News published on Federal Newswire in June 2016

News from June 2016


The US Commerce Department published a nine page notice on June 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on June 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on June 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on June 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on June 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on June 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on June 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a seven page rule on June 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a four page rule on June 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on June 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


FHWA Targets Border Congestion with Technology

News Release: WASHINGTON – To reduce delays at U.S. border crossings in New York, Michigan and Washington, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration today awarded $256,470 for the use of innovative new technology that will provide information on wait times at border crossings and help manage delay by giving truckers advance notice of crossing conditions.


Secretary Foxx and China’s Minister of Transport Yang Chuangtang Kickoff the Race to Zero Emissions Challenge

News Release: LOS ANGELES – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and China’s Minister of Transport Yang Chuantang unveiled the U.S.-China Race to Zero Emissions (R2ZE) Challenge during the eighth U.S.-China Transportation Forum in Los Angeles. The R2ZE Challenge is a collaborative and friendly competition that ...


Platte River Mouth Restoration and Access Plan Scoping Report Available

News Release: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) Acting Superintendent Tom Ulrich announced today that the National Park Service (NPS) has made the public scoping analysis report for the Platte River Mouth Restoration and Access Plan / Environmental Assessment (EA) available for public review.


Heather Hansen Book Signing

News Release: Date: June 16. Time: 7:00 pm. Location: Mound City Group Visitor Center. Join award-winning journalist Heather Hansen for a book signing and slideshow presentation about the history of the National Park Service. National Parks are a source of pride and wonder. One hundred years ago creating a bureau to...


Yakima Basin Water Supply June Forecast

News Release: YAKIMA, Washington - The Bureau of Reclamation’s June 2016 Total Water Supply Available forecast for the Yakima Basin indicates a full water supply for senior water rights during the 2016 irrigation season, but an estimated 86 percent supply for junior water rights.


News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Yeon Sook Hwang, 41, of Ocean Springs, pled guilty on Thursday, June 2, 2016, before U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden, to conspiracy to commit money laundering in a case involving the interstate transportation of prostitutes, U. S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis announced today. Hwang was identified as the manager of a massage parlor operating in Ocean Springs at which Korean women would provide sexual services.


News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - An Atlantic County, New Jersey, woman was sentenced today to 72 months in prison for her role in a $3 million conspiracy to scam customers by offering phony consulting services to owners of timeshares through the New Jersey-based Vacation Ownership Group LLC, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


Seven people indicted related to ring that trafficked minors in Lima and Fort Wayne

News Release: Five people were indicted in federal court on human trafficking charges for their roles in conspiracies in which girls, then 14 and 16 years old, were forced into commercial sex acts, said Acting U.S. Attorney Carole S. Rendon, Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Cleveland Office, and Lima Police Chief Kevin Martin.


Ashburn Man Sentenced for Sex Trafficking a Child and Sex Tourism Crimes

News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Eric Noe Araujo Flores, of Ashburn, was sentenced today to 300 months in prison for various sex tourism and sex trafficking crimes. Araujo Flores was also ordered to pay approximately $40,000 in restitution to his victim.


News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger sentenced today John Michael Awtrey, 56, of Whittier, N.C., to 150 months in prison on child pornography charges, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Awtrey was also sentenced to a lifetime of supervised release and was ordered to register as a sex offender.