News published on Federal Newswire in May 2016

News from May 2016


Senator Carper Statement on U.S. Postal Service Financial Losses

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement in response to the announcement that the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) reported a net loss of $2 billion in the second quarter of fiscal...


News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A West New York, New Jersey, man who fraudulently obtained a federally insured mortgage for a West New York rental property today admitted intentionally failing to make loan payments while using $149,000 in rental income from the property for personal expenses, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


Complaint leads OSHA to cite Fort Worth steel fabricator with 11 violations

News Release: Employer name: Structural & Steel Products Manufacturing Ltd.


Jury Convicts KC Man of Illegal Firearm

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man who was wounded in a shoot-out with police officers was convicted in federal court today of illegally possessing a firearm.


News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service (NPS) is accepting public comments on an Invasive Plant Management Plan and Environmental Assessment (plan/EA) for 15 national parks in the greater Washington D.C. region throughJune 9, 2016. Comments are accepted online or by mail.


News Release: Greenville, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles announced today that Claus C. Foerster, age 55, formerly of Spartanburg, South Carolina, entered a plea of guilty as charged today to multiple counts of Wire Fraud in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343. United States...


USDA Helps Farms and Small Businesses Conserve Energy and Save Costs

News Release: Grants for Energy Audits and Renewable Energy Development are Provided through the Rural Energy for America Program WASHINGTON, May 10, 2016 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today awarded 26 grants to help rural small businesses and agricultural producers across rural America conserve energy and develop ...


News Release: A West New York, New Jersey, man today was sentenced to 15 years in prison for conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization. The announcement was made by Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman of the District of New Jersey and Special Agent in Charge Timothy Gallagher of the FBI’s Newark Division.


News Release: A federal court has barred a Nashville-area tax return preparer from preparing returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. The court’s injunction forbids LaVergne, Tennessee, resident Michelle Cole Theus, aka Michelle Cole, and Cole Tax Services from preparing federal tax returns or operating ...


News Release: A southern California man pleaded guilty today to making excessive campaign contributions and making campaign contributions in the name of another.


News Release: Peter Romar, 36, a Syrian national affiliated with the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA), made his initial appearance this afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge John F. Anderson of the Eastern District of Virginia on charges that he conspired to violate U.S. law, including by unauthorized access to, and ...


News Release: A Pennsylvania State Senator and a Pennsylvania Democratic Party Official were charged in a federal indictment for their involvement in a bribery and fraud scheme related to the 2011 election for Democratic Ward Leader for Philadelphia’s Eighth Ward. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the ...


News Release: A Kentucky man pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky today to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States with respect to claims, one count of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline ...


Ohio ethanol production facility faces $149K in fines after inspectors  find 30 safety, health violations at Coshocton facility

News Release: COSHOCTON, Ohio – An Ohio ethanol production facility faces $149,800 in federal penalties after federal inspectors found multiple violations of chemical and grain-handling standards at Three Rivers Energy LLC.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on May 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a four page notice on May 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on May 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.