News published on Federal Newswire in September 2015

By USDA Newswire | Sep 17, 2015

News Release: LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 17, 2015 - This week, following the recent announcement of $2 million in Conservation Innovation Grants to support water quality trading markets, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hosted a joint workshop to expand markets for water quality benefits generated on farms, ranches and forest lands.

By USDA Newswire | Sep 17, 2015

News Release: USDA and Softwood Lumber Board award $3 million to support tall wood demonstration projects in New York and Portland, Oregon NEW YORK, Sept. 17, 2015 — Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, in partnership with the Softwood Lumber Board and the Binational Softwood Lumber Council, announced ...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2015

News Release: An Ontario, Canada, man was convicted yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York on charges of conspiracy, making a false claim against the United States and illegally transferring stolen money in foreign commerce, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. of the Western District of New York.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2015

News Release: U.S. District Court Judge Michael P. Mills of the Northern District of Mississippi today sentenced Graeme Phillip Harris to six months in prison and one year supervised release for helping place a rope around the neck of the James Meredith statue on the University of Mississippi campus.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2015

News Release: A federal jury sitting in Denver convicted a Grand Junction, Colorado, man yesterday of two counts of tax evasion, three counts of willful failure to file an individual federal income tax return and three counts of willful failure to file a corporate income tax return, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2015

News Release: Defendant Repeatedly Attempted to Travel to the Middle East to Join Terrorist Group A criminal complaint was unsealed today in the Eastern District of New York charging Ali Saleh, 22, of Queens, New York, with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), ...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2015

News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that St. Galler Kantonalbank AG (SGKB) and E. Gutzwiller & Cie, Banquiers, have reached resolutions under the department’s Swiss Bank Program. These banks will collectively pay penalties totaling more than $11 million.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2015

News Release: Ramah Navajo Chapter v. Jewell Resolves Historic Contract Support Cost Lawsuit with Tribes The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of the Interior (Interior) today announced a $940 million proposed settlement with a nationwide class of Native American Tribes and tribal entities that, if ...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2015

News Release: Zacharia Yusuf Abdurahman, 20, of Columbia Heights, Minnesota, pleaded guilty to conspiring with at least eight other individuals to travel to Syria in an effort to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization. Assistant Attorney ...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2015

News Release: A former chief deputy auditor for LaPorte County, Indiana, was convicted today by a federal jury in the Northern District of Indiana of embezzling over $150,000 from the LaPorte County government, tax fraud and defrauding her elderly father-in-law out of at least $400,000. Assistant Attorney General ...

By Fed Newswire | Sep 17, 2015

News Release: Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in July suggests that economic activity is expanding at a moderate pace. Household spending and business fixed investment have been increasing moderately, and the housing sector has improved further; however, net exports have been soft. ...

By Fed Newswire | Sep 17, 2015

News Release: The attached table and charts released on Thursday summarize the economic projections and the target federal funds rate projections made by Federal Reserve Board members and Federal Reserve Bank presidents for the September 16-17 meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee.

By Fed Newswire | Sep 17, 2015

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced its approval of the application under section 3 of the Bank Holding Company Act by First Horizon National Corporation, Memphis, Tennessee, to acquire TrustAtlantic Financial Corporation and thereby indirectly acquire its wholly owned subsidiary, TrustAtlantic Bank, both of Raleigh, North Carolina.

By Labor Gazette | Sep 17, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON – Preliminary results from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries released today show the rate of fatal work injuries in 2014 was 3.3 per 100,000 full-time workers, the same as the final rate for 2013. While the preliminary total of 4,679 fatal work injuries ...

By Labor Gazette | Sep 17, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON — Preliminary results from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries released today show the rate of fatal work injuries in 2014 was 3.3 per 100,000 full-time workers, the same as the final rate for 2013. While the preliminary total of 4,679 fatal work injuries ...

By Labor Gazette | Sep 17, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON — Six states will receive grants totaling $14,911,243 to improve employment opportunities for adults and youth with disabilities, the U.S. Department of Labor announced today. The grants to Alaska, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, New York and Washington are being awarded as part of the Disability Employment Initiative, a joint initiative of the department's Employment and Training Administration and the Office of Disability Employment Policy.

By DOT News Wire | Sep 17, 2015

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Sept. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Sep 17, 2015

The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Sept. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Sep 17, 2015

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Sept. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Sep 17, 2015

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Sept. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.