News from December 2016
By USDA Wire | Dec 20, 2016
The US Agriculture Department published a six page rule on Dec. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Dec 20, 2016
The US Agriculture Department published a three page rule on Dec. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 20, 2016
The US Labor Department published a one page rule on Dec. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 20, 2016
The US Commerce Department published a six page rule on Dec. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
The US Interior Department published a three page rule on Dec. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced the award of approximately $75 million to the Utah Transit Authority (UTA) to build a 10.5-mile bus rapid transit (BRT) line that will connect two communities south of Salt Lake City and provide fast and efficient service between two of the state’s biggest universities. The federal grant will fund close to half of the cost of the Provo-Orem BRT line.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - Richard Garcia-Sanchez, 42, a member of a drug trafficking and money laundering organization operating out of Mexico from 2002-2008 has been ordered to federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Garcia-Sanchez, of Mexico City, Mexico, pleaded guilty for his roles in these long-term drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracies in December 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that STACY BORLEY BORTEY, age 26, of Houston, Texas, was sentenced to 6 months imprisonment for BANK FRAUD, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1344(2) and 2, and for UNLAWFUL TRANSFER, POSSESSION OR USE OF A MEANS OF IDENTIFICATION, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1028(a)(7) and 2.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Roy E. Friend, 52, of Newport News, was sentenced today to 33 months in prison for stealing government property.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Marwin Uriah Wilson, 28, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, pled guilty today to unlawful possession of a firearm, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JUAN QUINONES, 43, of Port Chester, N.Y, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 37 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - Robert A. Gist, 66, of Atlanta, Ga., was sentenced to five years of imprisonment for mail fraud in connection with his investment fraud scheme that stole $6.8 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and House Judiciary Crime Subcommittee Ranking Member Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) sent a letter today to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) calling for safeguards to be put in place to ensure ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A physician’s assistant who gave Botox injections to clients in Garden City and Scott City was sentenced Tuesday to a year on federal probation for violating the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - United States Attorney Eileen M. Decker announced today that her office collected $71,732,281 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2016. Of this amount, just over $27 million was collected in criminal actions, and $44.6 million was collected in civil actions.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Brittany Ann Banscher, age 21, of Hawley, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty on Dec. 19, 2016, before United States District Court Judge James M. Munley in Scranton, to a charge of drug distribution resulting in death.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Hosts Special Events for African American History Month: The Struggle for Racial Equality, Sea Chanteys, and More.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: These awards are part of NOAA’s continued commitment to build resilient coastal ecosystems, communities, and economies.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: Skagway - Construction activities to improve the Dyea flats road have stopped for the season due to winter weather. The road to Dyea flats and the road to the Lost Lake Trailhead remain open and accessible to winter traffic.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: ROCKFORD - Three Rockford-area men have been sentenced for their roles in an arson conspiracy to use an explosive to damage a pickup truck.
