News published on Federal Newswire in June 2015

News from June 2015


News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 ICE Director Saldaña and I understand the sensitive and unique nature of detaining families, and we are committed to continually evaluating it. We have concluded that we must make substantial changes to our detention practices when it comes to families.


News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 I salute the United States Secret Service for their fine work in bringing to justice alleged international cybercriminal Ercan Findikoglu.


DOI, USDA, EPA, NOAA and USACE announce additional Resilient Lands and Waters Initiative sites to prepare natural resources for climate change

News Release: Sites in northern and central California and Montana selected to showcase climate resilience approach WASHINGTON, June 24, 2015 - The Department of the Interior (DOI), Department of Agriculture (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and ...


Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces $150 Million, New Partnership to Support Water Quality and Quantity in Drought-Stricken California

News Release: Resilient Lands and Waters partnership will focus public and private resources towards conserving and restoring the Sierra-Cascade California Headwaters Audio (MP3, 25.0 MB) SUNOL, Calif., June 24, 2015 — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today joined Interior Deputy Secretary Mike Connor and California ...


News Release: The Department of Justice released the following statement regarding U.S. citizens who are taken hostage abroad: When a U.S. citizen is taken hostage, the Department of Justice’s top priority is the safe return of the hostage. The families who have been affected by hostage-takings have endured extraordinarily ...


News Release: Earlier today, an indictment was unsealed in a Brooklyn, New York federal court charging Ercan Findikoglu, a Turkish citizen also known as “Segate,” with organizing three worldwide cyberattacks that inflicted $55 million in losses on the global financial system in a matter of hours. The defendant’s organization ...


News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a federal Clean Air Act settlement with several Arizona and New Mexico-based utility companies to install pollution control technology to reduce harmful air pollution from the Four Corners Power Plant located ...


News Release: The Justice Department signed a settlement agreement today with Camp Bravo, a day camp that operates in Towson, Maryland, just outside Baltimore. The settlement resolves allegations that Camp Bravo violated a child’s civil rights by denying her admission to the camp because she has epilepsy, in violation ...


News Release: Former Lowndes County Sheriff’s Deputy Jason Stacks, 29, was sentenced today to serve 21 months in prison and two years supervised release for his role in a civil rights conspiracy aimed at stealing money from Hispanic motorists, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta of the ...


News Release: Husband and wife owners of an Orlando health care clinic pleaded guilty today to engaging in a $2.5 million health care fraud scheme.


News Release: Settlement Resolves Allegations and Administrative Claims Involving Schools in Five States Education Affiliates (EA), a for-profit education company based in White Marsh, Maryland, has agreed to pay $13 million to the United States to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting ...


News Release: The Justice Department announced that it has sought court approval today of a comprehensive modified consent decree in the landmark case of Lau v. Nichols, in which the Supreme Court held that public schools must provide meaningful access to their educational programs for English Learner (EL) students. ...


News Release: DaVita Healthcare Partners, Inc., the largest provider of dialysis services in the United States, has agreed to pay $450 million to resolve claims that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly creating unnecessary waste in administering the drugs Zemplar and Venofer to dialysis patients, and then billing the federal government for such avoidable waste. Davita is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, and has dialysis clinics in 46 states and the District of Columbia.


The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on June 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on June 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a one page notice on June 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on June 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a one page notice on June 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on June 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on June 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.