News published on Federal Newswire in October 2017

News from October 2017


The US State Department published a two page notice on Oct. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Oct. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Oct. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Oct. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Oct. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Oct. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Oct. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Oct. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Oct. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


August 2017 Airline On-Time Performance, Cancellations, Mishandled Baggage Data Similar to Previous Year, July 2017

News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today released its October 2017 Air Travel Consumer Report on air carrier data compiled for the month of August 2017. In August, the reporting carriers posted an on-time arrival rate of 77.1 percent, down from the 77.6 percent on-time rate in August 2016, but up from the 76.9 percent mark in July 2017.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Federal grand juries in the Southern District of Mississippi and the District of North Dakota returned indictments, unsealed yesterday, against two Chinese nationals and their North American based traffickers and distributors for separate conspiracies to distribute large quantities of fentanyl and fentanyl analogues and other opiate substances in the United States.


News Release: Twelve people were charged in a 26-count indictment for their roles in a conspiracy to install credit-card skimmers on gas pumps in at least five states, including several locations in Northeast Ohio, and steal credit-card account information from thousands of people.


Reclamation to Host Public Meeting on North Platte Water Operations

News Release: MILLS, Wyo. -- The Bureau of Reclamation has scheduled a North Platte River Water Information Meeting in Torrington, Wyo.


Department of Energy Announces Up to $26 Million in Funding Opportunity for Transformational Carbon Capture Technologies

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced up to $26 million in federally funded financial assistance for cost-shared research and development projects under the Office of Fossil Energy’s (FE) Novel and Enabling Carbon Capture Transformational Technologies funding opportunity announcement (FOA).


Paducah Cleanup Contractor Surpasses 5 Million Safe Hours

News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - EM’s prime cleanup contractor at the Paducah Site has recorded more than 5 million hours without a lost-time work injury since they began preparing the former gaseous diffusion plant for deactivation and demolition in July 2014.


Illegal Alien from Mexico Sentenced to Prison after Returning to the United States Following Deportation

News Release: A Mexican man who had previously been deported following a federal conviction for illegally reentering the United States was sentenced today to 11 months in federal prison.


Augusta County man caught with loaded handgun at Charlottesville Airport

Release: CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - An Augusta County, Virginia, man was caught with a gun at the Charlottesville Albemarle Airport (CHO) Sunday, Oct. 15 after Transportation Security Administration officers detected a handgun in his carry-on bag as he was entering the security checkpoint. The.40 caliber gun was loaded with 13 bullets, including one in the chamber.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) sent a letter to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator William B. “Brock" Long and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray concerning allegations of mishandling and misappropriation of emergency supplies provided by the federal government for the people of Puerto Rico by local government officials.


News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A federal jury convicted Jorge Cornejo of making threats by phone and text message, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The guilty verdict was issued late yesterday following a week-long trial before the Honorable Charles R. Breyer, U.S. District Judge.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A New York man was sentenced today to 43 months in prison for robbing a bank in Fort Lee, New Jersey, in January 2017, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.