News from February 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Two felons appeared in court in Huntington today for federal gun crimes, announced Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 2016. 10: 0 a.m. Executive Overreach Task Force Hearing. 2237 Rayburn House Office Building. "The Original Understanding of the Role of Congress and How Far We’ve Drifted From It". Witnesses: * Mr. Matthew Spalding, Associate Vice President and Dean of Educational Programs Hillsdale ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: Ohio felon sentenced to prison and Putnam County felon faces up to 10 years.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: Annual recreational closures to protect pupping harbor seals at Point Reyes National Seashore go into effect on Tuesday, March 1, 2016. The closures are in Drakes Estero and the westernmost point of Limantour Spit, and remain in effect through June 30, 2016. During this most sensitive time of year for the harbor seals, the National Park Service asks park visitors to help ensure a successful pupping season by avoiding disturbing seals.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Hillsboro man was sentenced Monday to 180 months in federal prison on firearms charges, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: Florence, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that James Christopher Barrett, a/k/a Harry Patterson, has entered a guilty plea in federal court in Florence, SC, to conspiracy to manufacture counterfeit currency of the United States, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371. United...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Science & Technology Press Office Contact: John Verrico, (202) 254-2385 Washington, DC – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) awarded $1.7 million to Yale University for the development of technology that can help protect the identity ...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 29, 2016 – Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced a major step to make it easier for participants in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) to access nutritious foods. The WIC Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) Final Rule will improve ...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 29, 2016 - Agriculture Secretary Vilsack today announced $18 million in grants will be available to strengthen research and teaching at historically black land-grant universities during a meeting with the 1890's Council in Washington. The grants are available through the 1890 Institution Research, Extension, and Teaching Capacity Building Grants program administered by USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: Lockheed Martin Corporation and subsidiaries Lockheed Martin Energy Systems and Lockheed Martin Utility Services (collectively, Lockheed Martin) have agreed to pay the United States $5 million to resolve allegations that they violated the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and, in misrepresenting ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: Ana Angelica Pedro Juan, 22, of Guatemala, the remaining indicted defendant in a human-trafficking ring, pleaded guilty today in federal court to conspiring to lure Guatemalan minors and adults into the United States on false pretenses, then coercing their labor at egg farms in Ohio. The guilty plea ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that Thomas Mere, the owner and operator of Mere’s Mobile Home and Recreational Vehicle Park in North Fort Myers, Florida, has agreed to pay $40,000 to resolve allegations that he discriminated against African Americans in violation of the Fair Housing Act. The settlement, which is in the form of a consent order, must still be approved by the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves of the Southern District of Mississippi ordered restitution in the amount of $840,000 to be paid the estate of James Craig Anderson in the cases of defendants Deryl Paul Dedmon, 23; John Aaron Rice, 23; Dylan Wade Butler, 24; and William Kirk Montgomery, 26.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: Download PDF version of fact sheet The EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework was designed by the U.S. Department of Commerce and European Commission to provide companies on both sides of the Atlantic with a mechanism to comply with EU data protection requirements when transferring personal data from the European Union to the United States in support of transatlantic commerce.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: Today in Beijing, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Bruce Andrews helped launch the 2016 U.S.-China Tourism Year and delivered remarks at the opening ceremony. He highlighted the United States as a premiere travel destination and discussed how the Tourism Year is a tremendous opportunity for both countries to advance initiatives that create a higher quality visitor experience for travelers to and from both nations.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: Today, the full text of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework is publicly available. U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker made the following statement surrounding the historic agreement.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: PORTLAND – For the second time since 2010, the U.S. Department of Labor is suing the same major Pacific Northwest drywall company for failing to pay its workers $800,000 or more in overtime.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: LA BELLE, Mo. – For the third time since 2012, federal investigators have cited Sharpe Holdings in the death of an employee. The most recent casualty was a 51-year-old equipment operator, who suffered serious head injuries after was ejected from the rear of a van on Sept. 26, 2015. He died the following day.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Just before Thanksgiving, a waste hauling truck struck and killed a 47-year-old worker in a construction work zone near Higginsville. Since 2012, he was one of 35 workers in three Midwestern states that federal safety and health inspectors determined whose death resulted from fatal struck-by vehicle hazards.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 29, 2016
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Feb. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
