News published on Federal Newswire in June 2016

News from June 2016


The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on June 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on June 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on June 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on June 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a seven page rule on June 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on June 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


U.S. Department of Transportation Partners with Continental Automotive for Smart City Challenge

News Release: Winning city to receive up to $1 million in “smart intersection” vehicle-to-everything technology


News Release: DALLAS - Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell announced today an unprecedented nationwide sweep led by the Medicare Fraud Strike Force in 36 federal districts, resulting in criminal and civil charges against 301 individuals...


News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn.- On June 22, 2016, Kevin Michael Pippin, 41, of Knoxville, Tenn., was sentenced by the Honorable R. Leon Jordan, Senior U.S. District Judge, to serve 124 months in prison for distributing and possessing child pornography. Following his release from prison, he will be supervised by the U.S. Probation Office for 15 years and required to register with the sex offender registry in any state in which he resides, works, or attends school.


News Release: BISMARCK - US Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on June 22, 2016, Michael Leroy Simmons Sr., 55, Butte, Montana, was sentenced before US District Judge Daniel L Hovland to serve 25 years in federal prison. After pleading guilty to two counts of an indictment charging him with Sexual Exploitation of Minors, Simmons was also sentenced to serve a lifetime of supervised release and must pay a $200 special assessment to the Crime Victims Fund.


News Release: Dan Ton, Program Manager of Smart Grid R&D in the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, has co-authored an article entitled “Grid Resilience to Natural Disasters: Challenges and Opportunities Lie Ahead". The article, which appears in the June 2016 issue of IEEE SmartGrid Newsletter...


Omaha Man Sentenced to Five Years for Child Pornography

News Release: Andrew Soverns, 32, was sentenced in federal court for receiving child pornography. The Honorable Joseph F. Bataillon imposed a sentence of sixty (60) months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison, Soverns will serve an additional five years of supervised release. Soverns was further ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution to each of two victims depicted in his collection of child pornography.


News Release: HARRISBURG- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a federal Grand Jury in Harrisburg has returned an indictment charging Alshaqah Tariq Powell, age 43, with possession with intent to distribute heroin.


News Release: House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) released the following statement on the sit-in on the House floor today to demand action on gun violence...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the following upcoming Committee events...


Johnson Sheds Light on Community-Based Solutions to Poverty

News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) shed light on community-based solutions to ending poverty during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing that he chaired on Wednesday.


Harrisburg Man Indicted For Possession Of Crack And Possession Of A Firearm In Furtherance Of Drug Trafficking

News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a federal grand jury in Harrisburg has indicted Jwane Johnson for possession with intent to distribute crack, possession of a handgun by a convicted felon, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bergenfield, New Jersey, woman today admitted her role in a conspiracy to traffic approximately two kilograms of cocaine from Puerto Rico to New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that a Egegik man has been charged with possessing with the intent to distribute over 500 grams or more of methamphetamine.


22 Defendants Named in Health Care Fraud Cases involving over $161 Million in Fraudulent Bills to Government Health Care Programs

News Release: 13 Federal Cases Brought as Part of National Health Care Fraud Sweep Allege Wide Range of Fraud and more than $125 Million in Losses.