News published on Federal Newswire in February 2018

News from February 2018


The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a five page rule on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Wyden Requests Financial Information Related to Alexander Torshin, Other Russian Officials

News Release: WASHINGTON-Following news reports regarding links between Russian official Alexander Torshin and the NRA, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, requested financial information from the Treasury Department and the National Rifle Association, in letters sent today.


News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A former attorney was sentenced Friday to seven years in prison for conspiring to launder more than $2 million dollars derived from a business email compromise scheme and for attempting to launder funds he believed to be proceeds from alien smuggling and firearms trafficking. This case was investigated by special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Washington, D.C.


Democrats Seek Votes on 13 Subpoena Motions  at Tuesday’s  Oversight Committee Markup

News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah. E. Cummings and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Ranking Member and Vice Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter requesting that Chairman Trey Gowdy place 13 motions for subpoenas on the agenda for the Committee’s upcoming business meeting on February 6, 2018.


News Release: U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Mitchell also spent seven months on detail with the Department of the Interior’s interagency team implementing the Every Kid in a Park initiative.


News Release: LKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Two Buckhannon, West Virginia residents have admitted today to conspiring with others to distribute methamphetamine, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.


Former Supervisory United States Border Patrol Agent Found Guilty of Multiple Firearm Offenses

News Release: SAN DIEGO - Martin Rene Duran, a former supervisory United States Border Patrol Agent, was convicted by a federal jury today of seven counts of illegal transportation of firearms and one count of possession of a short-barreled rifle following a three-day trial.


Omaha Man Sentenced to Eight Years for Attempting to Receive Child Pornography

News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Robert C. Stuart announced today that Jeffrey T. Fenn, Jr., 37, was sentenced in federal court in Omaha for attempting to receive child pornography. The Honorable Robert F. Rossiter, Jr., sentenced Fenn to 96 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison, Fenn will begin a five-year term of supervised release.