 17,000 victims, announced David Rivera, United States Attorney. During a hearing before...


Nine Jacksonville Residents Indicted For Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Fraud

News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces today the return of three indictments charging nine Jacksonville residents with wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).


News Release: Agreement Includes A 60-Month Federal Prison Sentence.


News Release: Project Safe Childhood. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Joplin, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for possessing child pornography. Donald Eugene Ruddick, 39, of Joplin, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge...


News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Mexican national who was arrested in Vinton, La., pleaded guilty last week to charges that he reentered the United States multiple times without obtaining permission.


Harrison County, WV woman convicted of heroin trafficking

News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Miranda D. Swiger, 21, of Stonewood, West Virginia, was convicted of heroin trafficking today in federal court, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.


News Release: Nampa Man Pleads Guilty to Drug and Gun Charges.


News Release: Fire Management staff at Denali National Park and Preserve are planning to burn debris consisting of trees and brush between Monday, November 2 and Friday, December 4, weather conditions permitting. The single pile is located east of the park airstrip and west of the northernmost loop of the Riley Creek Campground.


News Release: On Oct. 29 during his keynote speech at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics & Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) 2015 Diversity in STEM Conference, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Ernest Moniz announced a new program to help ‎tribal colleges prepare students for careers in science...


News Release: U.S. Attorney Deirdre M. Daly today announced new supervisory appointments within the U.S. Attorney’s Office.


News Release: Victims included McConnell Senate Committee. Defendant admitted to purchasing vacation condominiums, luxury automobiles and jewelry with the stolen funds. LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The former vendor for multiple local, state, and federal campaigns, PACs, and non-profit organizations throughout the United States...