News from October 2018
By DOE Gazette | Oct 26, 2018
The US Energy Department published a one page rule on Oct. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 26, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Oct. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 26, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Oct. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 26, 2018
The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Oct. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON- The Department of Justice and the Department of the Interior announced a dramatic expansion of a key program that provides tribes with access to national crime information databases.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - Adam Arrow Weinberger, 57, of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and William Morris Antelope, 47, of Cheney, Washington, are the latest sentenced in a multistate drug investigation, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Wednesday, Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill sentenced Weinberger to 92 months in prison, followed by eight years of supervised release, and on Monday sentenced Antelope to 39 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Moses Orozco pleaded guilty today to making false statements to federal investigators, announced United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The plea was accepted by the Honorable Susan Illston, U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announces the sentencing on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018 of KIRK BALLARD, age 37, of New Orleans, by U.S. District Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Robert Ian Thatcher, 30, of Elmira, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, U-47700 and 100 grams or more of furanyl fentanyl, before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. The charge carries a minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $10,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Calvin Dugan, age 30 of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced Oct. 25, 2018, in Lincoln, Nebraska, to 63 months in prison by United States District Judge John M. Gerrard, for possession of child pornography. In addition to his prison term, Dugan will be required to serve 10 years on supervised release and register as a sex offender.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: The final theme of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2018 is dedicated to safeguarding our nation's critical infrastructure. As the Sector Specific Agency for cybersecurity in the energy sector, the Department of Energy (DOE) is charged with keeping our nation's energy infrastructure safe from cyber threats and attacks.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: Washington - U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Ted McKinney will lead a trade mission to Southern Africa Oct. 29-Nov. 2, joined by U.S. business and state government leaders seeking to expand agricultural export opportunities in the region.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: MOAB, Utah - Earlier this summer, the BLM authorized Grand County to construct a flood detention basin on public lands near south Moab. The detention basin is designed to improve safety and collect storm runoff and flood debris in the Jackson Street area. Construction is beginning the week of October 29 and will likely continue for about three months.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: Buffalo, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Felix M. Velazquez, 42, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute 28 or more grams of cocaine, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 20 years, and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - On Oct. 23, 2018 a federal grand jury in Phoenix returned a 24-count indictment for violations of the federal mail fraud statute, and for conspiracy to violate the mail and wire fraud statutes, against: Brandon Trevor Ball, 46, of Phoenix, Ariz.; Trevor Wesley Gabler, 28, of Phoenix, Ariz.; Gordon Lynn Hardy, 55, of Chandler, Ariz.; Jackie Nikiel Whitley, 37, of Phoenix, Ariz.; and Brian Lee Gibson, 36, of Tempe, Ariz.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - United States Attorneys Scott C. Blader of the Western District of Wisconsin and Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced today that they have appointed Assistant United States Attorneys to lead the efforts of their respective offices in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the November 6, 2018, general election.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: Kristin Swoboda has joined the National Park Service as the new fleet, pilot and unmanned aircraft (UAS) specialist for the Service’s Aviation Program, succeeding Jim Traub, who retired in 2014.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: The recovery operation for a male and female visitor who died in an apparent fall from Taft Point in Yosemite National Park was completed on the afternoon of Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018. The two people fell approximately 800 feet below Taft Point in an area with very steep terrain. This recovery operation involved Park Rangers using technical climbing and rappelling techniques, in addition to helicopter support from the California Highway Patrol for a short-haul operation.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - Adam Arrow Weinberger, 57, of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and William Morris Antelope, 47, of Cheney, Washington, are the latest sentenced in a multistate drug investigation, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Wednesday, Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill sentenced Weinberger to 92 months in prison, followed by eight years of supervised release, and on Monday sentenced Antelope to 39 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: Brunswick, GA - A former high school teacher and police officer has been sentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison for paying a 16-year-old boy for sex.
