News published on Federal Newswire in May 2017

News from May 2017


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on May 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on May 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on May 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on May 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on May 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a four page notice on May 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on May 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on May 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on May 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a three page notice on May 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on May 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On May 15, 2017, Luis Javier Martinez-Melo, 26, of Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced by the Honorable Pamela L. Reeves, U.S. District Judge, to serve 57 months in federal prison for his role in a scheme to defraud victims involving an online automobile sales scam. Additionally, the court ordered him to pay restitution to the 66 identified victims of the scheme whose losses exceeded $674,000.


Reclamation Releases an Environmental Document for the Genetic Investigation of Listed Vernal Pool Plants and their Communities

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation prepared an Environmental Assessment for the Genetic Investigation of Listed Vernal Pool Plants and their Communities, Merced County. The EA details Reclamation’s proposed grant of $389,831 to University of California, Merced through the Central Valley Project...


News Release: HONOLULU - Pablo M. Rivera, age 41, of Honolulu, Hawaii, pled guilty today in federal court to one count of wire fraud. According to court documents, from July 2014 to January 2017, Rivera, the Chief Financial Officer of the University of the Nations (UOFN), defrauded UOFN of $3,096,241 through a scheme that involved Rivera submitting false invoices for construction related projects on UOFN’s campus.


Mississippi Man Sentenced To 49 Years in Prison for Bias-Motivated Murder of Transgender Woman in Lucedale, Mississippi

News Release: Mississippi Man Sentenced To 49 Years in Prison for Bias-Motivated Murder of Transgender Woman in Lucedale, Mississippi.


Final Member Of Gulf Coast Drug Trafficking Ring Sentenced To Lengthy Federal Prison Term

News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - Acting United States Attorney Corey R. Amundson announced the fifth and final sentencing in a series of federal prosecutions aimed at a drug trafficking ring which operated in the Gulf Coast states. On Thursday, May 11, 2017, KENDALL LEWIS, age 27, of Lecanto, Florida, appeared before Chief U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson and was sentenced to 90 months imprisonment.


News Release: Urbana, Ill. - U.S. District Judge Colin S. Bruce today sentenced a Champaign county man, Clinton Schaffer, 45, to serve 30 years in federal prison for sexual exploitation of a minor and distribution of child pornography. Schaffer was also ordered to a lifetime term of supervised release following his release from prison, and to pay restitution in the amount of $15,396 to two victims of the pornography distribution offense.


News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ- The 27th annual Grand Canyon Star Party will be held from Saturday, June 17 through Saturday, June 24, 2017 on the South and North Rims of Grand Canyon National Park. National parks such as Grand Canyon are protective havens for some of the last remaining dark skies in this country.


BLM implements temporary closure of popular recreation sites

News Release: CHALLIS, ID - Due to recent high water and flooding conditions along the Salmon River, the BLM is implementing a temporary closure at the Challis Bridge Day Use Area and the Cottonwood Campground Recreation Site located in the BLM’s Challis Field Office and the Morgan Bar Campground located in the BLM’s Salmon Field Office.


News Release: Roanoke, VIRGINIA - Acting United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced today the sentencing of a local woman on a federal methamphetamine charge.