News published on Federal Newswire in January 2020

News from January 2020


The US Justice Department published a four page rule on Jan. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published an eight page rule on Jan. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page proposed rule on Jan. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Jan. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a seven page rule on Jan. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on Jan. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Jan. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Jan. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Jan. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Jan. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Jan. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Buffalo National River Receives $13,000 Donation from Buffalo National River Partners

News Release: Buffalo National River recently received a $13,000 donation from the community organization Buffalo National River Partners (BNRP). These funds will help fund the Youth Explorers for Health Initiative which is designed to introduce area youth to the Buffalo River. This will be accomplished through ranger-guided hikes, canoe trips, and educational programs.


Media Advisory:  Pair Of West Virginians To Be Sentenced For Kidnapping Elderly Victims

News Release: Knoxville, Tennessee - The sentencing hearing of Joshua Small, 52, and Joni Amber Johnson, 36, both of Princeton, West Virginia, for their roles in a conspiracy to kidnap elderly victims and rob them, will continue Tuesday morning, Jan. 28, 2020, at 9:30 a.m. before the Honorable Chief Judge Pamela Reeves in the United States Courthouse in Knoxville.


One-Day Prison Sentence Vacated as Result of U.S. Attorney’s Office Appeal

News Release: DAYTON - Today the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals filed an opinion vacating a one-day sentence that the U.S. Attorney’s Office appealed as unreasonably low in a child exploitation case.


News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CLETUS JONES, 39, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 27 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a loaded handgun.


Manhattan Doctor Sentenced to Nearly Five Years in Prison for Accepting Bribes and Kickbacks in Exchange for Prescribing Fentanyl Drug

News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ALEXANDRU BURDUCEA, a doctor who practiced in Manhattan, was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 57 months in prison for conspiring to violate the Anti-Kickback Statute, in connection...


News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former U.S. Customs and Border Protection watch commander was ordered today to serve 31 months in federal prison for committing a series of crimes, including operating an illegal gun-selling business, possessing machine guns and other prohibited firearms, failing to disclose his foreign financial interests and contacts in China in order to obtain a secret-level security clearance, and cheating on his federal income taxes.


News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Nicholas Gragg, 28, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison by Senior United States District Judge Laurie Smith Camp for being a felon in possession of a firearm. There is no parole in the federal system. Upon his release from prison, Gragg will serve a three-year term of supervised release.


Saguaro National Park February 2020 Program Schedule

News Release: Saguaro National Park News Release 20-08.


U.S. Department of Labor Cites Pennsylvania Excavation ContractorFor Exposing Employees to Trenching Hazards

News Release: HARMONY, PA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Metarko Excavating LLC for exposing employees to trenching hazards at a Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, worksite. The company faces $59,311 in penalties.