News from April 2016
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
The US Interior Department published a two page rule on April 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 6, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on April 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
The US Interior Department published a nine page rule on April 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 6, 2016
The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on April 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Apr 6, 2016
The US Agriculture Department published a two page proposed rule on April 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: Agency seeks more input in two public forums on revised proposal
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Three individuals living in the Seattle area have been charged in federal court for possessing more than fifteen counterfeit credit cards. Heben Sebhatu, Fana Kiros and Kayla Burleson were arrested on a criminal complaint and made their initial appearance in federal court in St. Louis today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger announced the sentencing of TIMOTHY JON OLIVER, 62, for stealing $500,000 from ARS Tectonica, a Mexican construction company, in connection with a purported real estate project in Libya. OLIVER, who pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud on Sept. 10, 2014, was sentenced on April 1, 2016, before Senior U.S. District Judge Michael J. Davis in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: Tucson, Ariz. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) released the following statement on Chairman Rob Bishop’s (R-Utah) announcement that a hearing on a draft Puerto Rico debt restructuring bill will be held on April 13, followed by a markup on April 14. An earlier version of a draft bill was released last week by Natural Resources Committee Republicans.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Christopher A. Crofts announced today that Salt Lake City, Utah resident Karen Michelle Cox has been convicted in federal court. A jury found Cox guilty of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine after a five-day jury trial in the United States District Court in Cheyenne. Cox will be sentenced at a later date by Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson. Cox faces a minimum sentence of ten years.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: TULSA, Okla.-Mauricio Arevalo-Magana, 25, pleaded guilty in federal court to the charge of Alien Unlawfully in the United States in Possession of Firearms, announced Danny C. Williams Sr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma. United States District Court Chief Judge Gregory K. Frizzell will sentence Arevalo-Magana on July 12, 2016.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: Release Date: 6 April 2016. Contacts: Jody Mays, jody_mays@nps.gov, 229-924-0343, ext. 201. NR16-03. National Former POW Recognition Day at Andersonville National Historic Site. Special Program will Recognize Former American Prisoners of War and Highlight the Vietnam Prisoner Experience. ANDERSONVILLE...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON -Today, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) so-called fiduciary rule that will abolish long-held financial brokerage business models, limit access for everyday Americans to financial advisors and increase compliance costs and regulations for those who provide workers and retirees with critical investment advice. In response, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) issued the following statement...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said this after the Labor Department released its final fiduciary rule on Wednesday...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: In El Paso, a husband and wife were sentenced to 188 months and 24 months in federal prison, respectively, for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute approximately four kilograms of cocaine announced United States Attorney Richard Durbin, Jr.; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. -On Sunday, April 3 the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a phone call reporting a missing individual last known to be at the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), the top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered opening remarks at a HELP Committee markup to consider legislation that will help remove obstacles to innovation and improve quality treatment for...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man was indicted Wednesday on a federal firearm charge that is alleged to have occurred within months of his release from federal prison in a similar case, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana announced that ENERGY RESOURCE TECHNOLOGY GOM, LLC (ERT), was sentenced today to three years of probation and ordered to pay a $4 million fine and $200,000 community service payment by U.S. District Judge Ivan L.R. Lemelle after having...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: 94 Minor Victims Identified Through Federal Investigation.
