News from February 2016
By Interior Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
The US Interior Department published a two page rule on Feb. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 11, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Feb. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 11, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on Feb. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: November 2015 U.S. Airline Traffic Data
By State Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following remarks at a full Committee hearing on oversight, implementation and its consequences of the Iran nuclear deal...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: Lowell, MA.- In celebration of the National Park Service Centennial in 2016, The Brush Art Gallery and Studios in partnership with Lowell National Historical Park is seeking entries of contemporary art for a juried exhibit, to be held at the Brush Art Gallery in Lowell, Massachusetts from May 7 through...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: “Today’s hearing focuses on the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program. When Congress established the program in 1990, the intention was to create jobs for American citizens and to bring new investment capital to the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: A six-count indictment was filed in federal court charging three brothers for their roles in a $4 million food stamp fraud conspiracy operated through their Cleveland business, law enforcement officials said.
By State Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: Tomorrow, the House will again take up Chairman Ed Royce’s North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (H.R. 757). This bill takes critical steps to pressure the Kim regime and his inner circle in response to North Korea’s continued efforts to build a nuclear arsenal capable of striking the United States. As Chairman Royce has said “the answer to North Korea’s threats is more pressure, not less.".
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: California Man Arrested, Charged for Adult Adoption Scheme to Defraud Undocumented Immigrants.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: Rumualdo Diaz-Ramirez, a/k/a “Ricardo Ochoa Guzman," 42, of Lancaster, PA, was charged today by Indictment with illegal reentry after deportation, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The Indictment alleges that on or about Jan. 14, 2016, Diaz-Ramirez, an alien, and native and citizen of Mexico, was found in the United States after having been deported from the United States on or about April 30, 2003 and Sept. 24, 2005.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Jacob Choate, 27, of Augusta, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to 30 months in prison and three years of supervised release for defrauding over a dozen banks and businesses by seeking to negotiate over $28,000 worth of washed, altered and counterfeit checks. Choate was also ordered to pay restitution to his victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Jesse “Babe" Amaral, Jr., owner of the now-defunct Petaluma slaughterhouse Rancho Feeding Corporation, was sentenced today to 12 months and one day of imprisonment for leading a conspiracy to distribute adulterated, misbranded, and uninspected meat, announced Acting United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Special Agent in Charge of the Western Region of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Office of Inspector General, Investigations, Lori Chan.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA -- National Park Service Southeast Regional Director Stan Austin recently announced the selection of Brenda M. Waters as the new superintendent of Stones River National Battlefield in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.Waters is currently the superintendent of the William Howard Taft National Historic Site in Cincinnati, Ohio, in the Midwest Region of the National Park Service. She will begin her new assignment May 1, 2016.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released an Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact that will allow the removal of mature trees along
By State Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) welcomed South Korean Ambassador Ahn Ho-Young to Capitol Hill yesterday afternoon for a discussion about the threats posed by North Korea’s efforts to develop a nuclear arsenal. Following the meeting, Royce issued the below statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: Arrests Are Made In Six Western States Early Today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: A payroll administrator was sentenced to 42 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for her participation in a tax evasion scheme where she diverted employees’ wage payments into bank accounts under her control and failed to report the money as gross income to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A former owner of Freedom Industries was sentenced today to 30 days in federal prison, six months of supervised release, and a $20,000 fine for environmental crimes connected to the 2014 Elk River chemical spill, announced Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto. Dennis P. Farrell...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today approved legislation that establishes an independent, not-for-profit corporation outside of the federal government to modernize America’s air traffic control (ATC) system and provide air traffic services.
