News from June 2019

By US DOT Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $495 million in airport infrastructure grants, the second allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $495 million in airport infrastructure grants, the second allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: Abingdon, VIRGINIA - An Abingdon man, who posted pictures on social media of himself posing with a rifle and appearing to be high on drugs while making threats to others, was sentenced last week in U.S. District Court to 41 months in prison after previously pleading guilty to illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and distribution of cocaine, United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen and Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring announced today.

By US DOT Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC- The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will hold a Full Committee markup this Wednesday, June 26, 2019, at 10:00 am in 2167 Rayburn House Office Building to consider the following measures...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An MS-13 member previously named one of the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted Fugitives today admitted killing a Plainfield, New Jersey, man on behalf of the gang, and agreeing that a conspirator would commit multiple violent acts for the gang, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.

By DOL Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: LAWRENCEVILLE, GA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Woodgrain Millwork Co. - operating as Woodgrain Distribution Inc. - for exposing employees to chemical and struck-by hazards at the company’s distribution facility in Lawrenceville, Georgia. The company faces $125,466 in penalties.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: Kemmerer, WY - A collaborative effort between Fossil Butte National Monument, the International Fiber Collaborative Inc., and schools throughout Wyoming, Montana, California, Texas, Kansas, and Utah has culminated in a special “Art in the Park" installation at the Fossil Butte visitor center. Over 70 works of art will be on display in the visitor center from July 1st - Sept. 30, 2019.

By US DOT Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $495 million in airport infrastructure grants, the second allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.

By US DOT Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $495 million in airport infrastructure grants, the second allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to four commercial robberies, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $495 million in airport infrastructure grants, the second allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter to Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney following up on a request made more than three months ago regarding reports that President Donald Trump may have violated the Presidential Records Act by confiscating and destroying documents to keep secret the details of his meetings with Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Richmond man was sentenced today to five years in prison for selling firearms to a resident of another state.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - An Ohio man was sentenced today to spend 10 years in federal prison for attempting to entice a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity and traveling in interstate commerce in order to engage in illicit sexual activity with a minor, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: TULSA, Okla. - United States Attorney Trent Shores announced today the hiring of Elizabeth Dick as the Violent Crime Paralegal Specialist and Reagan Reininger as Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Asset Forfeiture Unit. Both will be part of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Oklahoma.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $495 million in airport infrastructure grants, the second allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: UKIAH, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Ukiah Field Office will hold a public meeting on July 9 to provide information and to seek input on the proposed Walker Ridge Wind Energy Project, in Lake and Colusa counties. The open-house meeting will be held 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., at the Moose Lodge, 15900 State Highway 20, Clearlake Oaks, CA 95423.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former deputy with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department was sentenced today to 12 months in federal prison for lying to FBI agents about the beating of a handcuffed man that took place in 2011 at Men’s Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: Former Private Prisoner Transport Officer Pleads Guilty to Sexually Assaulting an Individual During a Transport.

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -On Wednesday, June 26, 2019, Rep. Gerry Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, will hold a hearing to assess implementation of the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) and other information technology (IT) laws.