News published on Federal Newswire in June 2017

News from June 2017


The US Interior Department published a four page rule on June 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on June 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on June 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on June 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on June 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on June 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Find Your Park After Dark June 2017 Star Party

News Release: The sky is the limit at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore). Join park rangers and astronomers from the Grand Traverse Astronomical Society (GTAS) on Saturday, June 24 at the Dune Climb parking lot. On this date, two events offer you opportunities to focus on the sky. The first...


News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Sidney Caleb Lanier, 36, and Jamie Marie Robertson, 32, both of Lubbock, Texas, were sentenced this morning before Senior U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.


Waltham Man Sentenced for Possessing Child Pornography

News Release: BOSTON - A Waltham man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for possession of child pornography.


News Release: Harpers Ferry National Historical Park is pleased to announce that the 2017 Don Redman Jazz Heritage Awards & Concert will take place on Saturday, June 24, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. on the grounds of Mather Training Center. This year’s honorees are pianist and NEA Jazz Master, Barry Harris and Bassist and Mellon Jazz Living Legacy Award Recipient, Rufus Reid.


News Release: Acting United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker announced a federal indictment charging ROSA MARGARITA MALDONADO with two counts of filing a false claim for tax refund, one count of theft of public money, and two counts of aggravated identity theft. MALDONADO will make her initial appearance in United States District Court on June 21, 2017.


News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A former government contractor was sentenced today to four years in prison for his role in a government contract kickback scheme that caused a loss of more than $3.4 million to the U.S. Department of State.


Grand Jury Charges Evans Landscaping Officials with Defrauding City, State 'Small Business' and 'Minority Business' Programs

News Release: CINCINNATI - A federal grand jury has charged Evans Landscaping, Inc.; the owner of Evans Landscaping, Inc., Doug Evans, 55, of Cincinnati; and the vice president of operations for Evans Landscaping, Jim Bailey, 49, of Cincinnati, with charges related to allegedly defrauding the City of Cincinnati and other public entities through fraudulent small business and minority business contracts.


News Release: BOSTON - A Roxbury man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for distributing cocaine.


News Release: DURANGO, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Tres Rios Field Office is seeking public comments on a proposal to modify GCC Energy LLC’s King II federal coal mine lease, expanding the current lease by about 950 acres.


News Release: BOSTON - A Peabody man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for distributing oxycodone throughout the North Shore area along with eight others.


2 West Texas men sentenced to more than 12 years in prison for distributing methamphetamines

News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Two West Texas men were sentenced in federal court Friday to 150 months in prison for possessing, with intent to distribute, methamphetamine.


News Release: NEWARK - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Newark Field Office arrested 113 criminal targets during an operation Jun. 5-9, as part of the agency’s ongoing public safety and national security efforts. The operation was supported by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s New Jersey Field Office, the New Jersey State Parole Office, and ICE Homeland Security Investigations.


Woodbridge Man Sentenced to 35 Years for Murder and Robbery

News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Bernardo Eugene Ford, Jr., 26, of Woodbridge, was sentenced today to 35 years in prison for his role in the armed robbery and murder of a drug dealer in Falls Church.


Albuquerque Man Sentenced to Prison for Failing to Update Sex Offender Registration

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Kevin Scott Gordon, 59, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to 21 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release including a mandatory year in a residential reentry program for violating the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). Gordon will be required to register as a sex offender when he completes his prison sentence.