News published on Federal Newswire in August 2016

News from August 2016


The US Energy Department published a one page rule on Aug. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page rule on Aug. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on Aug. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Aug. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a two page rule on Aug. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a three page proposed rule on Aug. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.



News Digest DOT 98-16

News Release: FMCSA Issues Safety Advisory Related to the Possession and Use of Battery-Powered Portable Electronic Smoking Devices in or Around Commercial Motor Vehicles. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is issuing a safety advisory to provide notice and information to owners and operators ...


Secretary Foxx Announces New Partnership with Australia to Promote Cooperation on Key Transportation Priorities

News Release: Agreement advances collaboration on public-private partnerships, intelligent transportation systems and unmanned aircraft systems


News Release: MONTROSE, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Southwest Resource Advisory Council will meet at 9 a.m. Friday, Aug. 19, at the Gunnison County Fairground Building, 275 S Spruce St # A, Gunnison, CO 81230.


News Release: According to court documents, CARTER guarded the door of a Capital One Bank in Metairie during a robbery on Aug. 26, 2011, and pointed a semi-automatic pistol at various customers.


York Man Indicted For Distribution Of Heroin And Possession Of Firearms

News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a federal grand jury in Harrisburg has indicted Christian Hogan, age 35, for distribution of heroin and unlawful possession of firearms.


EQUAL PAY: Sens. Murray, Feinstein Continue Efforts to Address Gender Pay Inequality in U.S. Soccer

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, sent a letter to the General Counsel of the U.S. Soccer Federation requesting information on pay disparities between the men’s and women’s U.S. National Soccer Teams.


Toledo men indicted for beating African-American stranger they saw on the street

News Release: A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment charging Charles Butler, 33, and Robert Paschalis, 25, both of Toledo, with a federal hate crime today for beating an African-American stranger they saw on the street.


Fairfax Man Arrested for Attempting to Support ISIL

News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Nicholas Young, 36, of Fairfax, who is employed as a police officer with the Metro Transit Police Department, was arrested today on charges of attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization. Young will have his initial appearance here at 2 p.m. today in front of U.S. Magistrate Judge Theresa C. Buchanan.


Flushing HLB out of Citrus Trees

News Release: A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entomologist is providing citrus growers with much-needed guidance about the best times to use insecticides to control Huanglongbing (HLB), or citrus greening.


News Release: POCATELLO - Somber March, 30, of Fort Hall, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday to time served - approximately six months of combined federal and tribal time - for assault on an officer, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered that March serve three years of supervised release. March pleaded guilty on May 24, 2016.


News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew today sentenced Shanakia Benton to three years in federal prison for wrongful disclosure of individual identifiable health information and wire fraud. As part of her sentence, the Court also entered a money judgment in the amount of $77,239, the proceeds of the wire fraud. Benton pleaded guilty on May 2, 2016.


Judge Sentences Mexican Citizen for Illegally Re-entering United States

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A citizen of Mexico has been sentenced in federal court to time served to be followed by one year supervised release on his conviction of illegal reentry after deportation, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - A 25-year-old resident of Manchester, New Hampshire, Kristopher White, has pleaded guilty to fifteen counts of unlawfully converting government property, announced United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice.