News published on Federal Newswire in November 2017

News from November 2017


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Nov. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Nov. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Canadian Hacker Who Conspired With and Aided Russian FSB Officers Pleads Guilty.


Gorham Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing Child Pornography

News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Christopher Shepard, 31, of Gorham, Maine, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court to possessing child pornography.


Reclamation announces CVP long-term operations biological opinions biennial science review

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation will hold its biennial science review on the biological opinions associated with the long-term operations of the Central Valley Project and State Water Project from Dec. 5 to Dec. 7, 2017, in Sacramento.


News Release: Statement on the Nov. 28, 2016 Attack at The Ohio State University.


The Jonah Interagency Office and Pinedale Anticline Project Office  Boards of Directors set meeting in December

News Release: PINEDALE, Wyo. - The Jonah Interagency Office and Pinedale Anticline Project Office Boards of Directors will meet in Cheyenne on Dec. 8 at the Wyoming Game & Fish Department, 5400 Bishop Blvd. in the Elk Room.


News Release: BOSTON - A New Bedford seafood manager pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to failing to report $75,000 in earnings on his tax returns.


Weston Man Guilty of Insider Trading

News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that a federal jury in Hartford has found EDWARD J. KOSINSKI, 70, of Weston, guilty of insider trading offenses. The trial before U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant began on November 13 and the jury returned its verdict this afternoon.


News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Detroit man who was part of a group selling heroin in Huntington in 2015 pleaded guilty today to a federal drug charge, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Marquis Tamal Quinton Evans, 24, entered his guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin.


News Release: HUNTSVILLE - A federal judge today sentenced a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves to four years in prison and ordered him to forfeit $4.4 million to the government for fraudulently supplying hundreds of thousands of Chinese-produced baseball caps and backpacks to the Army Recruiting Command and passing them off as American-made products.


Eagle Butte Man and Woman Charged with Drug Offenses

News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man and woman have been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance.


News Release: Martin D. Weaver, M.D, 63, of Sickerville, New Jersey, and Erica LaBoy, 31, of Philadelphia, were charged today by Indictment, unsealed today, with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances outside the scope of professional practice; and Weaver was also charged with 29 counts of distributing controlled substances outside the scope of professional practice, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen.


Grants for Research on Prisoners of War Offered

News Release: Release Date: 28 November 2017. Contacts: Charles Barr, charles_barr@nps.gov, 229 924-0343, ext. 112. NR17-8. Grants for Research on Prisoners of War Offered. 2018 Grants open for application. ANDERSONVILLE, Georgia - Andersonville National Historic Site, home of the National Prisoner of War Museum...


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced nearly $25 million for a selected eight organizations to further the installation of cost-effective, highly efficient combined heat and power (CHP) technologies. The use of CHP can support U.S. economic competitive advantage, promote...


Ahmed Abu Khatallah Found Guilty of Terrorism Charges in September 2012 Attack in Benghazi, Libya

News Release: WASHINGTON - Ahmed Abu Khatallah, aka Ahmed Mukatallah, 46, a Libyan national, was found guilty by a jury today of federal terrorism charges and other offenses stemming from the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack on the U.S. Special Mission in Benghazi, Libya. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and U.S. government personnel Sean Smith, Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty died in the attack at the Mission and the nearby Annex in Benghazi.


Brooklyn Leader of Violent Gang Sentenced to Nine Years’  Imprisonment for Racketeering

News Release: Qian Zheng Ordered Numerous Extortions and Assaults over Eight-Year Period.


News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former Holts Summit, Mo., woman pleaded guilty in federal court today to her role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.


News Release: Former Employee of U.S. Government Contractor in Afghanistan Sentenced to Prison for Accepting $250,000 in Kickbacks from Subcontractor.


News Release: Defendant Faces Possible Life Sentence. WASHINGTON - Ahmed Abu Khatallah, aka Ahmed Mukatallah, 46, a Libyan national, was found guilty by a jury today of federal terrorism charges and other offenses stemming from the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack on the U.S. Special Mission in Benghazi, Libya. Ambassador...