News published on Federal Newswire in January 2017

News from January 2017


The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Jan. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a five page proposed rule on Jan. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Jan. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Jan. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Jan. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Jan. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a four page notice on Jan. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Jan. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Jan. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Ranking Nashville Gang Member Pleads Guilty to Gun and Robbery Charges

News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn.- Jan. 25, 2017 - Deunta Finch aka LT, 27, of Nashville, Tennessee, pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition; attempting to commit a robbery affecting interstate commerce; and to possessing and discharging a firearm in that attempted robbery, announced David Rivera, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.


News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Columbia, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm.


Smart Phone App Balances Conservation and Production

News Release: New mobile phone applications ("apps") are helping farmers and land managers balance productivity with conservation. Known as the "Land-Potential Knowledge System" (LandPKS), the suite of apps identifies and delivers information about specific soils to anyone with a mobile phone, according to Jeff Herrick, a soil scientist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in Las Cruces, New Mexico.


News Release: Kenai Fjords National Park announces that the Exit Glacier area is now open for snowmachine use.


Clinical Psychologist and Owner of Psychological Services Centers Convicted in $25 Million Psychological Testing Scheme Carried Out Through Eight Companies in Four Gulf Coast States

News Release: Clinical Psychologist and Owner of Psychological Services Centers Convicted in $25 Million Psychological Testing Scheme Carried Out Through Eight Companies in Four Gulf Coast States.


News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announces that Curtis Pugh of Mobile, Alabama was sentenced to 11 years and 9 months by Chief United States District Court Judge William H. Steele. Miller pled guilty to the charge of Carjacking, and Brandishing a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence in October of 2016. Pugh participated with 2 other codefendants in a carjacking that occurred on Sept. 27, 2015.


News Release: House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) today released the following statement in response to President Donald Trump’s statements on voter fraud...


News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. - Steve Thede is the Acting Superintendent of Wind Cave National Park while Vidal Dávila, the park’s superintendent, is on a 120-day detail as Acting Superintendent of Big Bend National Park in Texas.


News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger announced the guilty plea of COLIN ALEXANDER CHISHOLM, 67, for stealing more than $2.1 million from investors by lying to them about an investment in a purported television network startup. The defendant pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Chief Judge John R. Tunheim in Minneapolis, Minn.


BLM Continuing Fire Rehabilitation with Aerial Seeding

News Release: Boise, ID - The Bureau of Land Management is planning to conduct aerial seeding of several fire scars in the region beginning this week through the end of January, contingent on weather conditions. This seeding effort will encompass over 27,000 acres throughout the following areas:.


News Release: LOS ANGELES - An Illinois man who admitted responsibility for a phishing scheme that gave him illegal access to over 300 Apple iCloud and Gmail accounts, including those belonging to members of the entertainment industry in Los Angeles, has been sentenced to nine months in federal prison.