News published on Federal Newswire in November 2015

By DOE Newswire | Nov 16, 2015

News Release: In support of President Obama’s comprehensive efforts to combat climate change and develop low-carbon alternatives to traditional electricity sources, the Energy Department today announced $22.7 million for 23 projects that will significantly reduce the costs for solar energy systems across a variety...

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2015

News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that STEVEN RAWLINS, a former Chief Financial Officer to two healthcare services companies based outside Nashville, Tennessee, was found guilty today of engaging in a scheme to defraud that yielded over $8...

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2015

News Release: LOS ANGELES - A San Fernando Valley man who hacked into e-mail accounts to steal nude photos that were later posted on a well-known “revenge porn" website was sentenced today to 25 months in federal prison on computer crime and identity theft charges.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2015

News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A drug courier who was clocked at 111 miles per hour while trying to outrun the Kansas Highway Patrol was sentenced Monday to 47 months in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.

By Homeland Newswire | Nov 16, 2015

News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 On Nov. 12-13, Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas traveled to Beijing for meetings with high-level Chinese Government officials. During the meetings, Deputy Secretary Mayorkas and his counterparts discussed cybersecurity issues ahead of the first U.S.-China Ministerial Dialogue on Cybercrime and Related Issues, scheduled for Dec. 1-2, 2015.

By USDA Newswire | Nov 16, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON, Nov. 16, 2015 — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced 53 grants totaling more than $18 million to support research, teaching, and extension activities at 1890 historically black land-grant colleges and universities through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2015

News Release: The United States has reached a landmark global settlement with Education Management Corp. (EDMC), the second-largest for-profit education company in the country, the Department of Justice announced today. The $95.5 million settlement resolves allegations that EDMC violated federal and state False Claims Act (FCA) provisions by falsely certifying that it was in compliance with Title IV of the Higher Education Act (HEA) and parallel state statutes.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2015

News Release: A former U.S. Navy Lt. Commander and ordained Catholic priest pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware to one count of production of child pornography and one count of distribution of child pornography, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Charles M. Oberly III of the District of Delaware.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2015

News Release: The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan has permanently barred a Liberty Tax Service franchise owner and his companies from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today.

By Fed Newswire | Nov 16, 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 Baylake Corp., Sturgeon Bay, to merge with NEW Bancshares, Inc., Kewaunee, and thereby indirectly acquire its subsidiary bank, Union State Bank, Kewaunee, all of Wisconsin. ...

By Commerce News Now | Nov 16, 2015

News Release: Today, Deputy Secretary of Commerce Bruce Andrews spoke about the United States’ commitment to expanding commercial engagement in the Asia-Pacific region during a reception hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines. He also invited business leaders in the audience to attend the 2016 Hannover Messe industrial fair.

By Labor Gazette | Nov 16, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration is seeking public comment on an updated version of its voluntary Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines. First published in 1989, the guidelines are being updated to reflect modern technology and practices.

By Labor Gazette | Nov 16, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration is seeking public comment on an updated version of its voluntary Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines. First published in 1989, the guidelines are being updated to reflect modern technology and practices.

By Labor Gazette | Nov 16, 2015

News Release: CHICAGO — Nearly 70 million workers lack access to an employer-sponsored retirement plan. Many states are seeking ways to expand savings options for these workers. It is against this backdrop that the U.S. Department of Labor has published a notice of proposed rulemaking and an interpretive bulletin meant to guide states as they create programs that help more workers save for retirement, and that do not run afoul of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

By DOJ Gazette | Nov 16, 2015

The US Justice Department published a three page notice on Nov. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Nov 16, 2015

The US Transportation Department published a six page notice on Nov. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Labor Gazette | Nov 16, 2015

The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Nov. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Labor Gazette | Nov 16, 2015

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Nov. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Nov 16, 2015

The US Transportation Department published a nine page notice on Nov. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Nov 16, 2015

The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Nov. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.