News published on Federal Newswire in March 2016

News from March 2016


Notice published by Interior Department on March 16

The US Interior Department published a one page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a four page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


FMCSA Declares South Carolina Truck Driver to be an Imminent Hazard to Public Safety

News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared South Carolina-licensed truck driver Stevie Wolfe Breland to be an imminent hazard to public safety and has ordered him not to operate any commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce. ...


News Release: Defendant is One of 34 Individuals Charged as Part of Investigation into Methamphetamine Trafficking on the Mescalero Apache Reservation.


Foreign Affairs Committee Passes Bill to Preserve U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), passed H.R. 4678, legislation prohibiting the president from giving U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay to Cuba without congressional approval.


Committee Advances Bipartisan Bill for the National Park Service Centennial

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources held a markup on 13bills including one to commemorate the National Park Service’s (NPS) Centennial., “National Park Service Centennial Act," introduced by Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT), passed with bipartisan support. The bill provides new funding and management authorities to the NPS as the agency prepares for its 100th anniversary.


News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Kenneth Elser, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Trent Douglas Ferrell, age 30, of Rogers, Arkansas, was sentenced today to 40 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release and was ordered to pay a $4,700.00 fine...


News Release: CRAIG, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Little Snake Field Office in Craig will be closed for building repairs Tuesday, March 22 through Wednesday, March 23.


News Release: POCATELLO - Travis John Attanasio, 54, of Chubbuck, Idaho, was sentenced today in United States District Court to 18 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Attanasio to pay $259,563 in restitution. He pleaded guilty to the charges on Dec. 1, 2015.


News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following remarks in opposition to the U.S. Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay Preservation Act (H.R.4678 ) at the full Committee markup...


News Release: A West Frankfort, Illinois man was sentenced on March 15, 2016, to federal prison on heroin overdose death related charges, James L. Porter, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today.


News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and key government agencies involved in unmanned aircraft operations are expanding participation in the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Executive Committee (EXCOM). The committee provides federal agencies with a forum to share information and reduce redundancies on UAS research and development, and resolve policy and procedural issues on safe UAS integration into the nation's airspace.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) expressed disappointment with House Republicans' unwillingness to compromise during today’s House Natural Resources Committee markup on Chairman Rob Bishop’s (R-Utah) National Park Service (NPS) Centennial Act, a bill that would allow the Service to celebrate its 100th anniversary.


Wisconsin grain handling facility exposes workers to engulfment dangers

News Release: COLUMBUS, Wis. - Two to three seconds, that is how quickly flowing grain can trap a worker in a grain storage bin. Sixty seconds later, hundreds of pounds of grain can submerge and smother them. When it happens, more than half the time workers die by suffocation.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) released the following statement in response to the Obama administration’s admission it will miss tomorrow’s legally mandated deadline to submit to Congress an evaluation of ISIS attacks against Christians, Yezidi and other religious minorities in the Middle East...


News Release: Corinthia Watson, age 33, and her husband, Jerry Smith, age 37, of Hull, Georgia were sentenced by the Honorable C. Ashley Royal yesterday in Athens, Georgia for possession with intent to distribute prescription drugs they illegally obtained. Mr. Smith was sentenced to 70 months and Mrs. Watson was sentenced to 51 months for Possession with Intent to Distribute Oxycodone.