News from August 2016
By Fed News Journal | Aug 15, 2016
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Aug. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced an opportunity https://www.transit.dot.gov/funding/applying/notices-funding/safety-research-and-demonstration-srd-program to apply for $7 million in federal funding for projects that demonstrate ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A UPS employee was charged in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with shipping cocaine from Puerto Rico to Massachusetts.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Northwest Resource Advisory Council will meet Thursday, Aug. 18 at the Memorial Hospital in Craig.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd sentenced Kimberly English, 53, of Fresno, today to 15 months in prison and ordered her to pay $33,780 in restitution to the IRS for filing a fraudulent tax return by an employee of the United States and making an opportunity for a person to defraud the United States, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: BISMARCK, ND -- Reclamation is hosting a public lands clean-up event on Saturday, Aug. 27, at Belle Fourche Reservoir near Belle Fourche, S.D.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY - Aug. 15, 2016.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: Home ownership is a big part of the American dream. A door, four walls, and a roof may satisfy the definition of a “house," but the concept of a “home" promises much more. It’s a vision of a safe, healthy, energy-efficient space to live and raise a family.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: Hey kids! On Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016, celebrate the 100th birthday of the National Park Service by becoming a Junior Ranger. All participants completing the Junior Ranger booklet receive a Junior Ranger badge, special 100th Anniversary badge and a Junior Ranger patch. A guided hike is scheduled for...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area will be hosting an Art-in-the-Park photo contest reception on Saturday, Sept. 3, at the Bandy Creek Visitor Center located at 151 Stable Road in Oneida, Tennessee. The reception will start at 5:00 PM (ET).
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2016, and continues its tradition of sharing Hawaiian culture and After Dark in the Park (ADIP) programs with the public in September.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: A Dearborn, Michigan, man pleaded guilty to making false statements to federal agents involving terrorism, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that LEON RICHARD AUTRY, age 42, of Cookson, Oklahoma, pled guilty to POSSESSION OF A FIREARM IN FURTHERANCE OF A DRUG TRAFFICKING CRIME, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 924(c)(1)(A)...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: FARGO - US Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on August 8, 2016, Winterhawk Leonard Oldrock, 37, Fort Totten, ND, was sentenced before US District Judge Ralph R. Erickson to serve 7 years in prison for Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and Distribution of a Controlled Substance. Judge Erickson also sentenced Oldrock to serve 3 years of supervised release and to pay a $100 special assessment to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: Seven defendants were sentenced for their participation in extensive identity theft and drug trafficking schemes.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal judge sentenced a Chicago man to eleven years in prison for robbing six stores and two banks on the city’s North Side.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Future increases in precipitation in the Upper Colorado River Basin may increase groundwater recharge, offsetting reductions that would result from increased temperatures, according to a recent study by the U.S. Geological Survey and Bureau of Reclamation.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced that Indonesia complies with International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) safety standards and has been granted a Category 1 rating.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Monica Kendrick, age 47, of Walkersville, Maryland, today to 27 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for wire fraud arising from a scheme in which she embezzled money from her employer. Judge Chuang also ordered Kendrick pay restitution of $271,921.06, the total amount of loss resulting from the scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management is inviting the public to share what they value most within the newly designated Mojave Trails National Monument for the BLM to consider as the monument management planning process begins.
