News from June 2015

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: Despite their small size and simple structure, carbon nanotubes-essentially sheets of graphene rolled up into straws-have all sorts of potentially useful properties. Still, while their promise looms large, how to fully realize that promise has proven to be something of a mystery.

By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: Moab, Utah - Due to very dry conditions and increasing fire danger in Southeast Utah, Superintendent Kate Cannon has announced fire restrictions for Arches and Canyonlands national parks, and Natural Bridges and Hovenweep national monuments.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: Hot Springs, Arkansas - Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Kevin Bolton, age 39, of Gurdon, Arkansas, pleaded guilty today to one count of Kidnapping Resulting in Death. The Honorable Susan O. Hickey accepted the change of plea in the United States District Court in Hot Springs.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS S&T Press Office, John Verrico (202) 254-2385 Emergency Management Victoria Press Office, Natalie Staaks, 011-61-4-0228-0261 MIT Lincoln Laboratory Press Office, David Granchelli (781) 981-4204 DHS S&T ANNOUNCES COLLABORATION WITH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT VICTORIA (AUSTRALIA) AND ...

By USDA Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: PORTLAND, June 29, 2015 — Agriculture Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden today announced that starting July 1, 2015, dairy farmers can enroll in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Margin Protection Program for coverage in 2016. The voluntary program, established by the 2014 Farm Bill, provides financial ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: A Hudson County, New Jersey, man was arrested today on charges of conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization, and aiding and abetting an attempt to do so, announced Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman of the District of New Jersey and Special Agent in Charge Richard M. Frankel of the FBI’s Newark, New Jersey, Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch released the following statement today after the Supreme Court ruling in Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission: “I am pleased that the Supreme Court has vindicated the rights of voters who want their electoral districts drawn fairly, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: The former owner of Ezcor Medical Supply was sentenced today to serve 97 months in prison for her role in a fraud scheme that resulted in $3.5 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare and Medi-Cal.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: Used Fraudulently Acquired Government Credit Cards to Obtain Over $113,000 in Cash A former Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) employee was sentenced today to two years in prison for defrauding JPMorgan Chase & Co. out of more than $113,000 using fraudulently issued government credit cards.

By Fed Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency today issued the host state loan-to-deposit ratios that they will use to determine compliance with section 109 of the Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994. These ratios update data released on July 2, 2014.
![MSHA News Release: MSHA to award $1 million in grants for mine safety training [06/29/2015]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/jnswire/jns-media/0d/ee/11410083/webp_adobestock_314277037.webp)
By Labor Gazette | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration announced today the availability of $1 million for training or training materials to support mine rescue or mine emergency preparedness in underground mines. MSHA will evaluate applications and then award Brookwood-Sago mine safety grants in individual grants of at least $50,000 and up to $250,000.
![ETA News Release: $80M awarded to help unemployment insurance beneficiaries through improved reemployment services, eligibility assessments [06/29/2015]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/jnswire/jns-media/24/ad/11410069/webp_adobestock_290960059.webp)
By Labor Gazette | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON — Unemployment Insurance benefits and state workforce agencies are vital to unemployed Americans who rely on both as they work to find new employment. To support their efforts, the U.S. Department of Labor today awarded $80 million to workforce agencies — in 44 states and in Puerto Rico, the ...
![ETA News Release: $10 million in grants awarded for nine states to improve and align workforce and education data [06/29/2015]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/jnswire/jns-media/75/18/11410084/webp_adobestock_322992420.webp)
By Labor Gazette | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON — Effective workforce strategies depend on good data to understand how education programs affect employment outcomes better. To maintain the highest quality data possible, the U.S. Department of Labor and workforce agencies nationwide are working together in the Workforce Data Quality Initiative.

By Labor Gazette | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: Date of Action: June 24, 2015 Type of Action: Filing of a Complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio Names of Defendants: Applied Technology Systems Inc., Clark W. Hayes, Applied Technology Systems, Inc. Retirement Plan Allegations: An investigation by the U.S. Department ...
By Commerce News Now | Jun 29, 2015
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on June 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 29, 2015
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on June 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 29, 2015
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on June 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jun 29, 2015
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on June 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 29, 2015
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on June 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 29, 2015
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on June 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.