News from June 2016
By DOJ Gazette | Jun 24, 2016
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on June 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Jun 24, 2016
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on June 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Jun 24, 2016
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on June 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden today were joined by representatives from the Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA), American Airlines, and the Charlotte ...

By DOT News Wire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: New safety law now requires all passengers in large trucks to buckle up

By DOT News Wire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: BTS Releases Geographic Databases for 2016- The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) released the 2016 edition of the National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD) this week. The NTAD is a compilation of datasets representing the nation’s transportation infrastructure, ...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: FORT SMITH, Ark. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Stephen G. Azzam and Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that 12 defendants who were all part of a drug trafficking organization in the Fort Smith area were sentenced to federal prison this week.

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., in a letter.pdf) to Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell today continued an ongoing inquiry into financial conflicts of interest on the Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee (IPRCC), a federal panel...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: Natchez, Miss - Four inmates were sentenced by U.S. District Judge David Bramlette III on Thursday, June 23, 2016 for their participation in a prison riot which took place at the Adams County Correctional facility prison on May 20, 2012, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and FBI Special Agent in Charge Donald Alway.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARK, AK -Although they've come from far away, they are no strangers to icy fjords, cruise ships, and summer tourism. A delegation of Norwegian park managers, community leaders, and representatives of Norwegian local, regional, and national government arrived in Southeast Alaska...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico- On Thursday, June 23, 2016, William Delgado-Torres, a resident of Ponce, Puerto Rico was arrested by agents of the United States Postal Inspectors Office pursuant to an arrest warrant issued by the Hon. Camille Vélez Rivé, Magistrate Judge for United States District Court for Puerto...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: Drug investigation uncovers shoe box stuffed with nearly $5,000 cash.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Thealeah Duopu, 40, of Providence, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Providence today to trafficking crack cocaine and being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and Daniel J. Kumor, Special Agent in Charge of the Boston Field Division of ATF.

By USDA Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson today made the following additional statement after Senate Agriculture Committee leaders announced an agreement on labeling foods containing genetically engineered crops.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: No Charges to Be Filed Against Police Officer in Nov. 19, 2015 Shooting.

By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: Beginning July 9, every Saturday through Aug. 13, 2016, Homestead National Monument of America will host outdoor evening concerts at7 p.m.at the Homestead Education Center. During 2016 Homestead is celebrating its 80th Birthday and the Centennial of the National Park Service.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: VERNAL, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management Vernal Field Office has completed its analysis of the Monument Butte Area Oil and Gas Project and has released a final environmental impact statement (Final EIS) for public review. The Final EIS analyzes the potential impacts of Newfield Exploration Company’s proposed infill development project, as well as alternatives to that proposal.

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today praised the International Trade Commission decision today to impose new duties on steel imports from China and other nations that are harming U.S. jobs and steel companies with unfair trade practices. Wyden had urged ITC to vigorously enforce U.S. trade laws, in testimony last month.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Salvatore Letizia, 40, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and tax evasion before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The wire fraud charge carries up to 20 years in prison and the tax evasion charge carries up to five years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Marcos Daniel Chairez, 26, of Lubbock, Texas, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to 135 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in March 2016 to one count of transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity. Today’s announcement was made by U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.