News from September 2015
By Interior Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
The US Interior Department published a six page rule on Sept. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Sep 17, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Sept. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced a $180 million Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan to the Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) for construction of the LYNX Blue Line light rail extension. The TIFIA loan will support the expansion of the popular light rail system from Center City Charlotte to the UNC Charlotte Campus.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: Employer name: JV Industrial Cos. Ltd., headquartered in Pasadena, Texas, was contracted by Valero St. Charles Refinery in Norco, Louisiana, to demolish piping in its sulfuric acid alkylation unit.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: National Park ServiceNews Release. - SEPTEMBER 17, 2015. Caleb Kesler, Chief Ranger, MOCA/TUZI, 928-567-5276 x222. Camp Verde, AZ - Montezuma Castle National Monument. Star Party at Camp Verde High School Hosted by the National Park Service and Astronomers of the Verde Valley. Montezuma Castle National...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: As part of the Obama Administration’s strategy to increase energy productivity, reduce America's reliance on foreign oil and cut harmful emissions the Energy Department today announced an investment of nearly $55 million for 24 projects to develop and deploy cutting-edge vehicle technologies that will...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: MOOSE, WY -The Moose-Wilson Road was re-opened in its entirety around midday September 17 after black bear activity on the road subsided. Grand Teton National Park managers initiated a temporary closure of the road on September 9. After several patrols of the road in the last 24 hours indicated that...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced the Improving Postal Operations, Service, and Transparency Act of 2015 (iPOST).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: Fabricated Documents to Conceal Fraudulent Transfers of Money from the American Registry of Pathology over a Four Year Period.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: Chavez Prosecuted as Part of “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: Abdurahman is third of nine charged co-conspirators to plead guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: Earlier today in federal court in Brooklyn, former New York State Assemblyman William F. Boyland, Jr. was sentenced to 14 years of incarceration in connection with his conviction at trial of 21 felony counts, including federal programs bribery, conspiracy to violate the Travel Act, extortion, honest...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation, National Marine Fisheries Service and other partnering federal and state agencies will host a webinar on the Shasta Dam Fish Passage Evaluation to provide an update on the status and next steps for pilot studies evaluating reintroduction of winter-run Chinook salmon upstream of Shasta Dam.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JUAN VASQUEZ-ALVARADO, age 47, a citizen of Honduras, pled guilty today to a one-count Indictment charging him with illegal reentry of a removed alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Vermont stated today that David Baez Garcia, age 49, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, has pleaded guilty in front of Chief Judge Christina Reiss in the U.S. District Court in Burlington to a conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, 100 grams or more of heroin and oxycodone from in or about Summer 2009 through in or about June 2010.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: Minnesota Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to ISIL.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: Final preparations are underway for the prescribed fire at Gettysburg National Military Park (GETT) that will take place Friday, Sept. 18, weather permitting.National Park Service (NPS) fire specialists will burn 30 acres northeast of the intersection of United States Avenue and Hancock Avenue, near the Pennsylvania Memorial.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: * The City of Bayou La Batre, Alabama ($150,000) will remove 23 large pieces of marine debris, primarily consisting of derelict vessels, from its Gulf of Mexico shipping channel. In coordination with state partners, local organizations and volunteer groups, the city will also work with the state-run Dauphin Island Sea Lab to restore habitat and implement a public awareness and outreach campaign to improve disposal of unwanted vessels.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE-Today, the Department of Justice is pleased to announce a proposed settlement to resolve a nationwide class action brought by tribes and tribal contractors that had Indian Self Determination Act contracts with the Bureau of Indian Affairs. This is a preliminary resolution we submitted to...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) and U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) today issued the following statements after the non-partisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) estimated that their bill to close the carried interest loophole, the Carried Interest Fairness Act, would raise $15.6 billion in revenue...
