News published on Federal Newswire in April 2016

News from April 2016


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on April 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on April 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on April 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


February 2016 Passenger Airline Employment Data

News Release: February 2016 Passenger Airline Employment Data


FRA Releases List of Railroad Crossings with Most Incidents over Last Decade

News Release: Part of continued, increased focus on reducing fatalities at railroad crossings


News Release: HOUSTON - The operator of a tax preparation in Houston has been ordered to federal prison following her conviction of knowingly preparing a materially false claim against the United States, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with Special Agent in Charge Rick Goss of IRS-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI). Adriana Lizette Luna pleaded guilty Sept, 17, 2015, admitting she prepared a materially false 2011 U.S. Individual Income Tax return.


News Release: Contact:Jim Richardson. Phone: 671-477-7278. Tourism to War in the Pacific National Historical Park creates $18.5 million in Economic Benefit - Report shows visitor spending supports 232 jobs in local economy. Hagatna, Guam -A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 322,463 visitors to War...


News Release: MOOSE, WY -A new report released today concludes that visitors to Grand Teton National Park in 2015 spent an estimated $560 million in local gateway communities. The ripple effects of that spending had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of over $728 million and supported 8,862 jobs in nearby communities...


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Tomas Jaramillo, 55, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court for his conviction for submitting false and fraudulent claims to the Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) in Albuquerque. Jaramillo was sentenced to five years of probation and ordered to pay $11,439.90 in restitution to the VAMC.


2015 Economic Report

News Release: A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 246,825 visitors to Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve in 2015 spent $8.4 million dollars in communities near the park. That spending supported 133 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $9.5 million.


Peekskill Man Pleads Guilty In White Plains Federal Court To Heroin Conspiracy And Admits Distributing Heroin And Fentanyl That Resulted In Death

News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that LAKUAN RHYNE pled guilty to conspiring to distribute more than a kilogram of heroin in and around Westchester County during 2014. RHYNE admitted that in the course of the conspiracy, on Jan. 26, 2014, in...


Reclamation Increases the Friant 2016 Class 1 Water Supply Allocation

News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation today announces an increased allocation to the Friant Division contractors of Class 1 water supply from 40 to 50 percent. The


Reclamation Announces 2016 Schedule for Release into Trinity River as Part of Restoration Program

News Release: REDDING, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation announced today that releases from Lewiston Dam into the Trinity River began increasing gradually on Thursday, April 21, from. 300 cubic feet per second to approximately 4,500 cfs by Saturday, May 7. On Sunday, May 8, flows will begin to increase from 4,500...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -Today, Reps. Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) and Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD) introduced legislation to protect consumers from predatory lending practices and crack down on some of the worst abuses in the industry.


Jose Gonzalez-Martinez is Third Conviction in Operation Ice Storm

News Release: Conviction is Part of Broader Plan to Fight Flow of Meth into Greater Charlottesville.


Tourism to Cape Lookout National Seashore creates over $19.2 Million in Economic Benefits.  Report shows visitor spending supports over 274 jobs in local economy.

News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC-A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 400,413 visitors to Cape Lookout National Seashore in 2015 spent $17,698,100 in communities near the park. That spending supported 274 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $19,271,800.


News Release: Sergeant David Somma has been selected as the Public Information Officer for the United States Park Police New York Field Office. Sergeant Somma is a 25 year veteran and has served most of his career in New York. Sergeant Somma has been awarded the Department of the Interior Medal of Valor, the United...


News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that HARVEY NEWKIRK, formerly counsel at a law firm in Manhattan, was sentenced today to a prison term of six months for wire fraud in connection with his participation in a scheme to fraudulently induce lenders...


News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that BRODIE ROPE BOOTH, age 40, of Konawa, Oklahoma and BOBBI NICOLE THOMAS, age 36, of Seminole, Oklahoma, were sentenced in federal court for CONSPIRACY, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 371.


National Reentry Week - Tribal Reentry Program

News Release: Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s Inaugural Appointment of Cultural/Spiritual Mentors.