News published on Federal Newswire in May 2016

News from May 2016


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on May 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published an eight page notice on May 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on May 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on May 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on May 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a three page notice on May 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on May 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on May 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on May 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Federal Transit Administration Acting Administrator Testifies About WMATA Metrorail Safety Oversight

News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) temporary safety oversight of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Authority (WMATA) Metrorail system is seeing initial results across the system, FTA Acting Administrator Carolyn Flowers today told the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.


New York Man Charged in Connection to the Illegal Acquisition of PA Guns Bound for Other States

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A New York resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of conspiracy, making false statements in connection with the acquisition of firearms, and transferring firearms to residents of another state, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


Arrow Farms of New York Pays $15,000 Civil Penalty for PACA Slow Pay Violations

News Release: Washington - Arrow Farms of New York has paid a $15,000 civil penalty for slow pay violations relating to the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).


News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that two Kansas City, Mo., men were indicted by a federal grand jury today for committing a murder as part of a drug-trafficking conspiracy.


News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a Lancaster man pled guilty to felony computer hacking charges 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.


News Release: LOS ANGELES - An Australian man was arrested over the weekend when he arrived at a Los Angeles-area hotel allegedly to buy a 6-year-old boy for sex.


Former Federal Employee Pleads Guilty to Using Stolen Money Order Receipts in Fraud Scheme

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former federal employee pleaded guilty in federal court today to using stolen money order receipts in a fraud scheme to avoid paying his medical bills.


District Man Sentenced to 42 Months in Prison for Robbing Bank in Southeast Washington

News Release: WASHINGTON - Francis Davis, 69, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 42 months in prison for robbing a bank last year in Southeast Washington, announced U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips, Paul M. Abbate, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, and Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).


New London Man Charged with Gun and Drug Offenses

News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that a grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment today charging ELLSWORTH ROBERTSON, also known as “S," 35, of Hartford and New London, with narcotics and firearm offenses.


Hatch Calls on Colleagues to Support Resolution of Disapproval for New Fiduciary Rule

News Release: WASHINGTON - In a speech on the Senate floor today, Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) noted the unnecessary burden the Department of Labor’s new fiduciary rule places on Americans trying to prepare for their future and urged colleagues to support the Congressional Review Act resolution of disapproval.


Rochester Woman Sentenced for Robbing a Bank

News Release: Assistant U.S. Charles E. Moynihan, who handled the case, stated that on May 22, 2015, Hogan entered the Chase Bank just after it opened and passed the bank teller a note demanding money. The note also indicated that nobody would be hurt if the teller complied. The teller provided Hogan with a specific amount of United States currency.