News published on Federal Newswire in June 2015

By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2015

News Release: Park staff learned late yesterday that an approximately 250-acre wildland fire is burning in the wilderness of the Queets Valley. The fire is located about 12 miles upvalley from the Queets River trailhead, far from the park boundary. The fire's cause is currently unknown.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2015

News Release: One June 16, 2015, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) and a group of bipartisan lawmakers introduced H.R. 2775, the Remote Transactions Parity Act (RTPA), a bill that will modernize our nation’s outdated sales tax collection process. The ...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2015

News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Kelly Dan Williams, a special needs instructor at Mansfield Independent School District’s (ISD) Mary Orr Intermediate School, has been charged in a federal complaint with production of child pornography, announced Acting U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.

By State Newswire | Jun 15, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the top Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today spoke in the House of Representatives in support of H.Res. 233, calling on the Iranian regime to release three detained Americans and provide information on any American citizen detained in Iran...

By USDA Newswire | Jun 15, 2015

Release: Albuquerque NM, June 15, 2015 - While representing the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) at the annual conference of the National Association of Food Distribution Programs on Indian Reservations today, Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services Under Secretary Kevin Concannon announced close to $1 million...

By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2015

News Release: WILBERFORCE, OH - Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument will host a series of Open House events to encourage the community and visitors to learn about the Wilberforce Community, Colonel Charles Young, and the Buffalo Soldiers role in American History. The Open Houses will be held in the parlors...

By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2015

News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park would like to invite the public to participate in a FREE, two hour, family friendly canoe tour with a ranger on July 9, 2015 at 6:30 pm. The Friends of Moccasin Bend and the Friends of Outdoor Chattanooga will sponsor an event where...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2015

News Release: OAKLAND - Akysha Rockwell was sentenced on June 12, 2015, to 18 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution of $285,034 for her role in a false tax refund scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge José M. Martinez.

By Homeland Newswire | Jun 15, 2015

News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 On June 16, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson will travel to Gaithersburg, Md. to meet with the Montgomery County Executive’s Faith Community Working Group to discuss the Department’s ongoing efforts to safeguard local communities, ...

By USDA Newswire | Jun 15, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON, June 15, 2015 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is accepting applications for grants to help rural cooperatives develop new markets for their products and services. USDA is making the grants available to non-profit corporations and institutions of higher education through the Rural Cooperative Development Grant (RCDG) program.

By USDA Newswire | Jun 15, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON, June 15, 2015 - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that eligible producers may now formally enroll in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs for 2014 and 2015. The enrollment period begins June 17, 2015, and will end Sept. 30, 2015.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2015

News Release: Children’s Hospital, Children’s National Medical Center Inc. and its affiliated entities (collectively CNMC) have agreed to pay $12.9 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting false cost reports and other applications to the components and contractors of the ...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2015

News Release: The former co-chief executive officer (CEO) of PetroTiger Ltd. – a British Virgin Islands oil and gas company with operations in Colombia and formerly with an office in New Jersey – pleaded guilty today to conspiring to pay bribes to a foreign government official in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2015

News Release: A leader of the Imperial Gangsters street gang was sentenced today to life in prison for five counts of murder in aid of racketeering and other RICO-related charges, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney David A. Capp of the Northern District of Indiana.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2015

News Release: Defendant Attempted to Pass Navy Supercarrier Schematics to Egypt Mostafa Ahmed Awwad, 36, of Yorktown, Virginia, pleaded guilty today to charges of attempted espionage relating to his attempt to provide schematics of the nuclear aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford to Egypt while serving as a Navy engineer. ...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2015

News Release: A Russell Springs, Kentucky, man has been found guilty by a jury sitting in the U.S. District Court in Bowling Green, Kentucky, of multiple tax crimes, including failure to report hundreds of thousands of dollars on his income taxes, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Kerry B. Harvey of the Eastern District of Kentucky.

By Fed Newswire | Jun 15, 2015

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced its approval of the application under section 3 of the Bank Holding Company Act by Sterling Bancorp, Montebello, New York, to acquire Hudson Valley Holding Corporation and thereby indirectly acquire its wholly owned subsidiary, Hudson Valley Bank, National Association, both of Yonkers, New York.

By Fed Newswire | Jun 15, 2015

News Release: The Federal Reserve strongly believes that its actions in the AIG rescue during the height of the financial crisis in 2008 were legal, proper and effective. The court's decision today in Starr International Company, Inc. v. the United States recognizes that AIG's shareholders are not entitled to compensation ...

By Commerce News Now | Jun 15, 2015

News Release: U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Bruce Andrews will travel to Brasilia from June 17-19 to participate in the U.S.-Brazil CEO Forum. Ahead of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s visit to Washington this month, this trip highlights the importance of further strengthening the relationship between two of the world’s leading democracies and economies.

By Labor Gazette | Jun 15, 2015

News Release: More than $89K in penalties also assessed for H-2A violations ASHLAND, Neb. — Farmworkers harvesting melons, cucumbers, pumpkins and squash on a Nebraska farm labored long hours to put fresh produce on Midwestern tables, but were denied the wages they earned and were legally entitled to receive when their employer failed to follow the law.