News published on Federal Newswire in March 2018

News from March 2018


The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on March 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on March 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on March 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


USDOT Statement on Omnibus Spending Bill

News Release: Please see below a statement from the U.S. Department of Transportation regarding the omnibus spending legislation passed by the House of Representatives today:


January 2018 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)

News Release: January 2018 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)


2017 Traffic Data for U.S Airlines and Foreign Airlines U.S. Flights

News Release: 2017 Traffic Data for U.S Airlines and Foreign Airlines U.S. Flights


NIST Helps Facilitate First-Ever Spectrum Sharing Between Military and Commercial Wireless Users

News Release: For the past three years, an important broker has had its eyes on a prime piece of property that it wants to allocate to multiple tenants to ensure maximum use. However, the “For Lease" sign isn’t on some quiet suburban street, along a beachfront vista, or any physical location at all. It’s posted in...


Kalamazoo Man Sentenced to Nine Years in Federal Prison for Possessing a Firearm as a Felon

News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN -Damian Lamont Swindle, 38, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, was sentenced to 108 months in prison, following his conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm as a felon. In addition, U.S. District Judge Gordon J. Quist imposed a three-year term of supervised release that will begin when Swindle is release from prison.


Fairbanks Man Charged for Misapplying Over $300,000 from Organization Receiving Federal Funds

News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that a Fairbanks man has been indicted for willfully misapplying over $300,000 from an organization receiving federal funds, among other charges.


News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Waylon Lee Williams, age 37, of Stilwell, Oklahoma; Chassidy Dawn Burke, age 36, of Stilwell, Oklahoma; Jesse Ryan Catron, age 37, of Stilwell, Oklahoma; Evonnie Marie Simmons, age 38, of Stilwell...


News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Jay Forster, Resident Agent in Charge of the DEA office in Springfield, Missouri, today announced that Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task (OCDETF) operation “Cash Cab" resulted in a 30 year prison sentence for the leader of this drug trafficking (DTO). Patrick Brigaudin, 55, of...


News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A former Hampton Police Officer was arrested yesterday in Idaho on charges of conspiring to distribute narcotics and tampering with a witness.


BLM evaluating oil and gas leasing proposals in eastern Colorado

News Release: CAÑON CITY, Colo. - As part of the Administration’s priority to make America safe through energy independence, the Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments as it considers offering approximately 21,762 acres of federal oil and gas leases in eastern Colorado in the upcoming Sept. 6, 2018, competitive oil and gas lease sale.


DEA Investigations Result In The Prosecution Of Multiple Defendants

News Release: SAN DIEGO - In response to Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ call for a 45-day surge in opioid-related enforcement, Drug Enforcement (DEA) investigations have led to the arrest of multiple defendants in relation to deadly opioids.


News Release: RENO, Nev. - A Carson City man made his initial appearance today in federal court on charges related to kidnapping and assaulting a woman after holding her hostage during a 12-hour armed standoff with law enforcement on the Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson of the District of Nevada.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement after passage of a bill to fund the federal government for Fiscal Year 2018...


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that it reached an agreement with four skilled nursing facilities and two consulting companies with which they contracted to resolve allegations of fraudulent billing of Medicare for the provision of skilled therapy to Medicare...


Nicholasville Men Indicted For School Shooting Threat Hoax and Cyberstalking

News Release: LEXINGTON Ky. - Two Nicholasville, Ky., men were indicted today for using social media to post a false threat about a prospective shooting at one or more Jessamine County schools and for using social media to harass and intimidate an individual victim with those same threats.


USDA Restricts PACA Violators in California and Maryland from Operating in the Produce Industry

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on four produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).


Engel Statement on Taylor Force Act Passage

News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following statement on the passage of the Taylor Force Act as part of the 2018 omnibus appropriations bill...