News published on Federal Newswire in November 2015

By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2015

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today the Bureau of Land Management released its Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Roan Plateau Resource Management Plan Amendment. The 90-day public comment period on the Draft SEIS will commence when the Environmental Protection Agency’s Notice of Availability for the Draft SEIS publishes in the Federal Register on Nov. 20, 2015 and will run through Feb. 18, 2016.

By DOE Newswire | Nov 17, 2015

News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today voted to block the Obama administration from imposing costly new climate regulations on America’s economy.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2015

News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the arrest and issuance of a criminal complaint charging Martin Alan Schnitzler (43, Seminole) with making a telephonic threat to kill, injure, or intimidate using fire or an explosive. If convicted, Schnitzler faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2015

News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that members of a gang that has operated for a decade or more in the City of York were found guilty of participating in racketeering and drug distribution conspiracies by a jury in federal court in Harrisburg.

By Homeland Newswire | Nov 17, 2015

News Release: I am pleased to announce that 2015 marks the third year in a row that the Department of Homeland Security has received a clean audit opinion of the Department’s financial statements from an independent auditor, working in conjunction with our Office of Inspector General. Essentially, this opinion says that our financial statements are accurate.

By USDA Newswire | Nov 17, 2015

News Release: Nearly $5 Million in Grants Will Create Healthier School Meals and Support Local Farmers in 39 States This School Year WASHINGTON, Nov. 17, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced $4.8 million in grants for 74 projects spanning 39 states that support the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) efforts to connect child nutrition programs with local farmers and ranchers through its Farm to School Program.

By USDA Newswire | Nov 17, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON, Nov. 17, 2015 — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) has awarded fiscal year 2016 funding to more than 60 U.S. agricultural organizations to help expand commercial export markets for U.S. goods.

By USDA Newswire | Nov 17, 2015

News Release: New Projects Include $91 Million Loan to Convert Vacant Ohio Department Store into a Health Care Facility WASHINGTON, Nov. 17, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced investments to improve rural community infrastructure, provide essential services and improve access to health care across ...

By USDA Newswire | Nov 17, 2015

News Release: ACCRA, Ghana, Nov. 17, 2015 – Deputy Agriculture Secretary Krysta Harden and Ghanaian Minister of Food and Agriculture Fifi Kwetey will announce two Food for Progress agreements today to support agricultural development and trade within Ghana's poultry sector.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2015

News Release: A Houston, Texas, man was arrested Friday after a federal grand jury sitting in Houston indicted him for three counts of wire fraud, four counts of theft of public money and seven counts of aggravated identity theft, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Department of Justice’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson of the Southern District of Texas.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2015

News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that Maerki Baumann & Co. AG (Maerki Baumann) reached a resolution under the department’s Swiss Bank Program. Maerki Baumann will pay a penalty of more than $23 million.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2015

News Release: First Criminal Copyright Infringement Sentence Imposed for a Cyberlocker Operator The operator of the RockDizMusic.com music piracy website and cyberlocker was sentenced today to serve 36 months in prison, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, ...

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2015

News Release: Criminal Charges Brought against Bestselling Supplement Manufacturer As part of a nationwide sweep, the Department of Justice and its federal partners have pursued civil and criminal cases against more than 100 makers and marketers of dietary supplements. The actions discussed today resulted from a year-long ...

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2015

News Release: The Justice Department filed a proposed consent decree today with Bolivar County, Mississippi, resolving claims that the county violated Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The complaint, also filed today, alleges that the county violated the ADA by terminating a correctional officer ...

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2015

News Release: Former Tallassee, Alabama, Assistant Police Chief, Chris Miles, 41, pleaded guilty today in a federal court in Montgomery, Alabama, to one count of deprivation of rights and two counts of false statements, for beating a suspect with a phone book-sized packet of paper during an interrogation and then ...

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2015

News Release: The Justice Department announced today an agreement with McLennan County, Texas, to improve access to all aspects of civic life for people with disabilities. McLennan County and the Department of Justice reached an agreement under Project Civic Access (PCA), the department’s wide-ranging initiative to ...

By Commerce News Now | Nov 17, 2015

News Release: Today, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Bruce Andrews underscored the importance of combating corruption in APEC economies during a keynote address at a forum hosted by the U.S.-APEC Business Council. Deputy Secretary Andrews is in Manila until Wednesday for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit.

By Commerce News Now | Nov 17, 2015

News Release: U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker today named four U.S. organizations as the 2015 recipients of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s highest Presidential honor for performance excellence. The honorees are recognized for their outstanding commitment to sustainable excellence ...

By Labor Gazette | Nov 17, 2015

News Release: ATLANTA — For the second time, federal investigators have found the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority violated employees' rights to take unpaid, job-protected leave for a qualifying medical or family issue.

By Labor Gazette | Nov 17, 2015

News Release: Training to Work grants improve employment opportunities for formerly incarcerated adults WASHINGTON — State and federal prisons release more than 600,000 people each year. Back in society — without the benefits of a steady job — far too many are likely to return.