News published on Federal Newswire in November 2015

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2015

News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that ARMER BRIGHT, age 51, of Baton Rouge, a former employee of the Orleans Parish School Board (“OPSB"), was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to the charge of conspiracy to commit bribery and honest services wire fraud.

By USDA Newswire | Nov 4, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today is pleased to announce Senate passage of S.J.Res.22 , a joint resolution of disapproval of EPA’s ‘Waters of the United States’ (WOTUS) rule. This resolution, introduced by Agriculture Committee Member Senator Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, would nullify EPA’s egregious and overreaching WOTUS rule, if signed by the President.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2015

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has affirmed the conviction of Thomas R. Rodella, 53, the former Rio Arriba County Sheriff, on criminal civil rights and firearms charges.

By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2015

News Release: National Park Service (NPS) veterinarians recently confirmed the presence of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a buck white-tailed deer at Devils Tower National Monument.CWD is endemic to free-ranging deer populations throughout much of eastern Wyoming, and although this is the first animal to test positive for CWD at Devils Tower, it is not the first case in Crook County.That case was detected only a few miles away, in 2008.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2015

News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that ANTHONY PENN, SR., age 53, of New Orleans, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to Count One of an Indictment charging him with conspiring to receive kickbacks in a federal debris removal contract.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2015

News Release: Sentence Follows Guilty Verdict of First Degree Murder After Federal Jury Trial.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2015

News Release: BOSTON - A registered sex offender pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court in Springfield in connection with persuading a 16-year-old boy to travel to New York to engage in sexual activity.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2015

News Release: “The growth of the United States economy relies on the expansion of the global digital economy and efficient cross-border data flow.

By Homeland Newswire | Nov 3, 2015

News Release: Washington, D.C. – Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson has announced the appointment of 28 new members to the Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory Committee (HSSTAC).

By Homeland Newswire | Nov 3, 2015

News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON— Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson, joined by Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas and Department of Homeland Security component leadership, today presented the DHS Secretary’s Award to 329 DHS employees ...

By USDA Newswire | Nov 3, 2015

News Release: 73 projects will help farmers, ranchers target conservation in high-priority watersheds WASHINGTON, Nov. 3, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will invest $30 million this year in 33 new projects and 40 existing projects ...

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2015

News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that Banque Bonhôte & Cie SA (Banque Bonhôte) has reached a resolution under the department’s Swiss Bank Program. The Swiss Bank Program, which was announced on Aug. 29, 2013, provides a path for Swiss banks to resolve potential criminal liabilities in the United ...

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2015

News Release: The Justice Department today filed a lawsuit against the South Dakota Department of Social Services (DSS) alleging that at its Pine Ridge Reservation Office, the state agency repeatedly discriminated against Native American job applicants because of their race, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2015

News Release: Today, the Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement with ASARCO requiring the company to spend $150 million to install new equipment and pollution control technology to reduce emissions of toxic heavy metals at a large smelter located in Hayden, Arizona. ...

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2015

News Release: A former Portland, Oregon, resident was sentenced to serve 24 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his involvement in a fraudulent income tax refund scheme, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.

By Fed Newswire | Nov 3, 2015

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the approval of fee schedules, effective Jan. 1, 2016, for payment services the Federal Reserve Banks provide to depository institutions (priced services).

By Labor Gazette | Nov 3, 2015

News Release: CANTON, Ohio — A crane's safety latch failed and 1,000 pounds of equipment fell on a man below and injured him as he worked on the factory floor of TimkenSteel Corp. For the second time in a year, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found struck-by , fall and amputation hazards at the company's two Canton plants following inspections.

By Labor Gazette | Nov 3, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland against Chimes District of Columbia, Inc., affiliated companies, company executives and employee benefit plan service providers over allegations that an employee benefit plan sponsored ...

By State News Post | Nov 3, 2015

The US State Department published a one page notice on Nov. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Interior Newswire | Nov 3, 2015

The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Nov. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.