News published on Federal Newswire in January 2016

News from January 2016


The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Jan. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Jan. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a six page rule on Jan. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a seven page rule on Jan. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Jan. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page proposed rule on Jan. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Jan. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on Jan. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


MEP Opens Competition to Fund Manufacturing Centers in 12 States and Puerto Rico

News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today opened a competition to award new cooperative funding agreements for its Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) centers in 12 states and Puerto Rico. The competition continues a multiyear effort to update the program's funding...


Teacher Scholarships Available for 2016 Summer Courses in Denali

News Release: The Murie Science and Learning Center, with support from Alaska Geographic, is awarding scholarships to teachers for accredited courses taking place in Denali National Park and Preserve.


The Path to Performance Excellence Begins at April's Quest Conference

News Release: Knowledge and insights from current and past winners of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation's highest honor for performance excellence and innovation, await those who attend the 28th annual Quest for Excellence® conference, April 3-6, 2016, in Baltimore, Md. The conference will feature...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today issued the following statement following the news that Wisconsin-based Johnson Controls Inc. plans to join with Ireland-based Tyco International PLC through a corporate tax inversion deal...


Now booking campsites online

News Release: Campers at Apostle Islands National Lakeshore will be able to check campsite availability and reserve sites on-line beginning Jan. 27, 2016. That is the date when Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Camping Permits become available from the www.recreation.gov website. Upon logging in to the website...


News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. -- The Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Eagle Lake Field Office is accepting public suggestions and comments regarding management needs and projects that would benefit off-highway vehicle recreation on public lands.


Man pleads guilty to sex crimes against children

News Release: Update: Man sentenced to more than 12 years behind bars for committing sex crimes against children.


News Release: MONTROSE, Colo. --- The Bureau of Land Management announced new appointments or reappointments of members to its citizen-based Southwest Resource Advisory Council (RAC), which advises the BLM on public land issues. The RACs are composed of members with diverse interests and backgrounds.


News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Long Beach woman and her son have been named in federal grand jury indictments that charge them with illegally shipping hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of firearms parts and ammunition to their native Philippines - munitions that were concealed in shipments they falsely claimed to be household goods.


Effigy Mounds Film Festival for February 2016

News Release: February 6, 7, 8 -Secrets of the Crocodile Caves -This remote preserve on the island of Madagascar,a few hundred miles off the coast of Africa, shelters an astonishing array of exotic wild animals. Protected by a fortress of ancient coral mountains with forbidding razor-sharp spires, some of these unusual...


New ARS Bee Genebank Will Preserve Genetic Diversity and Provide Breeding Resources

News Release: The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is organizing a national bee genebank as part of the agency's response to ongoing problems facing the country's beekeepers. Average losses of managed honey bee colonies have increased to more than 30 percent per year due to pathogens, pests, parasites, and other pressures including deficient nutrition and sublethal impacts of pesticides. These stresses have threatened the continued business sustainability of commercial beekeepers.


News Release: Spokane - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Aarayana Leigh Malcolm, age 46, of Spokane, Washington, was sentenced after having previously pled guilty on Oct. 24, 2014 to Possession with Intent to Distribute 50 Grams or More of Pure Methamphetamine.