News from July 2016
By DOT News Wire | Jul 1, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on July 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 1, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on July 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jul 1, 2016
The US Commerce Department published a five page proposed rule on July 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Jul 1, 2016
The US Agriculture Department published a one page rule on July 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 1, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on July 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 1, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on July 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Jul 1, 2016
The US Justice Department published a two page rule on July 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
The US Interior Department published a four page rule on July 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today announced more than $49 million in Pipeline Safety Base Grants to reimburse a portion of operating costs for state pipeline safety programs.

By DOT News Wire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: FTA Seeks Nominations for Transit Advisory Committee for Safety (TRACS). The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) recently published a Federal Register notice seeking nominations for up to 20 representatives from the public transportation safety community for TRACS membership. In 2009, the U.S. ...

By DOT News Wire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – Preliminary data released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration show a 7.7 percent increase in motor vehicle traffic deaths in 2015. An estimated 35,200 people died in 2015, up from the 32,675 reported fatalities in 2014.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: Montgomery, Ala. - Five individuals were arrested over the past two weeks after being indicted and charged with prescription drug distribution offenses, announced United States Attorney George L. Beck, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Henderson Shorty, 53, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Shiprock, N.M., pled guilty this morning in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to an abusive sexual contact charge. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Shorty will be sentenced within the range of 24 to 30...

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: Ten Most Wanted Fugitive Shanika S. Minor Captured.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ROBERTO TORRES, also known as “Tony," 49, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today expressed her disappointment with the National Park Service’s (NPS) decision to select a non-Alaskan as superintendent at Sitka National Historical Park.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury has found Michael W. Kelly (29, Largo) guilty of possessing a firearm and ammunition as convicted felon. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for October 5, 2016.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that John K. Carrillo, 35, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, who was convicted of possession of child pornography, was sentenced to 72 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The defendant was also ordered to pay $4,000 in restitution to the victims in the case.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: A Broward County resident was sentenced to 48 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $12,640.35 for possessing at least 652 identities that were used in stolen identity and tax fraud schemes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Springfield, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for possessing stolen mail and for credit card fraud.