News from January 2016
By DOT News Wire | Jan 5, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Jan. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 5, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on Jan. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jan 5, 2016
The US Commerce Department published a four page proposed rule on Jan. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 5, 2016
The US Interior Department published a two page proposed rule on Jan. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Jan 5, 2016
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Jan. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2016
News Release: EL PASO, Texas - This morning, federal, state and local authorities arrested seven individuals for their role in a methamphetamine distribution scheme operating in the Odessa area. A federal grand jury indictment unsealed today charges those seven, along with 15 other individuals who were previously...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 5, 2016
News Release: Find Your Park is the message being sent to the world by the National Park Service in anticipation of its 100th Anniversary in 2016. In 2015, a record 1,535,633 people found their park at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore). This just exceeded the 1,531,560 park visitors received in 2012 following ABC’s Good Morning America declaring the park the “Most Beautiful Place in America.".
By Interior Newswire | Jan 5, 2016
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Fla. --- Biscayne National Park is one of the federal sites selected around the country to receive a student field trip grant from the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America’s national parks. The $9,000 grant will help cover the transportation costs for over 1,200 students to visit the park.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 5, 2016
News Release: The FAA and general aviation (GA) group’s #FlySafe national safety campaign aims to educate the GA community on how to prevent Loss of Control (LOC) accidents.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 5, 2016
News Release: Take a deep breath. From the crisp mountain air atop Shasta Bally to the refreshing earthy smell along the many creeks running into the lake, Whiskeytown is known and appreciated for its stellar air quality. Spring adds the fragrance of wildflowers; summer delivers the warm spice of ponderosa pine and...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 5, 2016
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Representatives Diana DeGette (D-CO), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Judy Chu (D-CA), and Marc Veasey (D-TX) led a group of 155 Democrats and 2 Independents in filing an amicus brief in the case of Whole Woman’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2016
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Monmouth County, New Jersey, man today made his initial appearance in federal court on charges that he possessed 36 machine guns, which are illegal under federal law, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 5, 2016
News Release: MOOSE, WY -The public is invited to review and comment on the Historic Properties Management Plan /Environmental Assessment (HPMP/EA) that evaluates present conditions and future uses for the 44 historic properties located within Grand Teton National Park and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 5, 2016
News Release: The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is accepting applications for a year-round student internship supporting the laboratory’s work to foster clean energy development on tribal lands.
By State Newswire | Jan 5, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - This morning, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) appeared on MSNBC’s Morning Joe to discuss the state of American foreign policy in the Middle East, in particular, the rising tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Video and key excerpts included below...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 5, 2016
News Release: RENO, Nev. - The Bureau of Reclamation, representing the U.S. Department of the Interior, is pleased to announce that implementation of the Truckee River Operating Agreement (TROA) begins this month after 26 years of negotiations, environmental studies, regulatory actions and court proceedings.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 5, 2016
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, ID - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Upper Snake Field Office wants to improve the public’s experience at the St. Anthony Sand Dunes by installing more shelters and is submitting a grant request to the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation for financial assistance. The BLM needs your input on this project application.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2016
News Release: MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Clay Morris and U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama George L. Beck, Jr. announced today Dr. Francisco Huidor-Figureoa, 48, a physician currently residing in Montgomery, Alabama, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015 in federal court to one count of conspiring to distribute oxycodone and one count of conspiring to commit money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2016
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Paul Winfield, 41, Beloit, Wis., was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Barbara B. Crabb to 55 months in federal prison for selling heroin and methamphetamine in Beloit between March ...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 5, 2016
News Release: The Southeast Utah Group of the National Park Service (Arches and Canyonlands National Parks and Hovenweep and Natural Bridges National Monuments) is joining national parks across the country in waiving entrance fees several days in 2016 as a way to encourage people to get outdoors and spend time with their friends and family in the national parks this year.
