News from November 2017
By DOT News Wire | Nov 1, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Nov. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 1, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Nov. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 1, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Nov. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 1, 2017
The US Commerce Department published a seven page rule on Nov. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Nov 1, 2017
The US Energy Department published a seven page rule on Nov. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
The US Interior Department published a four page rule on Nov. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By State Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today at 10:30 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will convene a hearing with Thae Yong-ho - a high-ranking North Korean defector. The hearing is entitled “An Insider’s Look at the North Korean Regime." Live webcast and witness testimony will be available HERE.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jesus Manuel Aguilar Jr., 55, of Las Cruces, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to 46 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank today announced that Mercy Hospital (“Mercy"), of Portland, has entered into a civil settlement agreement with the United States and the State of Maine in which it will pay $1,514,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the federal and Maine False Claims Acts. See United States v. Mercy Hospital, 17-cv-00429-JAW (D. Me.).

By Interior Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: This weekend, November 4-5, provides the last chance for visitors to drive to many iconic locations in Yellowstone. The West, South, and East Entrances and all roads, with one exception, will close to vehicle travel at 8 a.m. Monday, November 6, so the park can prepare them for the winter season and snowmobile and snowcoach travel, which will begin Tuesday, December 15.

By Commerce Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) today introduced the Healthcare Market Certainty and Mandate Relief Act (S. 2052 /H.R.4200 ) following their bicameral agreement last week. The legislation would pair concrete, structural Obamacare reforms with a temporary funding extension for the health law’s cost-sharing reduction (CSR) program.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: Airplane Maintenance Facility in Rome, New York, to Pay $40,000 Fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Elvis Gordon, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA") supervisor, and small business owner Ivan Ponder have been arraigned on bribery and conspiracy charges for using Gordon’s influence to divert FDA contracts to a company owned by Ponder.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: New York Resident Charged With Providing Material Support to ISIS, Extradited to United States.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: Join us on Sunday, November 5, from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm at the Indiana Dunes Visitor Center for a celebration of the 51st anniversary of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: Today, United States District Court Judge Harvey Bartle, III sentenced Gebah Kamara, 50, of West Chester, Pennsylvania, to 30 months’ imprisonment for conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service, aiding and abetting the preparation of false federal income tax returns, wire fraud, and aggravated...

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Paula Villalva-Patricio, 57, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced on Oct. 26, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden, to 180 months in federal prison for smuggling firearms and ammunition from North Carolina to Mexico, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Raymond Parmer, Jr., Special Agent in Charge of Immigration Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in New Orleans.

By Interior Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: SPRINGDALE, UT - The Zion Trail Crew and Fire Management staff, will be removing waste from the evaporative toilets at Scout’s Lookout on two different days in November. The first half day closure will take place on Monday November 6, 2017 from 7 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., then again on Thursday November 9, 2017 from 7 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The operation to remove the waste requires the use of a helicopter, so safety precautions in the form of trail and road closures will be in effect.

By Interior Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - One hundred years ago today, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for the first time transferred operational control of a federal reclamation project - the Salt River Reclamation Project - to a local entity - the Salt River Valley Water Users’ Association - pursuant to an operating agreement that jump started a sleepy desert region and created a partnership that continues to benefit the Valley, Arizona and the nation a century later.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: A lawful permanent resident who possessed more than one-half pound of cocaine and child pornography pled guilty today, Nov. 1, 2017, in federal court in Sioux City.