News from May 2015
By Homeland Newswire | May 1, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 As I have stated previously, flood insurance policyholders who are the victims of Hurricane Sandy deserve every dollar they are owed from their insurers. FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate and I are both determined that FEMA support this effort. ...
By USDA Newswire | May 1, 2015
News Release: Administrator Anne Alonzo Welcomes New Vendors, Announces Night Market WASHINGTON, May 1, 2015 — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack opened the 20th season of the USDA Farmers Market with a ribbon cutting ceremony this morning. USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Administrator Anne Alonzo joined ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2015
News Release: At its annual meeting, the International Competition Network (ICN) adopted guidance on investigative process in competition cases and approved new work on international merger enforcement cooperation, legal theories in tying and bundling investigations and interaction with government procurement agencies, the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2015
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced a $20 million Body-Worn Camera (BWC) Pilot Partnership Program to respond to the immediate needs of local and tribal law enforcement organizations. The investment includes $17 million in competitive grants for the purchase of body-worn cameras, $2 million for ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2015
News Release: Two federal indictments were unsealed yesterday in the Southern District of Florida charging two Miami area tax return preparers with aiding and assisting in the preparation of false federal income tax returns, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2015
News Release: Merit Energy Company, a Texas-based oil and natural gas exploration and production company, has agreed to pay an $885,000 civil penalty and to improve leak detection and repair work practices to settle alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at its natural gas processing facility in Kalkaska, Michigan, ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2015
News Release: BNP Paribas S.A. (BNPP), a global financial institution headquartered in Paris, was sentenced today for conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and the Trading with the Enemy Act (TWEA) by processing billions of dollars of transactions through the U.S. financial ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2015
News Release: Former Puerto Rico Police Officers Jimmy Rodriguez Vega and David Colon Martinez were sentenced today for civil rights and obstruction of justice violations related to the fatal beating of Jose Luis Irizarry Perez, 19, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta of the Civil Rights ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2015
News Release: An alleged leader of an international drug trafficking organization based in Guatemala was extradited to the United States yesterday to face international narcotics trafficking charges in the District of Columbia, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2015
News Release: In a settlement agreement with the Navajo Nation, the U.S. will place $13.2 million into an environmental response trust to pay for the evaluations of 16 priority abandoned uranium mines located across Navajo lands. The investigation of these sites is a necessary step before final cleanup decisions can ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2015
News Release: Victor Flores, 23, of Petaluma, California, a member of the 500 Block/C Street Gang of South San Francisco, was sentenced to life in prison, announced U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag, Acting Special Agent in Charge Tatum King of Homeland Security Investigations and Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson ...
By Commerce News Now | May 1, 2015
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today delivered remarks on the strength of the U.S.-Japan economic partnership, the shared goal of deepening our countries’ bilateral investment ties, and the strategic importance of transforming our trade relationship through the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
By Commerce News Now | May 1, 2015
News Release: U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Bruce Andrews today announced he will lead a delegation of 20 American companies on a Cybersecurity Trade Mission to Bucharest, Romania, and Warsaw, Poland May 11-15, 2015. Assistant Secretary for Industry and Analysis Marcus Jadotte will also participate in the mission.
By Labor Gazette | May 1, 2015
News Release: Construction protections now match those in manufacturing and general industry WASHINGTON – The Occupational Safety and Health Administration today issued a final rule to increase protections for construction workers in confined spaces.
By Labor Gazette | May 1, 2015
News Release: Date of Action: April 17, 2015 Name(s) of Defendants: Steven F. Sonstein, Cobalt Staffing Inc. and Cobalt Staffing Inc. 401(k) Plan Allegations: Based on an investigation conducted by the Philadelphia Regional Office of the Employee Benefits Security Administration, the U.S. Department of Labor filed ...
By DOT News Wire | May 1, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 1, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on May 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 1, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 1, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on May 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 1, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
