News published on Federal Newswire in January 2018

News from January 2018


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


FMCSA Awards More Than $70 Million in Grants to Enhance Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety

News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced that it has awarded more than $70 million in grants to states and educational institutions to enhance commercial motor vehicle (CMV) safety.


News Digest - DOT 84-17

News Release: BTS Releases National Census of Ferry Operators Highlights - The U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released the 2016 Highlights of Ferry Operations in the United States . Key findings from the 163 ferry operators that responded to the 2016 National ...


Department of Transportation Publishes August 2017 Significant Rulemaking Report

News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Transportation (DOT) announced the return of its monthly public Significant Rulemaking Report. The Report demonstrates a commitment to transparency in DOT’s rulemaking process.


News Release: BOSTON - An MS-13 member was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for RICO conspiracy involving attempted murder.


Attorney General Sessions Announces New Tool to Fight Online Drug Trafficking

News Release: PITTSBURGH - Attorney General Jeff Sessions today announced a new resource to help federal law enforcement disrupt online illicit opioid sales, the Joint Criminal Opioid Darknet Enforcement (J-CODE) team.


Seven Defendants Plead Guilty to Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses

News Release: Abingdon, VIRGINIA - Seven individuals who conspired to distribute crystal methamphetamine in Southwest Virginia from sources in Tennessee and Kentucky have pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking and firearms charges in the United States District Court in Abingdon, United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle and Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring announced.


Former Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Found Guilty of 12 Tax Crimes

News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that CRAIG A. TAFFARO, age 70, of Harvey, a former Chief Deputy for the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, was convicted of all charges alleged in a Superseding Indictment. TAFFARO was found guilty of six counts of tax evasion, five counts of filing a false tax return, and one count of failing to file a tax return.


News Release: The FBI is Seeking Information from a Bank Robbery in Hialeah.


Shreveport felon pleads guilty to possessing pistol while still on supervised release

News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a Shreveport man pleaded guilty last week to possessing a pistol even though he was still on supervised release and had been convicted of several felonies.


News Release: A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine was sentenced Jan. 18, 2018, to over 8 years in federal prison.


Antioch, Tennessee Woman Sentenced To Six Years In Prison For Stolen ID Refund Fraud

News Release: An Antioch, Tennessee, woman was sentenced today to six years in prison for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee and Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.


Cardin, Brown, Hoyer, Engel Reiterate Russia Sanctions, Accountability Expectations to Trump Ahead of Key CAATSA Deadline

News Release: he Russian Federation’s sovereign debt; and a report from the Department of Treasury on oligarchs and parastatal entities of the Russian Federation.


News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ROBERT BOWENS, 34, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 76 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a firearm.


News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Bennie Davis, 21, of Lexington, was sentenced today to 60 months in federal prison, by United States Senior District Court Judge Joseph M. Hood, for arson of a commercial building. Davis was also ordered to pay restitution, in the amount of $250,000.


News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Mauro Vasquez-Bautista, age 21, and a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced on Friday to time served (17 days in jail) for illegal re-entry into the United States.


News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Noel, Mo., sex offender pleaded guilty in federal court today to charges related to child sexual exploitation and illegally possessing firearms.