News published on Federal Newswire in December 2016

News from December 2016


The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Dec. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Dec. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page rule on Dec. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a three page rule on Dec. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a five page rule on Dec. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Secretary Foxx announces the First Executive Director of the Build America Bureau

News Release: Martin Klepper will lead effort to streamline and accelerate transportation infrastructure projects


Former Vice President of Maryland Bank Charged with Bank Embezzlement and Wire Fraud for Alleged Six-Year Scheme to Steal over $1.8 Million

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Melissa Strohman, age 54, of Nottingham, Maryland, is facing federal charges of wire fraud and bank embezzlement, arising from a six-year scheme to steal over $1.8 million from bank customers at the bank where she worked, and use the money for her own benefit.


News Release: WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) released the following statement after President Obama announced new sanctions and other actions‎ against Russia in response to the country's efforts to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential elections.


Conyers, Slaughter, Nadler & Cohen: New Republican Rule Is a Modern Day Gag Rule

News Release: House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), House Committee on Rules Ranking Member Louise Slaughter (D-NY), House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution Ranking Member Steve Cohen (D-TN), and Subcommittee on Intellectual Property Ranking Member, and former chair of the Subcommittee ...


Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Arrest Of Georgia Man For Kidnapping, Heroin Trafficking, And Firearms Offenses

News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Division (“DEA"), George P. Beach II, Superintendent of the New York State Police (“NYSP"), and James P. O’Neill, Commissioner...


Okreek Man Charged with Sexual Abuse and Child Abuse

News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Okreek, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Aggravated Sexual Abuse, Sexual Abuse of a Minor, and Child Abuse.


News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Kenya Brown, 41, of Rochester, New York, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine and 280 grams or more of cocaine base (“crack" cocaine), and...


News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Blunt, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for two counts of Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition.


Picayune Resident Sentenced to Prison for Possession of Child Pornography

News Release: Gulfport, Mississippi. - Elza Eugene Harter, 52, of Picayune, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr., to serve 97 months in federal prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis. Harter was also ordered to pay a $10,000 fine.


News Release: A Waterloo woman who possessed heroin with intent to distribute near Morris Park in Waterloo, Iowa, was sentenced yesterday to 21 months in federal prison.


Sole Remaining Defendant in Local 17 Prosecution Sentenced

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Gerald H. Franz, Jr., 54, of Eden, New York, who was convicted of racketeering conspiracy, was sentenced to time served by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. He was further ordered to pay, jointly and severally with his codefendants, restitution in the amount of over $890,000.00.


News Release: BISHOP, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management will host guided hikes in January on the film history and natural history of the Alabama Hills.


News Release: CEDAR CITY, Utah-The Bureau of Land Management Cedar City Field Office will soon be gathering and removing excess wild horses from within and outside the Frisco Wild Horse Herd Management Area (HMA) in western Utah.


FBI Seeks Public Information on Armed Robberies

News Release: FBI Seeks Public Information on Armed Robberies.


News Release: TULSA, Okla.- TULSA, Okla.-Chief United States District Court Judge Gregory K. Frizzell sentenced Jesse Bud Leaverton, 58, to life imprisonment under the three-strikes sentencing statute for robbing three banks in the Tulsa metro area, announced Danny C. Williams Sr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma.