News published on Federal Newswire in April 2016

News from April 2016


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on April 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on April 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Federal Highway Administration Awards $4.8 Million to Five States and One Tribal Government to Expedite Project Delivery

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 ...


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News Release: Maritime Administration Announces Availability of Funding for Marine Highway Projects


U.S. Transportation Secretary Foxx Announces $357 Million TIFIA Loan to Build New Lanes on Houston’s SH 288

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.


U.S. Department of Transportation Receives A+ Rating on Small Business Scorecard

News Release: DOT earns “A” or higher for 7th consecutive year


News Release: U.S. Citizen Sentenced For Sham Marriage to Gambian Man Who Committed Fraud.


News Release: Individual sold firearms to undercover police officer.


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.


The Energy Department Joins America’s 2016 PrepareAthon!

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.


Partial Closure of Iceburg Canyon May 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...


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...


Arizona Woman Pleads Guilty to Federal Heroin Trafficking Charge in New Mexico

News Release: Case Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.


Couple Sentenced to Years in Prison in Scheme that Used Stolen Identities to Steal over $900,000 from California Disability System

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.


Prescribed Fire Planned for Grand Canyon Village Thursday, May 5, 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.


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)...


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...


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.


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.


MEDIA ADVISORY-- New Mexico Hope Initiative Partners to Discuss Impact of DEA’s National Take Back Initiative on New Mexico’s Opioid Epidemic

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...