News from April 2016
By DOT News Wire | Apr 22, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on April 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 22, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on April 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: DENVER – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Acting Administrator Carolyn Flowers today joined top Colorado officials to open the University of Colorado A Line commuter rail service from downtown Denver to Denver International Airport. The rail line is among the ...

By DOT News Wire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – Leaders from the aviation and automotive industries joined with top U.S. Department of Transportation officials today to discuss how safety lessons from aviation can be applied to the auto industry. The Enhancing Safety Culture in Transportation forum was co-hosted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Federal Aviation Administration, and was attended by top officials from U.S. airlines and aerospace and automobile manufacturers.

By DOT News Wire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: BTS Releases 2015 Border Crossing/Entry Data - The U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) has released 2015 Border Crossing/Entry Data . The database includes numbers of personal vehicles, incoming trucks, trains, buses, containers and pedestrians entering the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: Departamento de Justicia. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Eastern District of California. PARA DIVULGACION INMEDIATA. Viernes, 22 de abril de 2016. Sacramento, Calif. - El viernes, 1 de abril de 2016, Álvaro Ríos-Madrid, 57 años de edad, y residente de Guamúchil, Sinaloa, México fue extraditado formalmente a los...

By State Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
Release: Goods and Services Eligible for Importation.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Derrel Pitts, a/k/a “Foolish," age 27, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit sex trafficking in connection with his prostituting of a minor female.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jason Loera, 47, a former political consultant and resident of Albuquerque, N.M., who currently resides in Los Angeles, Calif., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque to receiving a visual depiction of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Loera entered his guilty plea under a plea agreement that permits him to appeal from a court order denying his motion to suppress evidence.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that James Parish, 31, of Carlsbad, California, who was convicted of conspiracy to distribute 100 kilograms or more of marijuana and money laundering conspiracy, was sentenced to 120 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - Helen Tantillo, 59, of Austin, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks of the Western District of Texas to serve six months in federal prison, to be followed by a three-year term of supervised release, and pay a $5,000 fine. Tantillo was convicted in January 2016 in federal...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: As the National Park Service continues to celebrate National Park Week, April 16-24, the Outer Banks Group commends Volunteer Hillary Harrison. Hillary began volunteering last March as a receptionist, with responsibilities that included greeting and answering phone calls from the public. This winter she volunteered in the Special Use Permit Office, assisting with the preparation of permits and correspondence, and working with applicants.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: DAYTON - William Foreman, 71, of Kettering, Ohio was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 60 months in prison for possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - U.S. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch and Daryl Atkinson, a White House Champion of Change and the Department of Justice’s first Second Chance Fellow, will be in north Alabama next week to participate in National Reentry Week events that will focus attention on the importance of helping ex-offenders build successful lives when they come out of prison, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: Attacks Took Place Near U Street Metro Station.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA - A pair of Winchester residents, who previously pled guilty to submitting false timesheets for payment to Virginia Medicaid, were sentenced yesterday in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Harrisonburg, United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. and Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee leaders sent a bipartisan letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt, pressing the agency to collect, analyze, and publish additional data regarding the mental and behavioral health of Medicare patients.

By State Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today welcomed a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) decision to suspend the removal order for Malachy McAllister, allowing him and his family to stay in the United States...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Springfield, Mo., business owner has pleaded guilty in federal court to structuring financial transactions in an effort to evade federal reporting requirements.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of Tennessee is smart on crime, and aggressive in pursuit of justice. Our office is composed of attorneys, paralegals, legal assistants and support staff who are dedicated to the mission of the Department of Justice. In 2013, the U.S. Department...