News from August 2013

By USDA Newswire | Aug 28, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, 2013 – United States Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today issued the following statement on the 2013 farm income forecast from USDA's Economic Research Service: "This week's forecast of a $6.8 billion increase in net farm income is a testament to the resilience and productivity ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2013
News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder announced today that the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) will provide $2.5 million in funding to the Connecticut State Police, the Newtown, Conn., Police Department and their partner agencies that provided assistance in response to the shootings at ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2013
News Release: Alexis Candelario-Santana, 42, was sentenced today to life in prison for murdering eight people and an unborn child and attempting to murder 19 others during a mass shooting at a Puerto Rico nightclub in 2009.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2013
News Release: Ohio-based RPM International Inc. and its subsidiary, Tremco Inc., have paid $60.9 million to resolve allegations that Tremco filed false claims in connection with two multiple award schedule (MAS) contracts with the General Services Administration (GSA) for roofing supplies and services, the Justice ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2013
News Release: Tammy Dickinson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, and Jocelyn Samuels, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, announced that an Independence, Mo., man and woman pleaded guilty in federal court today to violating the civil rights of an African-American family by setting fire to their residence.

By Fed Newswire | Aug 28, 2013
News Release: Six federal agencies on Wednesday issued a notice revising a proposed rule requiring sponsors of securitization transactions to retain risk in those transactions. The new proposal revises a proposed rule the agencies issued in 2011 to implement the risk retention requirement in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act).
By Commerce News Now | Aug 28, 2013
News Release: Welcome everyone. I’m pleased to call to order the second meeting of the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council. It’s great to be in New Orleans.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 28, 2013
News Release: Secretary Pritzker Made Announcement at The Idea Village During Nationwide Listening Tour U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $600,000 grant to The Idea Village, Inc., of New Orleans, La., to support programs ...
By Commerce News Now | Aug 28, 2013
News Release: Welcome everyone. I’m pleased to call to order the second meeting of the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council. It’s great to be in New Orleans.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 28, 2013
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $600,000 grant to The Idea Village, Inc., of New Orleans, La., to support programs that assist entrepreneurs in building their businesses and creating jobs. Secretary ...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2013
The US Interior Department published a two page proposed rule on Aug. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 28, 2013
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Aug. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 28, 2013
The US Commerce Department published a five page notice on Aug. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Aug 28, 2013
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Aug. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 28, 2013
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Aug. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Aug 28, 2013
The US Energy Department published a three page notice on Aug. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Aug 28, 2013
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Aug. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Aug 28, 2013
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Aug. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Aug 28, 2013
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Aug. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Aug 28, 2013
The US Agriculture Department published a four page rule on Aug. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.