News published on Federal Newswire in July 2020

News from July 2020


The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on July 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on July 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on July 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on July 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on July 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on July 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on July 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on July 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on July 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces $21.8 Million Grant Award for Central Avenue BRT Project in St. Petersburg, Florida

News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced a $21.8 million grant award to the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) for the Central Avenue “SunRunner” Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project in St. Petersburg, Florida. The project will provide faster, more reliable transit service from downtown St. Petersburg to the Gulf Beaches area.


U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces Over $273 Million in Grants to 184 Airports in 41 States, 6 Territories

News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the Trump Administration will award more than $273 million in airport safety and infrastructure grants through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to 41 states and the District of Columbia, American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, Palau, and Puerto Rico.


Ranking Member Katko Statement from Hearing on Vulnerable Populations During Disasters

News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Ranking Member John Katko (R-NY) from today’s Subcommittee hearing entitled, “Experiences of Vulnerable Populations During Disaster":


Rochester Man Who Fled Police With a Gun and Drugs Going to Prison for Five Years

News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Timothy Feliciano, 34, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, and possessing with intent to distribute crack cocaine, was sentenced to serve 60 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.


News Release: CHICAGO - A Cicero, Illinois, woman who helped numerous illegal aliens from Guatemala enter the United States pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal labor trafficking charge.


Repeat Sex Offender Sentenced To 60 Years For Sexually Exploiting Children

News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. has sentenced Todd Joseph Simmerman (30, Titusville) to 60 years in federal prison for sexually exploiting two minors and committing the offenses while required to register as a sex offender. The court also ordered Simmerman to forfeit the electronic device he had used to commit the offenses.


Former Saratoga Race Course Worker Sentenced to 65 Months for Methamphetamine Trafficking

News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Francisco Alarcon Badillo, age 29 and a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced on Friday to 65 months in prison for selling crystal methamphetamine while employed as a worker at the Saratoga Race Course.


News Release: ORLANDO - A Florida man was sentenced to 60 years in federal prison Monday for sexually exploiting two minors and committing the offenses while required to register as a sex offender. This case was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Cocoa Beach and the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office.


News Release: Hot Springs, Arkansas - David Clay Fowlkes, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced today that Shane Ellis Krum, age 37, of Gilmer, Texas, was sentenced to 144 months in federal prison followed by four years of supervised release on one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. The Honorable Chief Judge Susan O. Hickey presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Hot Springs.


News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Two men were charged in federal court today for kidnapping a woman who was rescued from her attackers at a Neosho, Missouri, hotel room.


News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM has named Brian Vance as manager, on a permanent basis, of the two offices that supervise cleanup of the Hanford Site, a move to cement coordination at the site that is preparing to initiate landmark tank waste treatment.