News published on Federal Newswire in April 2017

News from April 2017


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on April 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Digest

News Release: FMCSA to Hold Public Listening Session on Highly Automated Commercial Vehicles: The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced it will hold a public listening session to solicit information on issues relating to the design, development, testing, ...


News Release: FBI Media Alert: Man Arrested in Two Albuquerque Bank Robberies.


News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a Criminal Information was filed today in U.S. District Court in Harrisburg charging a York man with bank robbery.


Four, Including An Anti-Money Laundering Consultant, Arrested For Multi-Million Dollar Securities Fraud And Money Laundering Schemes

News Release: The Defendants Planned a Pump and Dump Scheme and Sought To Launder $2 Million in Illegal Proceeds Through Offshore Accounts.


News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Ernest Schaeffer, age 41, of Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion to conspiring with others to distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine.


Reclamation Announces 2017 Schedule for Release into Trinity River as Part of Restoration Program

News Release: WEAVERVILLE, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation announced today that releases from Lewiston Dam into the Trinity River will increase on Saturday, April 22, and will reach approximately 11,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) by Wednesday, April 26. The peak flow will continue until Friday, April 28.


Visit Your Park During National Park Week April 15-23, 2017 (Manteo)

News Release: National Park Week is April 15 to 23, 2017. National Park Week is an annual national celebration of people, parks, trails, heritage areas, national trails and rivers, seashores, historic sites, beautiful landscapes, and so many more remarkable places! The National Park Service encourages everyone to find their own connection to the vast network of public lands and places that protect and preserve our natural and cultural history.


News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a civil forfeiture complaint has been filed in federal court for property acquired and maintained by Mark Sellers, a Kansas City, Mo., business owner who was under investigation by the FBI for a $10 million investment fraud scheme before he shot and killed himself on Aug. 2, 2016.


News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault by Strangulation and Suffocation was sentenced on April 10, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.


News Release: St. Louis, MO - Yi Liu, a/k/a “Ronnie", 28, Orange County, CA, was charged in a criminal complaint alleging that he conspired to defraud Enterprise Holding, a St. Louis, Missouri-based company. He was arrested in California on Thursday, April 13. His detention hearing has been set for Monday morning, April 17 in the Central District of California at the Santa Ana Federal Courthouse.


White River Man Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine

News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a White River, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on April 11, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.


News Release: Reno, Nev. -- The Bureau of Land Management today announced that it is seeking public nominations for open positions on the three Resource Advisory Councils (RACs) in Nevada. Nominations are due May 26.


Local leaders invited to advise the Bureau of Land Management

News Release: (BILLINGS, Mont.) - Those of us who live in Northern Rockies and Northern Plains have a unique connection with the land. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is looking for people who want to turn that interest into action on behalf of their community and the nation.


News Release: The National Park Service announced today that work to rehabilitate the southwest corner of the Fire Island Lighthouse terrace, undermined in 2012 during Hurricane Sandy, will begin on Monday, April 17. Visitor access may be rerouted to the lighthouse’s northern entrance during the project, slated for completion by June.


U.S. Air Force Service Members Charged With Sex Offenses Involving A Minor

News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that two active duty service members of the United States Air Force have been charged with sex offenses alleged to have occurred on the Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware. Airman First...


Release: LINCOLN, Neb. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has installed the latest checkpoint screening technology at three airports in Nebraska: Central Nebraska Regional Airport (GRI), Kearney Regional Airport (EAR), and McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport (MCK).


2020 Census Quarterly Program Management Review

News Release: (Attend Via Webcast). APRIL 14, 2017 - The U.S. Census Bureau will hold its quarterly 2020 Census Program Management Review on April 21 from 1 to 4 p.m. in the auditorium at Census Bureau headquarters. Agenda topics include high-level program updates, an update on testing and review of 2020 Census operations...


Welling Man Found Guilty Of Multiple Counts Of Controlled Substance Crimes

News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that IAN ALEXANDER BOWLINE, age 32, of Welling, Oklahoma was found guilty of 7 counts of OBTAINING A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE BY FRAUD, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 843(a)(3) and...


News Release: Acting United States Attorney Steve Butler of the Southern District of Alabama announces that Clarence Edward Evers, Jr., also known as Bud Evers, 53, of Evergreen, Alabama, pled guilty today to charges that he produced child pornography, possessed child pornography, and traveled in foreign commerce...