News from April 2016
By EPA Newswire | Apr 21, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today welcomed the Federal District Court announcement concerning an agreement in principle between Volkswagen and U.S. authorities.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 21, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today lauded the success of the Brownfields Program and stressed the importance of reauthorizing the law, which he authored with the late Congressman Paul Gillmor (R-OH) in 2001. President Bush signed the bill into law in January 2002. Pallone...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2016
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man who wore a mask and gloves and used a black handgun with a laser sight to rob a convenience store, two liquor stores, a payday loan company, and an electronics retailer in the Las Vegas area during the summer of 2014, was convicted by a jury today of all counts charged and faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 107 years in prison, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE - Ricardo Silva-Hernandez, of Mexico, has pleaded guilty to illegally re-entering the United States after having been previously deported announced U.S. Attorney Emily Gray Rice.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - A superseding indictment was unsealed today charging six people in a robbery conspiracy that took place in Allentown, PA, and included seven robberies over a month-long period. Jacob Pabon, 19, and Lytic Fauntleroy, 19, were charged in December 2015 with robbery which interferes with interstate ...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE- The National Park Service at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore is looking for volunteers to assist with the Miller Woods BioBlitz on Friday, May 20 and Saturday, May 21, 2016. A BioBlitz, is a fun, collaborative race against the clock to discover as many species of plants...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: Defendant & Conspirators Used Fake Checks to Steal over $650,000 in Postage Stamps.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Science & Technology Press Office Contact: John Verrico, (202) 254-2385 WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) announced today the successful demonstration of the Enhanced Loran (eLoran), a precision-timing technology for financial transactions at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department announced today it has reached a settlement agreement with Laborers Local No. 1149, based in Wheeling, West Virginia, resolving claims that the union violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) when it failed to reinstate U.S. Army National Guardsman ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: A federal court entered a permanent injunction yesterday against Grandview, Washington tax return preparer Jose Magana and his business, Genesis Bookkeeping and Accounting. The injunction bars Magana and Genesis Bookkeeping from preparing tax returns for others. Magana and Genesis Bookkeeping admitted in a court filing that they had interfered with the enforcement and administration of the federal tax laws. They agreed to entry of the injunction.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: The former president of an automotive parts company pleaded guilty today and was sentenced to serve 18 months in a U.S. prison for his role in a conspiracy to fix prices and rig bids for the sale of automotive body sealing products sold in the United States, the Justice Department announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: The former owner and president of Chestnut Consulting Group Inc. and Chestnut Consulting Group Co. (the Chestnut Group) pleaded guilty today to bribing an official at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Assistant Attorney ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner for the Eastern District of California has announced his resignation effective midnight on April 30. U.S. Attorney Wagner has served as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California for six and a half years and he served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) and Supervisory AUSA for over 17 years before that.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that a group of 66 companies have agreed to clean up contaminated groundwater at the Omega Chemical Corporation Superfund Site in Whittier, California. The settlement requires the companies to spend an estimated ...
By Fed Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: Throughout American history, women have made important contributions to the free and democratic society we enjoy today. I welcome the decision by the Treasury Department to honor these achievements. The Federal Reserve will work with Treasury on a design that also incorporates strong security features to protect worldwide users of U.S. currency.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker delivered remarks at “The State of Hispanic Small Business Breakfast” held during the 2016 U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC) Legislative Summit. The Summit is a forum for public and private sector leaders to discuss the opportunities and challenges faced by the Hispanic business community.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Just six months after citing a global equipment provider to the biopharma industry for exposing workers to hazardous levels of hexavalent chromium and potentially deafening noise as they welded and grinded stainless steel and other alloy steels, federal investigators found the company has failed to take steps to protect its workers at its Springfield facility.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 20, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on April 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 20, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a four page notice on April 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 20, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on April 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
