News published on Federal Newswire in July 2016

News from July 2016


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on July 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on July 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on July 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a six page rule on July 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on July 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on July 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Bank Embezzler Arrested

News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced that Shanice Mano, 23, of Anchorage, Alaska, was arrested on July 25, 2016, and was arraigned yesterday in federal court on a criminal complaint charging her with bank embezzlement. The complaint alleges that she had embezzled over $100,000 from her former employer, Credit Union 1.


Shelby County Woman Indicted for $328,000 Bank Fraud Embezzlement Scheme

News Release: Also Charged with Misusing a Social Security Number, Aggravated Identity Theft, Witness Tampering and Filing False Tax Returns.


News Release: Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, in partnership with the Shasta Astronomy Club, will be holding a special star party to view the Perseid Meteor Shower on Saturday evening, Aug. 13, 2016. Knowledgeable and passionate amateur astronomers will assist in meteorite viewing and provide telescopes to...


Pawtucket Man Sentenced on Drug Trafficking, Firearm Charges

News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Jose Gomez, 27, of Pawtucket, was sentenced today to 24 months in federal prison on drug trafficking and firearm charges. Gomez was arrested in September 2015, following an investigation by ATF agents into Gomez’s drug trafficking activities, which included purchases of crack cocaine from Gomez in exchange for cash and firearms.


News Release: FARGO - US Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that four additional defendants have been charged in federal court as part of the opiate enforcement response.


News Release: PITTSBURGH - The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, together with the University of Pittsburgh Physicians, UPMC Community Medicine, Inc., and Tri-State Neurosurgical Associates-UPMC, Inc. (“UPMC") have agreed to pay the United States $2,520,429 to settle False Claims Act allegations, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


News Release: A seventeen-count indictment was fully unsealed yesterday in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York charging Marquez Bridges, Micah Isaiah Desuze, Dominique Chanel Fairnot, Jeremy Sanchez, Ashanti Sease-Matthews, and Omar Jermaine Walker with conspiracy to deal in firearms...


News Release: EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. - Effective Wednesday, the Bureau of Land Management is implementing fire restrictions on all BLM-managed public lands within the Mother Lode Field Office boundary.


Youngstown man indicted on firearms charge

News Release: A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment charging Van S. Lightning, 26, of Youngstown, with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.


News Release: HOUSTON - A 40-year-old undocumented immigrant found as a stowaway on a boat at the Port of Houston has pleaded guilty to illegal re-entry after deportation, announced U.S Attorney Kenneth Magidson.


NOAA to develop new global weather model

News Release: The new global model will continue to be called the GFS. As with the current GFS, the new GFS will run in the background of NOAA’s suite of weather and climate models improving skill across all NOAA's forecast mission areas.


Big Thicket National Preserve celebrates the NPS Centennial

News Release: Big Thicket National Preserve is hosting a celebration of the National Park Service’s 100th birthday. Join us at the Big Thicket National Preserve Visitor Center on August 25th from 12 pm to 2 pm for light refreshments and an opportunity to view a new PBS film on the national parks of Texas.


Kansas City, Kansas Man Sentenced for Airport Bomb Hoax

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Kansas City, Kan., man has been sentenced in federal court for conveying false information as part of a bomb hoax at Kansas City International Airport in August 2014.


News Release: Springdale, UT- The Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah will be riding through the park on Aug. 1, 2016, providing a cycling demonstration in recognition of the Centennial Anniversary of the National Park Service. The cycling demonstration will start just west of the park at Zion Canyon Village at 7:55 a.m.Bikers will be following a pace car east on the Zion-Mount Carmel Highway, through the Zion Tunnel, and out the East Entrance of the Park by 9:15 a.m.