News published on Federal Newswire in May 2016

News from May 2016


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a three page notice on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


PHMSA Extends Comment Period for New Safety Regulations for Natural Gas Transmission Pipelines

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration announced that it will extend the comment period on the proposed natural gas transmission rule by 30 days. The proposed regulations would update critical safety requirements for natural gas transmission ...


News Release: LOS ANGELES - Two doctors were found guilty today of federal health care fraud charges for falsely certifying that Medicare patients were terminally ill, and therefore qualified for hospice care, when the vast majority of them were not actually dying.


WWII Veteran to Receive His Service Medals 70 Years Later

News Release: Honolulu - After over 70 years, Charles Wolf will finally receive the medals he earned for his time in the service. The medals will be presented at 1:30 pm this Friday, May 6, at the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center by Brigadier General Mark Spindler, the deputy director of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. No permits will be required for press coverage.


Brooklyn manufacturer faces $105k in fines after OSHA finds dangerous lead, noise and chemical hazards

News Release: MEW YORK - Responding to a report of an elevated blood lead level in a machinist at a Brooklyn brass plumbing fittings manufacturer, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that employees at Acme Parts Inc., lacked adequate protections against lead exposure, hearing loss and hazardous chemicals.


United States Settles Dispute With Grant Recipient Over Its Use And Accounting Of Federal Funds

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - The United States reached a civil settlement today with Drakontas LLC, a for-profit technology company with offices in Glenside, Pennsylvania and Camden, New Jersey, that provides software and communications technology to various markets, including to law enforcement and public safety...


News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Ivan Hernandez, 24, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of attempted possession with intent to distribute cocaine, was sentenced to 30 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.


Southern Arizona Alien Smugglers Sentenced to Lengthy Prison Terms

News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Yesterday, Fidel Mancinas-Franco, 51, of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, and Jose Villela-Lopez, 53, of Cananea, Sonora, Mexico, were sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Raner C. Collins to 96 to 120 months in prison, respectively. Mancinas-Franco and Villela-Lopez previously pleaded guilty...


Public Comment Extended on Rio Grande Operating Agreement Draft EIS

News Release: Albuquerque, N.M. - The Bureau of Reclamation is extending the public comment period for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement on continuing to implement the 2008 Operating Agreement for the Rio Grande Project Operating Agreement, and to implement long-term contracts for storage of San Juan-Chama Project water in Elephant Butte Reservoir.


News Release: U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today joined hundreds of community members and local leaders to celebrate the Mojave Trails, Sand to Snow and Castle Mountains National Monuments, which were designated by President Obama earlier this year. Located in San Bernardino and Riverside counties...


News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A Mexican national who allegedly led an organization that assisted international narcotics traffickers launder more than $60 million in illicit drug proceeds has been taken into custody, as have three of his associates.


News Release: A man will serve three years in prison for vehicular manslaughter.


News Release: Jiwon Jiwon Park, 37, of Las Vegas, Nevada, was sentenced on May 5, 2016, in federal district court in East St. Louis, Illinois, for Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, James L. Porter, announced today.


News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement in remembrance of the Holocaust on this Yom HaShoah, urging the international community to fight back against all forms of hatred...