News from September 2015
By DOT News Wire | Sep 8, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Sept. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Sep 8, 2015
News Release: BTS Releases National Census of Ferry Operators Results - The U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released the latest results from the biennial National Census of Ferry Operators (NCFO) conducted in 2014. Key findings indicate that 128 ferry operators ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Gregory Magness, 67, of Polk, Pennsylvania, who was convicted of felony charges of conspiracy to smuggle merchandise into the United States and conspiracy to launder money, and his son Justin Magness, 39, of Clymer, NY, who was convicted...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 8, 2015
News Release: Washington, DC -On Wednesday, September 9, 2015, Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-New York), Patrick Meehan (R-Pennsylvania), Elijah E. Cummings (D-Maryland), and Robin Kelly (D-Illinois) will hold a press conference to announce the re-introduction of a bipartisan bill in the House of Representatives to make...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2015
News Release: The Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) document hasbeen signed by the National Park Service and is available to the public.During the environmental assessment process,four comments were received and addressed in the FONSI document.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2015
News Release: As summer begins to wind down and we move into the month of September, the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area begins eight days of storytelling. The first event planned is the Ghost Train scheduled for September 12 down at the Blue Heron Interpretative Site on the Kentucky side of the...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 8, 2015
News Release: Washington -The National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) will have a public meeting in Stowe, Vermont from October 26-29, 2015. In advance of the meeting, the NOSB is accepting public comments.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2015
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former employee of the South Central Ozarks Council of Governments pleaded guilty in federal court today to receiving child pornography on his worksite computer.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2015
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz.-A break in the Transcanyon Pipeline occurred over the weekend. Because of the break's location, there is no drinking water on the North Kaibab Trail at Cottonwood Campground or Manzanita Rest Area (formerly Roaring Springs Residence). The break is located north of Phantom Ranch, in an area on the North Kaibab Trail known as the Box.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 8, 2015
News Release: CORDOVA, Ill. - A 45-year-old lost part of three fingers when his left hand caught in a table saw at a Cordova company that fabricates reusable shipping containers. Doctors reattached the fingers, but had to amputate the tip of his left middle finger. The employee has been unable to return to work.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2015
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Detroit man who led a heroin conspiracy that funneled substantial amounts of heroin into the Huntington area between 2012 and 2014 was sentenced today to 11 years and six months in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Booth Goodwin. Christopher Jermaine Taylor, 30, previously pleaded guilty in federal court in Huntington in February of 2015 to conspiring to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO - A west suburban physician pleaded guilty in federal court today to a charge that he fraudulently certified Medicare patients as confined to the home, allowing healthcare agencies to bill Medicare for unnecessary in-home treatment.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2015
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Ferriday woman pleaded guilty to stealing more than $100,000 of her deceased aunt’s Veterans Affairs benefits.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 8, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - As Walter Palmer, the American dentist who made international news by illegally killing the famed Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe earlier this year, returns to work this week after a prolonged absence, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva urged Interior Secretary...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2015
News Release: DALLAS - Following a five-day trial, a federal jury has convicted Thomas Earl Wright, 33, of Dallas, on all counts of a superseding indictment charging drug trafficking and firearm offenses, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas and U.S. Attorney John M. Bales of the Eastern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2015
News Release: CALABASAS, Calif. - Fans of all things slithery and scaly are invited to attend the Live Reptile and Amphibian Show at the Santa Monica Mountains Visitor Center on Sunday, September 20 from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2015
News Release: Due to extreme drought conditions and lack of forage, the Bureau of Land Management will continue to gather and provide emergency care for wild horses in the Cold Creek area of southern Nevada - about 30 miles west of Las Vegas. Using hay and water, the BLM gathered 201 horses last week.“We have identified...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2015
News Release: The International Dark Sky Association and Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park are proud to announce the official selection of Black Canyon as an International Dark Sky Park. This highly sought designation means that Black Canyon has exceptional opportunities to observe dark skies and has implemented a program of dark sky preservation, education, and opportunities for the public to enjoy the night sky.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 8, 2015
News Release: Theodore (Tod) Sizer has joined the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST's) Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology (VCAT), the agency's primary private-sector policy advisory group. Sizer is vice president of the Wireless Research Program in Bell Labs, the research arm of Alcatel-Lucent. Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and NIST Director Willie E. May appointed Sizer to a three-year term.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2015
News Release: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE - William Townley, 56, of Peterborough, New Hampshire, appeared in United States District Court today and entered a guilty plea to one count of failure to register as a sex offender in violation of federal law, announced Acting United States Attorney Donald Feith.
