News published on Federal Newswire in November 2017

News from November 2017


The US Commerce Department published a six page proposed rule on Nov. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Nov. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Nov. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a five page rule on Nov. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Nov. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Nov. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a three page rule on Nov. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on Nov. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page proposed rule on Nov. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


DOT Relaunches Airline Consumer Website

News Release: Improved website design will make it easier for travelers to understand their rights


News Release: Earlier today, an indictment was unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn charging Ikechukwu Udeokoro and Ayodeji Fasonu for their roles in an alleged scheme to submit over $3.5 million in fraudulent claims to private insurers, which included government-sponsored managed care organizations. Udeokoro and...


San Diego Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Trafficking Methamphetamine

News Release: BOISE - Jose A. Mouw, 45, of San Diego California, was sentenced Monday in United States District Court to 240 months in prison for possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered that Mouw serve ten years of supervised release and forfeit $4,000 in drug proceeds.


Navy Circle Closed to Facilitate Erosion Repairs

News Release: Vicksburg, MS: Navy Circle, off of Washington Street will be closed to vehicle and pedestrian traffic until further notice to facilitate soil erosion repairs next to the circle. The work is being completed by the Mississippi River Bridge Commission to stabilize soil erosion in the vicinity of the old Highway 80 Bridge.


News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced JUSTIN BROWN, age 30, and JOSHUA CARTHON, age 33, both of New Orleans, were sentenced last week to a one year and one day term of imprisonment to be followed by a one year term of supervised release (which includes four months of home confinement). The former...


News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven yesterday sentenced Joseph Rumore (34, Plant City) to nine years and two months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. As part of his sentence, the Court also entered a money judgment in the amount of $2,560,000, the proceeds of the drug trafficking conspiracy.


Wyden Statement on New Senate Republican Tax Bill

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today gave the following remarks as the Finance Committee began consideration of a new version of the Senate Republicans’ tax bill.


Midlands Man Sentenced in Federal Court for Possessing a Firearm

News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Michael Jones, age 59, formerly of Irmo, South Carolina has been sentenced in federal court in Columbia, for felon in possession of a firearm, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). United States District Judge Mary Geiger Lewis of Columbia sentenced Jones to 21 months incarceration followed by three years of supervised release.


The Obamacare Individual Mandate Tax is Failing the American People

News Release: Obamacare’s individual mandate forces Americans to purchase health insurance, even if they cannot afford or do not want it, or face a steep and punitive tax. Included in Chairman Hatch’s modified mark of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is the repeal of Obamacare’s burdensome individual mandate tax.


News Release: Michael Glenn Barnes, 36 years old, of Gun Barrel City, Texas, was charged by an indictment unsealed today with aggravated identity theft, wire fraud and mail fraud charges, announced United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. The indictment alleges that, from May 2015 through September 2017, Barnes sought...


Wildboys Gang Member Sentenced to Prison for Violent Crime in Aid of Racketeering and Related Firearm Offense

News Release: A member of the Wildboys gang was sentenced today to 20 years in prison in federal court in Charleston, South Carolina, after being found guilty by a federal jury for his role in the attempted murder of a rival gang member.