News from March 2016
By DOE Gazette | Mar 15, 2016
The US Energy Department published a two page proposed rule on March 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 15, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a five page proposed rule on March 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Mar 15, 2016
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on March 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Mar 15, 2016
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on March 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced the availability of $5 million in competitive grant funds to enhance public transit service for American Indians, Alaska natives and other residents on rural tribal lands. Funding is provided through FTA’s Public Transportation on Indian Reservations Tribal Transit Program. A Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) appears in today’s Federal Register.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: FMCSA Extends Compliance Date of Bus Leasing and Interchange Final Rule Until Jan. 1, 2018. On May 27, 2015, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) published in the Federal Register a Final Rule to identify motor carriers transporting passengers in interstate commerce and correctly ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: Washington -The National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) will hold a public meeting in Washington, D.C., from April 25-27, 2016, in Washington, D.C.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: SUPERIOR, Wis. - An 18-year-old man lost his life just three months after starting work for Lunda Construction Company. The carpenter's apprentice was mixing concrete for the Richard I. Bong Memorial Bridge resurfacing project when a rough-terrain forklift struck and killed him. The bridge spans St. Louis Bay between Superior and Duluth, Minnesota. Since 2012, three workers have died while working on Lunda highway construction projects.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: Southern Tennessee Medical Center, (STMC) located in Winchester, Tenn., has agreed to pay the United States $2,481,856.50 to settle False Claims Act and overpayment allegations, announced Jack Smith, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. In December 2015 STMC submitted a voluntary...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: SAFFORD, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Safford Field Office and Gila District Fire Management Office will conduct a multiple day prescribed burn in the southern Galiuro Mountains between April 15 and June 30, pending appropriate weather conditions. The Rockhouse Burn will cover approximately...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: National Park Service biologists and management will close a section of Cochran Shoals Fitness Trail today to protect alligator.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Eight individuals were sentenced in federal court in Martinsburg for heroin and cocaine trafficking, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Pennsylvania man was charged today with felony computer hacking related to a phishing scheme that gave him illegal access to over 100 Apple and Google e-mail accounts, including those belonging to members of the entertainment industry in Los Angeles.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Bryan McMahon, 31, of Burlington, was sentenced yesterday for Interference with Commerce by Robbery. Chief District Judge Christina Reiss sentenced McMahon to 32 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: Chairman Duncan Hunter (R-CA). Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. Hearing on “President’s Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Request For Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Programs". March 15, 2016. Opening Statement. (Remarks as Prepared). The Subcommittee is meeting today to hear testimony...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: NEW BERN - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced that in federal court, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced ANDREW DALE MOORE, 29, of Ayden, North Carolina, to 235 months imprisonment, followed by a lifetime of supervised release and a $5,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: Defendant Accosted Victim in Broad Daylight.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, the Senate voted to confirm Dr. John King’s nomination to serve as U.S. Secretary of Education. In advance of his confirmation vote, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), the top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: CAÑON CITY, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Royal Gorge Field Office signed a decision to implement the proposed South Cañon City Trail Development project. This project will provide public access, high quality recreation opportunities and improve recreation management on the land between New York Avenue and Ecology Park. The trail system will also connect Ecology Park with the Section 13 trail system.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said the following Tuesday after the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General released a report titled, “USCIS Automation of Immigration Benefits Processing Remains Ineffective.".
