News published on Federal Newswire in June 2016

News from June 2016


The US Federal Reserve System published a seven page proposed rule on June 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page rule on June 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page proposed rule on June 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a two page proposed rule on June 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Federal Highway Administration Awards $3 Million for Highway-related Job Training

News Release: Funds to Provide Job Training for Transportation-related Careers in Eight States


New Jersey Man Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Provide False Statements Related To Export Of Prohibited Goods To Iran

News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a New Jersey man pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide false statements related to illegally exporting goods to Iran before United States Magistrate Judge Joseph F. Saporito in Wilkes-Barre.


FBI Offers Reward of Up to $2,500 for Information Leading to the Arrest of a Federal Fugitive

News Release: FBI Offers Reward of Up to $2,500 for Information Leading to the Arrest of a Federal Fugitive.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India to Congress and released the following statement...


Eighteen Individuals Indicted For Conspiracy to Distribute Heroin

News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced today the unsealing of a federal indictment charging eighteen defendants with conspiring to distribute 1 kilogram or more of heroin. If convicted, the defendants face a maximum term of life imprisonment, as well as a mandatory minimum term of ten years.


USDA Honors Wells Fargo as "Champion of Rural Housing"

News Release: USDA Rural Development Under Secretary Lisa Mensah today presented Wells Fargo with a Champion of Rural Housing award as part of USDA’s observance of National Homeownership Month.


Man Pleads Guilty To Using False Information To Obtain Firearms

News Release: CONCORD - United States Attorney, Emily Gray Rice announced today that Nana Kofi Baffoe, 63, appeared before United States District Court Chief Judge Joseph Laplante and pleaded guilty to two charges of making false statements related to the purchase of firearms.


News Release: A two-count indictment was filed in federal court charging a Berea man with distributing heroin that killed a Lakewood man earlier this year, said Carole S. Rendon, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.


News Release: Trans-Alaska Pipeline System Vital to U.S. West Coast Energy Security


Navajo Man from Littlewater Sentenced to Prison for Assaulting Federally Commissioned Tribal Officer

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Eugene Kuhn, 52, a member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Littlewater, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 18 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for assaulting a federal officer with a dangerous weapon.


News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Malachi Maurice Glass, age 33, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced yesterday to 11 years in prison by United States District Court Judge John E. Jones, III in Harrisburg, for distribution of cocaine base (crack) and cocaine hydrochloride.


News Release: Earlier today, House Speaker Paul Ryan’s Task Force on Reducing Regulatory Burdens introduced the anti-regulatory portion of their so-called “Better Way" agenda. House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Ranking Member Henry C. “Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA) today released the following statements in response to this report...


News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Two men appeared in federal court today on drug charges, announced Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto.


Martinsburg man admits to unlawful acquisition of firearm

News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Deven Deloreece Johnson, 21, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, pled guilty today to providing false information in order to purchase a firearm, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.


News Release: Nine Handguns Stolen In Nighttime Break-In of Nedrow Firearms Dealer.


Lead Defendant Sentenced to Over 13 Years in Prison in Trinity County Marijuana Case

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Bryan Schweder, 53, of Hayfork, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller to 13 and a half years in prison for conspiracy to manufacture marijuana and for being a felon in possession of firearm, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.