News published on Federal Newswire in October 2015

News from October 2015


The US Interior Department published a three page notice on Oct. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Oct. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Oct. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Oct. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Oct. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on Oct. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Oct. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Oct. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


U.S. Transportation Secretary Foxx, Denver Mayor Hancock Host Forum on Future of Transportation Featuring Colorado Governor Hickenlooper

News Release: DENVER, Colo. – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper, and Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock today held the last of 11 nationwide regional forums on the Beyond Traffic draft framework at Mile High United Way’s CoBank Leadership Center. The Beyond Traffic report ...


Baltimore Co-Conspirator Admits to Five Robberies

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Randy Jones, age 38, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty today to robbing a video game store, and admitted to four other robberies.


News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - It's breeding and nesting season for nēnē, and park visitors are urged to drive with caution and to give the endangered Hawaiian goose space.


News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Nicholas Selby, age 31, pleaded guilty to engaging in a scheme to defraud Planet Fitness Holdings, LLC, Newington, New Hampshire (“Planet Fitness") of more than $920,000, announced Acting United States Attorney Donald Feith.


News Release: Case Highlights Law Enforcement Efforts to Investigate and Prosecute “Pain Clinics" that are Fronts for Criminals Who Divert Pharmaceutical Drugs.


News Release: Cape Girardeau, MO - RODGER SERATT, Naylor, Missouri, was sentenced to 41 months in prison on charges of falsifying documents to receive Social Security benefits, and a separate charge of tampering with a witness during the investigation. He appeared before United States District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr., in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.


Glen Burnie Tax Preparer Admits to Filing 29 False Tax Returns

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Christine Little, age 43, of Glen Burnie, Maryland pleaded guilty today to aiding in the preparation of false tax returns.


News Release: STEUBENVILLE, Ohio - A federal grand jury in Columbus, Ohio, charged seven individuals for their roles in a Steubenville, Ohio, based heroin-trafficking operation.



Former Employee of Yatahey Contract Postal Unit Pleads Guilty to Federal Misdemeanor Embezzlement Charge

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Ahmed Abder-Rahman, 25, of Gallup, N.M., pleaded guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a misdemeanor charge of theft of government property. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Abder-Rahman will be sentenced to a term of probation and ordered to pay $10, 242.00 in restitution to the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), the victim of his criminal conduct.


Engel Remarks on the Illicit Ivory Trade

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following remarks at an event sponsored by the Enough Project on the illicit ivory trade and his bipartisan efforts with Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Ed Royce (R-CA) to combat this issue through the Global Anti-Poaching Act (H.R. 2494 )...


South Sioux City Man Sentenced to more than 10 Years in Prison for Conspiring to Distribute Methamphetamine

News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Carlos Saul Vargas-Romero, 30, of South Sioux City, Nebraska, was sentenced on Oct. 27, 2015, to 121 months in prison by United States District Judge Laurie Smith Camp. Vargas-Romero had previously pled guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute more than...