News published on Federal Newswire in August 2020

News from August 2020


The US Energy Department published a three page notice on Aug. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Aug. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Aug. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Aug. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Aug. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a five page proposed rule on Aug. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Aug. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Aug. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Former Angels Employee Charged in Pitcher’s Fatal Fentanyl Overdose

News Release: An ex-employee of the Los Angeles Angels has been charged with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl in connection with the 2019 overdose death of Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Representatives Michael McCaul, Republican Leader of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Eliot Engel, the Committee’s Chairman, today made the following statement on the anniversary of the Russian Invasion of Georgia...


UPDATE: Log Gulch, Departure Point campgrounds on Holter Lake closed for paving project

News Release: (BUTTE, Mont.) -Log Gulch Campground on Holter Lake is currently closed as engineers from the Bureau of Land Management’s Butte Field Office complete a resurfacing project.


News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Stanley Colin Moldenhauer, age 39, of Plano, Texas was sentenced to 6 months’ imprisonment, 6 months at a halfway house and 3 years of supervised release for Transmitting a Threatening Communication...


News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today called on U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom Robert “Woody" Johnson to testify in an open hearing in light of recent reports that Ambassador Johnson misused his diplomatic post to advance the personal and financial interests of Donald Trump and made racist and sexist comments to embassy staff.


News Release: This afternoon, Friday, August 7, park rangers responded to a report of a 60-year-old female, from Omaha, Nebraska, who took a 20-foot tumbling fall when she slipped below a pullout on the lower section of Old Fall River Road in Rocky Mountain National Park. The woman suffered serious injuries.


Humboldt Man Receives Maximum Sentence of 10 Years for Felon in Possession of Firearm

News Release: Jackson, TN - Taylor Cunningham, 25, has been sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney announced the sentence today.


Chairwoman Maloney Issues Statement on Postmaster General’s Memo Outlining Major Reorganization

News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued this statement following United States Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s announcement that the Postal Service will undergo major organization changes...


News Release: FORT WAYNE - Charles R. Byers, age 45, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty following his plea of guilty to possession of 5 or more grams of methamphetamine along with possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.


News Release: Dear Inspector General Whitcomb:. We are writing regarding our concerns that modifications to United States Postal Service (Postal Service or USPS) staffing and policies put in place by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy have had an adverse effect on postal service operations that have “led to slower and...


Toledo man sentenced for real estate fraud scheme and defrauding U.S. government

News Release: U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman announced today that Ronald Wilson, age 47, of Vickery, was sentenced by Judge Jack Zouhary to 90 months imprisonment and ordered to pay $3,977,919.39 in restitution with co-defendant Sherri Wilson after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, three counts of wire fraud, mail fraud, bank fraud, and embezzlement of government property on Feb. 11, 2020.


Update On Twin Cities Violent Crime Task Force

News Release: On July 8, 2020, United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald announced the formation of a new Twin Cities Violent Crime Task Force (Task Force) in response to an extraordinary spike in gun violence and violent crime across the Twin Cities. The Task Force brought together additional federal and state resources...