News from April 2016
By DOJ Gazette | Apr 29, 2016
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on April 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Apr 29, 2016
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on April 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced more than $4.8 million in grants from the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Accelerated Innovation Deployment (AID) Demonstration program to fund projects in Arizona, Kentucky, New York, Ohio, Vermont and the Gwichyaa Zhee ...

By DOT News Wire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: Maritime Administration Announces Availability of Funding for Marine Highway Projects

By DOT News Wire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced a $357 million Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to finance the construction of four new toll lanes on State Highway (SH) 288 in Houston, Texas.

By DOT News Wire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: DOT earns “A” or higher for 7th consecutive year
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: U.S. Citizen Sentenced For Sham Marriage to Gambian Man Who Committed Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: Individual sold firearms to undercover police officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - The second of 20 defendants convicted in a marijuana trafficking and money laundering conspiracy has been ordered to prison, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Erika Alvarez, 39, of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, previously pleaded guilty for her role in the money laundering.

By DOE Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: Tomorrow is National PrepareAthon! Day, an opportunity for individuals, organizations, and communities to prepare for specific hazards through drills, group discussions, and exercises. The goals of the campaign are to help people understand which disasters could happen in their community, know what to do to be safe and mitigate damage, take action to increase their preparedness, and participate in community resilience planning.

By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: A portion of Iceburg Canyon will be closed to the public and all recreation activities from May 3 through May 6, 2016. The park will be conducting important resource management work within the first side canyon to the south of Iceburg Canyon, and the area will be closed until work is completed. Access...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - In recognition of the designation of April 24-30, 2016 as National Reentry Week by the U.S. Department of Justice, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania hosted an organizational meeting at Wilkes University for law enforcement officers, prosecutors...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: Case Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Lancaster couple has been sentenced, with each receiving several years in federal prison, for conspiring to defraud the California Employment Development Department (EDD) by filing fraudulent applications for disability benefits and obtaining more than $900,000 from the agency.

By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - National Park Service (NPS) fire managers anticipate initiating prescribed fire treatment in Grand Canyon Village Thursday, May 5, as weather and fuel moisture conditions allow.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: Washington - The view that drinkable water has been generally considered “reliable, cheap, and abundant" is no longer true due to a growing demand and reduction in supply, in part because of climate change impacts, including recurring drought according to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO)...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - On April 28, 2016, U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden and Assistant U.S. Attorney Sue Fahami, visited the Federal Correctional Institution in Herlong, Calif. (FCI Herlong) as part of the Department of Justice’s first-ever National Reentry Week, which included events nationwide to assist...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - Three men who operated two Boston-area fried chicken restaurants have been charged with conspiring to file false tax returns as part of a long-running scheme to avoid paying payroll and income taxes.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office announced that those persons listed below were arraigned before the U.S. Magistrate and the indictments handed down by the Grand Jury unsealed.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez, Bernalillo County Commissioner Maggie Hart Stebbins, City Councilor Diane Gibson, and Ryan P. Cangiolosi, Chief Strategic Advisor for UNM’s Health Sciences Center, will join DEA Assistant Special Agent in Charge Sean R. Waite at 12:00 p.m. (noon) on Saturday...