News published on Federal Newswire in November 2017

News from November 2017


The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Nov. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a four page rule on Nov. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page proposed rule on Nov. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Nov. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a three page proposed rule on Nov. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Nov. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


U.S. Department of Labor Resumes Regular Enforcement in Florida and Georgia

News Release: ATLANTA, GA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has resumed normal enforcement throughout most of Florida and Georgia. The agency had ceased most programmed enforcement actions following Hurricane Irma.


News Release: Washington - Under regulations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA), Carbonella Desarbo Inc., operating out of New Haven, Conn., posted a $100,000 surety bond.


News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A former U.S. Secret Service Special Agent, who had been a member of the Baltimore Silk Road Task Force, was sentenced to prison today on charges of money laundering, announced U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch, Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s...


Kaplan man pleads guilty to possessing firearms, ammunition after felony convictions

News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a man from Kaplan pleaded guilty last week to possessing firearms and ammunition.


Cummings Condemns Latest Partisan Republican Investigation of Hillary Clinton and Seeks Access to Former “Confidential Informant”

News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Chairman Trey Gowdy asking how he plans to proceed with the Committee’s partisan investigation of allegations that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was bribed to orchestrate the unanimous decision in 2010 by all nine member agencies of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) regarding Uranium One.


Take Back Initiative An Overwhelming Success

News Release: LOUISVILLE, KY - Kentuckiana residents assisted in dramatically reducing the number of potentially dangerous prescription drugs from their homes by cleaning out medicine cabinets and safely disposing of 11,076 pounds of unused medications at more than 70 collection locations on Saturday, October 28th, announced United States Attorney Russell M. Coleman and DEA Associate Special Agent in Charge D. Christopher Evans.


Waldorf Man Exiled To 20 Years In Federal Prison For Distribution Of Cocaine

News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - On November 6, 2017 United States District Judge George J. Hazel sentenced Darryl Michael Franklin, a/k/a “D", age 43, of Waldorf, Maryland, to 20 years in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release for Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute Controlled...


News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that in federal court today, United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle Howard, sentenced ERVIN RODELL HUGHES, 39, of Weldon, NC to 75 months of imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised release.


News Release: BOSTON - A Lawrence man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to a federal drug charge.


Twenty-Two Individuals Indicted for Firearms Trafficking

News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On Nov. 2, 2017, a federal grand jury returned seventeen separate indictments charging twenty-two individuals for trafficking firearms without a license, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. The agencies in charge of ...


News Release: A federal jury convicted a former Miami newspaper publisher, mortgage broker, mortgage lender and real estate agent after a three-week trial for leading a $20 million mortgage fraud scheme.


Illegal Alien Pleads Guilty to Firearm and Drug Charges

News Release: Anderson, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated that Gabriel Espitia Escandon, age 43, of Mexico City, Mexico, entered a guilty plea in federal court in Anderson to Being an Illegal Alien in Possession of a Firearm, in violation of Title 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5), and Possession with...


New Seabird Species Settles on the Channel Islands

News Release: Last week seabird biologists discovered brown boobies actively nesting on Santa Barbara Island, within Channel Islands National Park. This first record of brown boobies nesting in the park signifies a significant northward expansion of their breeding range.


Easton, PA Man Charged With False Statements to Federal Firearms Licensees

News Release: Nico Trevorsaya Braden, 28, of Easton, PA, was charged today by indictment with three counts of making false statements to federal firearms licensees announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. The indictment alleges that on or about various dated between April 16, 2016 and May 5, 2016...