News from February 2018
By DOT News Wire | Feb 14, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 14, 2018
News Release: December 2017 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 14, 2018
Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - An officer with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) discovered a loaded firearm Tuesday in the carry-on baggage of a male passenger traveling from Idaho Falls Regional Airport (IDA) to Salt Lake City International Airport.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 14, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today delivered the following opening statement at a Finance Committee hearing to consider the administration’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 budget request for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The hearing will include discussions about the agency’s critical role in implementing tax reform.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 14, 2018
News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai‘i - Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park continues its tradition of sharing Hawaiian culture, After Dark in the Park talks, and other programs throughout March. In addition, everyone is invited to lend a hand to save native rainforest through the park’s volunteer stewardship opportunities.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2018
News Release: Former President and CEO of Pennsylvania Health Services Company Indicted for Conspiring to Defraud the IRS and Filing False Tax Returns.
By State Newswire | Feb 14, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) applauded House passage of H. Res. 129, which calls on the Department of Defense and foreign governments to intensify efforts to investigate, recover and identify all missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel from past wars and conflicts.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 14, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after Chairman Trey Gowdy announced that the Committee is investigating White House security clearances, including the clearance of Staff Secretary Robert Porter...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2018
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - Valerie A. Nickerson, Special Agent in Charge for the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney General for the State of New Jersey, announced that seven members of a major gun trafficking ring in Camden have been indicted on first-degree racketeering charges.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 14, 2018
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today made two announcements about its Animal Welfare Assessment Program (AWAP), which offers an independent assessment for industry animal welfare standards and programs. AWAP is a voluntary service for industry...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2018
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Brandon Knox, 38, of Fairfield, Maine was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court by U.S. Magistrate Judge John C. Nivison to 39 days in prison and one year of supervised release for stealing Postal Money Orders. He was also ordered to pay $485 in restitution. He pleaded guilty to the charge on Oct. 26, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2018
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell has sentenced Jovon McClures (40, Fort Myers) to 15 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. The Court also ordered him to forfeit the firearm used during the offense. He pleaded guilty on Oct. 31, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston man was sentenced today to two years in federal prison for a gun crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Joe Orville Fooce, III, 44, previously pled guilty to possession of a shotgun with a barrel length less than 18 inches and an overall length less than...
By State Newswire | Feb 14, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following remarks at a committee hearing on.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2018
News Release: U.S. Marshals arrested fugitive Daniel Teed Monday afternoon in Flagstaff, Arizona.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2018
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa-- On Feb. 13, 2018, America Yegile Haileselassie, age 39, of Bettendorf, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey to 60 months in prison following his guilty plea to interstate communication of a bomb threat, according to United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Haileselassie was ordered to serve one year of supervised release following his prison term and pay $100 to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 14, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry is establishing a new Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). $96 million in funding for the office was included in President Trump’s FY19 budget request to bolster DOE's efforts in cybersecurity and energy security.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2018
News Release: POCATELLO - Michael Hendrickson, 56, Idaho Falls, was sentenced yesterday to one year of confinement, including six months of imprisonment and six months of home detention, for filing a false claim with the United States Department of Energy, U.S. Attorney Bart Davis announced. Hendrickson pleaded guilty to the charge in November 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 14, 2018
News Release: Pecos, NM: Save the date! Pecos National Historical Park invites the public to participate in this year’s Civil War Encampment event on Saturday, March 24, 2018 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Learn about the life of Civil War soldiers in New Mexico, interact with living history participants, see black...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Thomas Vogt, 60, of Alton, Illinois pleaded guilty to defrauding his former employer of more than $140,000 through a double reimbursement scheme whereby he sought reimbursement for expenses his employer had already directly paid. Vogt pleaded guilty to one count of interstate transportation...
