News published on Federal Newswire in November 2015

News from November 2015


The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Nov. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Nov. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Nov. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page rule on Nov. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Nov. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Nov. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a three page rule on Nov. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Shuster, Inhofe, DeFazio, Boxer Announce Agreement on Surface Transportation Legislation

News Release: The leaders of the House and Senate lead committees working to reach a bicameral, bipartisan agreement on surface transportation legislation released a joint statement today on the Conference Report for the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act.


Peterson Statement on 2014-2016 RFS Targets

News Release: House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson today made the following statement after the EPA released its 2014-2016 Renewable Fuels Standard targets.


News Release: On Nov. 24, 2015, Corinthus Bevely, a/k/a "Rent," 45, of Marion, Illinois was sentenced for a federal drug offense, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.


House, Senate Education Committees Release Final Proposal to Replace NCLB

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today bipartisan leaders on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions released the final legislative text for improving K-12 education and replacing No Child Left Behind. The final bill is being released after legislative...


House, Senate Education Committees Release Final Proposal to Replace NCLB

News Release: Today bipartisan leaders on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions released the final legislative text for improving K-12 education and replacing No Child Left Behind. The final bill is being released after legislative proposals ...


News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai'i - The female victim of a fatal single-vehicle accident that occurred in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park Thursday night has been identified as 23-year-old Destanie Renon of Waikoloa.


News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Marden Gonzalez, age 20, of Hyattsville, Maryland, today to seven years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for carjacking and for being a felon in possession of a firearm.


THURSDAY: Cummings and Warren to Host “Middle Class Prosperity Project”  Forum on How Childhood Poverty Impacts Opportunity

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Thursday, Dec. 3, Senator Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, will hold the seventh in a series of congressional forums as part of the Middle Class Prosperity Project launched by the Members in February.


News Release: ALICIA A.G. LIMTIACO, U.S. Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands (NMI), was invited to speak at the University of Guam (UOG) School of Business and Public Administration’s Conference on Nov. 25, 2015. The School of Business and Public Administration’s purpose for the...


Convicted Felon Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison on Firearm Charge

News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Momoh Fahnbulleh, 38, of Providence, was sentenced today to 84 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and Providence Police Chief Colonel Hugh T. Clements, Jr.


Robot Adds New Twist to NIST Antenna Measurements and Calibrations

News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been pioneering antenna measurement methods for decades, but a new robot may be the ultimate innovation, extending measurements to higher frequencies while characterizing antennas faster and more easily than previous NIST facilities. The robot-actually...


California Firearms Trafficker Sentenced to 8½ Years in Prison

News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A northern California man who lied on federal gun forms to unlawfully purchase approximately 90 firearms in Nevada, was sentenced today to 8½ years in federal prison and three years of supervised release, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge Jill A. Snyder of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) San Francisco Field Division.


News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A northern California man who lied on federal gun forms to unlawfully purchase approximately 90 firearms in Nevada, was sentenced today to 8½ years in federal prison and three years of supervised release, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge Jill A. Snyder of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) San Francisco Field Division.