News published on Federal Newswire in September 2015

By DOE Newswire | Sep 10, 2015

News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski has introduced legislation that would give the Alaska Bible College the ability to sell land given to it in Glennallen by the federal government in 1959 as a land grant. The bible college later moved to Palmer and now wishes to sell the original property to reduce its operating costs.

By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation today released a study of the Santa Fe Basin that found that the water supply for Santa Fe, absent implementation of new strategies, is not adequate to meet future demands even without the influence of climate change.

By Homeland Newswire | Sep 10, 2015

News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 Washington, D.C. – The United States Secret Service (USSS) announced today the launch of its newly revamped website and a free mobile application (app). The new website and app will provide the Secret Service with a more innovative and direct way to deliver important information to the public about the agency’s missions and activities.

By USDA Newswire | Sep 10, 2015

News Release: Growth in development raises costs and danger of fighting wildfires, highlights need for funding fix WASHINGTON, Sept. 10, 2015 – A new U.S. Forest Service report shows the continued expansion of housing development near forests, an area referred to as the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI), with direct ...

By USDA Newswire | Sep 10, 2015

News Release: CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Sept. 10, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that 21 states will receive grants through the Biofuel Infrastructure Partnership (BIP) to add infrastructure needed to supply more renewable fuel to America's drivers. Since announcing the program in May 2015, the U.S. ...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015

News Release: Combined Total of $79 Million through Partnership with New York County DA’s Office Vice President Joe Biden and Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch today announced $41 million in grant awards to 20 jurisdictions to eliminate or reduce the number of untested sexual assault kits across the country. Today’s ...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015

News Release: The Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a settlement with Duke Energy Corporation to resolve Clean Air Act violations at five coal-fired power plants across North Carolina. The settlement resolves long-standing claims that Duke violated the federal Clean ...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015

News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that Valiant Bank AG has reached a resolution under the department’s Swiss Bank Program.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015

News Release: Pirated Software Valued at Over $17 Million An aftermarket auto parts distributor in Harahan, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today to manufacturing and selling over 800 copyright-infringing copies of Mercedes-Benz diagnostic software valued at over $17 million.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015

News Release: A Minnesota National Guardsman pleaded guilty today to inducing a 14-year-old girl to create and send to him sexually explicit photos over the Internet while he was deployed to Afghanistan.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015

News Release: U.S. Attorney A. Lee Bentley III announces the arrest of Joshua Ryne Goldberg, 20, of Orange Park, Florida, for distributing information relating to explosives, destructive devices and weapons of mass destruction. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. According to the ...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015

News Release: The Defendants Received 22 Years, 10 Years and Five Years in Prison Respectively A former civilian employee and a former contractor of the Marine Corps Logistics Base (MCLB) in Albany, Georgia, as well as one outside contractor were sentenced today to prison terms for bribery and fraud arising from their handling of military trucking contracts and theft of surplus military equipment.

By Fed Newswire | Sep 10, 2015

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of the enforcement action listed below: Independent Bank (PDF), Grand Rapids, Michigan Order of assessment of civil money penalty dated Aug. 27, 2015 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions.

By Fed Newswire | Sep 10, 2015

News Release: Federal Reserve System Appoints Payments Security Strategy Leader The Federal Reserve System on Thursday announced the appointment of Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Senior Vice President Todd Aadland as its Payments Security Strategy Leader. In this role, Aadland will lead the System's activities to ...

By Labor Gazette | Sep 10, 2015

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. — Wegmans Food Markets Inc. bills itself as an industry leader and innovator. However, recurring hazards at its 1500 Brooks Ave. bakery in Rochester — and injuries to two workers — suggest a need for the supermarket chain to address workplace safety for its employees.

By Labor Gazette | Sep 10, 2015

News Release: BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Since Jan. 2015, 46 Arkansas workers have lost fingers, toes, hands and legs due to amputations at work. Amputations are debilitating workplace injuries that often happen when workers must operate mechanical machinery without the proper guards or training.

By Labor Gazette | Sep 10, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON — Ensuring that women earn equal pay for equal work is essential to improving the economic security of our families and the strength of our middle class. In too many workplaces around the country, however, a culture of secrecy keeps women from knowing that they are underpaid, and makes it ...

By DOE Gazette | Sep 10, 2015

The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Sept. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Commerce News Now | Sep 10, 2015

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Sept. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Commerce News Now | Sep 10, 2015

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Sept. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.