News published on Federal Newswire in December 2015

News from December 2015


News Release: A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine was sentenced Dec. 3, 2015, to more than six years in federal prison.


News Release: WASHINGTON-House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) and Ranking Member Eliot L. Engel (D-NY) released the following statement on Sunday’s legislative elections in Venezuela...


News Release: After a ten-year absence, an endangered fish species has once again been found in the Santa Cruz River in southern Arizona. Last month the Gila topminnow, a native Arizona species listed under the Endangered Species Act in 1967, was found in the Santa Cruz River near the U.S.-Mexico border during the annual fish survey conducted by the Sonoran Institute, Arizona Game and Fish Department, Friends of the Santa Cruz River, National Park Service and other partners.


News Release: Electrolux and General Electric Company announced today the termination of the agreement under which Electrolux was to purchase General Electric’s appliance business.


News Release: Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch announced today that the Justice Department has opened a civil pattern or practice investigation into Chicago Police Department (CPD), pursuant to the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. The department’s investigation of CPD will seek to determine ...


News Release: Deputy Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates announced today that the Justice Department will, within the next five years, require department-run forensic labs to obtain and maintain accreditation and require all department prosecutors to use accredited labs to process forensic evidence when practicable. Additionally, the department has decided to use its grant funding mechanisms to encourage other labs around the country to pursue accreditation.


News Release: The former owner, operator and managers of a Southern California ambulance company were sentenced to prison for their role in a fraud scheme that resulted in more than $1.5 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, ...


News Release: A former Secret Service special agent who had been a member of the Baltimore Silk Road Task Force was sentenced to 71 months in prison today on charges of money laundering and obstruction of justice.


News Release: Today, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Bruce Andrews delivered remarks at the launch of the American Central European Business Association (ACEBA), a non-profit, one-stop platform for dialogue between American corporate executives and political leaders from Central European countries.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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