News published on Federal Newswire in March 2017

News from March 2017


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on March 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on March 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on March 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on March 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a three page notice on March 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on March 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on March 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on March 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on March 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JAMES DOUGLAS, also known as “Sucky," 25, of New Haven, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Alfred V. Covello in Hartford to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm.


Tour Group Caught in Closed Area in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park

News Release: A tour guide based in France and a tour group of 13 people were caught early Monday morning sneaking into the closed area at Halema‘uma‘u, the erupting summit crater of Kīlauea volcano.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, questioned the nominee for Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, Elaine C. Duke, today after public reports showed the Trump Administration planned to cut funds to the Coast Guard and aviation security in order to help fund a wall along the southern border-a project for which no cost-benefit analysis has been performed.


News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Five new defendants have been charged in a superseding indictment unsealed today in federal court alleging a conspiracy to fence property stolen in other states, announced Mark A. Yancey, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.


Former Amherst Woman Sentenced for Her Role in Plot to Murder Ex-Husband

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Debra Arno, 58, formerly of Amherst, NY, who was convicted of solicitation of interstate murder for hire, was sentenced to time served (21 months) by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.


News Release: LOS ANGELES - A longtime U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer was sentenced on Monday to over three years in federal prison for stealing checks and money orders from international mail and depositing those items into bank accounts.


TSA unveils state-of-the-art checked baggage handling system at Fairbanks International Airport

Release: FAIRBANKS, Alaska - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Wednesday offered the first look at the newly-installed inline checked baggage handling system at Fairbanks International Airport (FAI).


News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that two Kansas City, Mo., residents pleaded guilty in federal court today to their roles in a marriage fraud conspiracy.


News Release: NEW BERN - The United States Attorney’s Office announced that today in Federal court, Senior United States District Judge Malcolm J. Howard sentenced NEVADA T. BEARD, 45, of Charlotte, North Carolina to 24 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release.


News Release: HOUSTON - A federal jury has handed down convictions against two Houston-area defendants on multiple counts to include conspiracy, bank fraud, false statements on credit applications, wire fraud and mail fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. The jury deliberated for approximately seven hours before convicting Carlos Wydler, 45, and Leyla Wydler, 57, both of Houston,late yesterday in a trial that spanned four weeks.


Reclamation Releases Environmental Assessment for Longhorn Fairy Shrimp Habitat Research Project in Contra Costa and Alameda Counties

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has prepared an Environmental Assessment on an interagency agreement providing $121,691.78 to the East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) to conduct a research project to improve conservation and management of the federally endangered longhorn fairy shrimp in Contra Costa and Alameda counties.