News published on Federal Newswire in May 2017

News from May 2017


The US Commerce Department published a seven page rule on May 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a five page rule on May 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on May 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on May 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a three page proposed rule on May 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


U.S. Department of Transportation Announces Regulatory Reform Task Force and Officer

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today the U.S. Department of Transportation announced Deputy Secretary Jeffrey Rosen will serve as the Department’s Regulatory Reform Officer and Chairman of the Department’s Regulatory Reform Task Force (RRTF). The RRTF was formed earlier this year in accordance with President Trump’s Executive Order 13777, which directs each agency to establish an RRTF to make recommendations to alleviate unnecessary regulatory burdens.


Maritime Administration Announces Funding Availability for Small U.S. Shipyards

News Release: Grants Increase Production Efficiency and Support a Highly Skilled Workforce


Joint Federal and State Investigation Seizes More Than 115 Firearms; More Than 45 Members or Associates of Chicago Street Gang Charged

News Release: CHICAGO - More than 45 members or associates of the Gangster Two-Six Nation street gang are facing federal or state charges for their alleged roles in dealing guns and drugs on Chicago’s South Side and surrounding suburbs.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Brian Clayton Charles, 49, of Tucson, Ariz., made his initial appearance yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona on a criminal complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico that charges him with assaulting a federal law enforcement officer and mailing threatening communications,.


Defendant Sentenced to 200 Months in Federal Prison on Methamphetamine Distribution Conviction

News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Rene Ortiz, of Lubbock, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to 200 months in federal prison on a methamphetamine distribution conviction, announced John Parker, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.


Defense Contractor Agility Resolves Criminal, Civil and Administrative Cases totaling Hundreds of Millions of Dollars

News Release: ATLANTA - Agility Public Warehousing Co. KSC (Agility), a Kuwaiti company, has agreed to globally resolve criminal, civil, and administrative cases arising from allegations that Agility overcharged the United States when performing contracts with the Department of Defense (DOD) to supply food for U.S.


Registered Sex Offender Indicted for Cyberstalking and Enticing a Minor Victim to Engage in Sexually Explicit Conduct

News Release: Ceradoy was convicted of possession of child pornography in 2005 and attempted sexual exploitation of a minor in 2014.


Hazleton Realtor Pleads Guilty To Money Laundering Conspiracy

News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Ignacio Beato, age 46, of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, pled guilty today before United States District Judge James M. Munley to conspiracy to engage in monetary transactions through a financial institution, with funds that were the proceeds of wire fraud. Beato is scheduled to be sentenced on Aug. 31, 2017.


Sureno Gang Member Sentenced to 100 Months in Prison for RICO Conspiracy and the Use of Firearms in Furtherance of Conspiracy

News Release: SAN JOSE - Mario Cardenas was sentenced yesterday to 100 months in prison based on his conviction on charges of Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) conspiracy and use of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in...


News Release: Defense Contractor Resolves Criminal, Civil and Administrative Liability Related to Food Contracts.


News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Little Eagle, South Dakota, woman convicted of Theft of a Postal Money Order was sentenced on May 18, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.


Reclamation Releases Final Environmental Documents for American Canyon Advanced Metering Infrastructure Project - Water and Energy Efficiency Grant

News Release: FOLSOM, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation prepared final environmental documents for an advanced meter system in the City of American Canyon located in Napa County. Reclamation proposes to provide the City with CALFED Water and Energy Efficiency Grant funds to install an advanced metering infrastructure...


10 Years For Leader Of New Haven Cocaine Trafficking Organization

News Release: (HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New England Division, and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney today announced that Halby Lopez, also known as “Harv," 41, of New Haven, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 120 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine.


News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has initiated Stage III Fire Restrictions for BLM-managed public lands within Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, and San Diego counties. The restrictions will remain in effect until further notice.


Alien Sentenced for Receiving Child Pornography

News Release: Acting United States Attorney Robert C. Stuart announced that Jose Manuel Garcia Vargas, 41, was sentenced in federal court in Omaha on May 26, 2017, for receiving child pornography. The Honorable Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Garcia Vargas to five years of imprisonment. There is no parole in the...