News from July 2017
By Commerce News Now | Jul 12, 2017
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on July 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jul 12, 2017
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on July 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jul 12, 2017
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on July 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: May 2017 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)
By DOT News Wire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (U.S. DOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced the opportunity to apply for approximately $226.5 million in competitive grant funding for transit bus projects nationwide. The Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities Infrastructure Investment ...
By DOT News Wire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: Sets Stage for Expedited Permitting Process for Rail Infrastructure Projects
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - A high-ranking official in a Chicago-area labor union threatened a local business with economic loss if it didn’t pay him quarterly cash payments of $25,000, according to a federal indictment returned today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - Acting United States Attorney Corey Amundson announced today that three more individuals have been charged with insider trading in connection with the acquisition of the Shaw Group. A federal grand jury sitting in the Middle District of Louisiana has indicted KELLY LIU, age 31, SALVADOR...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former official of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey was sentenced today to three years’ probation for using the authority’s resources to facilitate and conceal the cause of traffic problems in Fort Lee, New Jersey, to punish that borough’s mayor for not endorsing Gov. Chris Christie’s re-election.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Acting U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that Kevin John Grimm, 61, was sentenced to serve 27 months in federal prison for his role in defrauding furniture manufacturer Herman Miller Inc. in a vendor invoicing scheme. The Honorable Paul L. Maloney, U.S. District Judge...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: HONOLULU - Maulia LaBarre, age 35, of Honolulu, Hawaii, pled guilty yesterday in federal court to one count of honest services wire fraud. LaBarre was formerly employed as a police officer with the Honolulu Police Department (HPD).
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ahead of today’s House floor debate on H.R. 23 - the misnamed “Gaining Responsibility on Water Act" - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) highlighted the bill’s enormous giveaways of natural resources to special interests and Republicans’ decision to introduce today’s bill without...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that HUGO TURCIO-CRUZ, age 35, a citizen of Honduras, pled guilty today to a one-count Bill of Information with illegal reentry of a removed alien, in violation of 8 U.S.C. ' 1326.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a Gueydan man was sentenced last week to 45 days in prison for shooting a whooping crane and ducks.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An Alexandria man pleaded guilty today to the use and carry of a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: Mr. Chairman, just as in prior years, you and your staff have been collegial, collaborative, and receptive throughout the development of this bill and report. As the Appropriations Subcommittee chairman, you carry out your responsibilities honorably, fairly, and collaboratively. Together, we take seriously the department’s requirements and the needs of its dedicated personnel, because we understand they are the ones doing the hard work of keeping our country safe.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: Watrous, NM: Fort Union National Monument announces its next Star Party, weather permitting, on Saturday night July 22, 2017. New Mexico is renowned for its enchanting landscape and open skies. Throughout history, mankind has turned their eyes to the celestial bodies of the night sky in awe and wonder.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. - Today the Bureau of Land Management released its draft environmental assessment for a proposed wild horse gather in southwest Wyoming and is seeking public input. The proposed gather will reduce wild horse populations in the Salt Wells Creek, Adobe Town and Great Divide Basin Herd Management Areas to their low Appropriate Management Levels in order to maintain healthy wild horses on healthy, productive rangelands.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: The House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), held a hearing today to examine the growing threat to job creation, entrepreneurship, and small businesses posed by the expanded definition of joint employer under federal labor laws.
