News from December 2017
By USDA Newswire | Dec 22, 2017
Release: Dear Stakeholders:Last week I shared the news that Dr. Jere Dick, APHIS’ Associate Administrator, is retiring at the end of the year after three distinguished decades of service. Today, I want to let you know that he will be joined by William Clay, our Deputy Administrator for Wildlife Services (WS), ...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 22, 2017
Release: WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today announced the selection of Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport (SPI) as the recipient of the agency’s annual National Partnership Award.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that two more members of a gang that operated for a decade in the City of York were sentenced to federal prison for racketeering and drug distribution conspiracies.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal complaint was unsealed today, charging Everitt Aaron Jameson, 26, of Modesto, with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2017
News Release: Drug Counselor Took Opioids and Had Sex with USPO Defendant, Attempted to Conceal a Defendant’s Pretrial Release Violations and helped a Defendant obtain Opioids while he was incarcerated.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 22, 2017
News Release: PORT ANGELES, WA: Work on the Lake Crescent Highway 101 project is officially shutdown for the winter. Travelers around Lake Crescent will not encounter any road work, traffic lights or delays associated with the project until it resumes in mid-March.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that two more members of a gang that operated for a decade in the City of York were sentenced to federal prison for racketeering and drug distribution conspiracies.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ALBERT BONNER, 31, of Killingly, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to eight months of imprisonment, followed by two years of supervised release, for providing a firearm to a convicted felon.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 22, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The California Department of Water Resources and federal Bureau of Reclamation took steps toward improving fish passage and rearing habitat in the Yolo Bypass today with the release of the draft environmental document for the proposed Yolo Bypass Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Fish Passage Project in Yolo and Sutter counties. The document is being made available for public review and comment.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 22, 2017
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today announced three recent additions to her Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee staff: Suzanne Cunningham as senior policy advisor for oil and gas, Diana Nielsen as a legal fellow, and Tonya Parish as press assistant.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 22, 2017
News Release: FORT WORTH - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration proposes a $1.76 million civil penalty against Commercial Aircraft Equipment of Dallas, Texas, for allegedly producing aircraft galley carts without the required FAA approval. CAE is a subsidiary of Biskay Holdings LLC.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 22, 2017
News Release: MOOSE, WY- Due to recent snow accumulation, the status of Teton Park Road, Moose-Wilson Road, and Signal Mountain Summit Road within Grand Teton National Park has been changed from wheeled access to over-snow access. The designated portions of these roads are now ready to accommodate winter recreation and use of the roads by wheeled vehicles is prohibited for the season.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2017
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office announced that those persons listed below were arraigned before the U.S. Magistrate and the indictments handed down by the Grand Jury unsealed.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2017
News Release: A man who created false documents to convince Farm Credit Services of America (FCSA) to give him and his son loans totaling more than $3.8 million was sentenced yesterday to 33 months in federal prison.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 22, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today applauded Senate passage of the Connected Government Act yesterday, a bill introduced in the House of Representatives by Ranking Member Pallone and Rep. Robin Kelly (D-IL). The House passed the bill on Nov. 15, ...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 22, 2017
News Release: If you are an airline passenger packing your bags to travel for the holidays, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) advises you to take a moment to check out the agency’s Pack Safe website. There are many items that people use on a daily basis that are considered hazardous materials when packed to ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2017
News Release: A local transportation operator pleaded guilty yesterday to stealing federal funds intended for a foreign exchange program maintained by the U.S. Department of State, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente of the Eastern District of Virginia and Inspector General Steve A. Linick of the U.S. Department of State.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 22, 2017
Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers prevented a North Carolina woman from bringing a loaded handgun on board a plane at a Charlotte Douglas International Airport checkpoint.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2017
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Michael Bickford, age 38, formerly of Perkinsville, Vermont, pled guilty on Dec. 18, 2017 in the United States District Court in Burlington to charges stemming from the December 5, 2016 armed robbery of the River Street...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 22, 2017
News Release: CEDAR CITY, Utah - In keeping with the Administration’s America First Energy Plan, the Bureau of Land Management today began a 30-day public comment on an Environmental Assessment (EA) evaluating offering approximately 3,708 acres of federal minerals in Sevier and Wayne counties (Richfield Field Office), Utah for oil and gas leasing. The BLM has also completed a Determination of NEPA Adequacy (DNA) for an 80-acre parcel in Beaver County (Cedar City Field Office).
