News from February 2016
By DOL Newswire | Feb 16, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration and other federal safety agencies announced today that they have designated May 2-6, 2016, for the third annual National Safety Stand-Down. The event is a nationwide effort to remind and educate employers and workers in the construction industry of the serious dangers of falls - the cause of the highest number of industry deaths in the construction industry.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2016
News Release: Defendant Tried to Influence Assistant's Statements to FBI Regarding Fraudulent Medicaid Billing.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2016
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man was sentenced Tuesday to 43 months in federal prison for taking part in an armed robbery, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 16, 2016
News Release: Following up on their recent Cures tour in southeast Michigan, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph) and Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn) recently highlighted the important momentum H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act, is gaining in the Detroit Free Press. Upton and Dingell...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 16, 2016
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) has launched a pilot program to sell entrance passes for Acadia National Park online through the “Your Pass Now" website (www.yourpassnow.com). Visitors to Acadia now have the convenience of purchasing-at no additional cost-annual and seven-day entrance passes in advance of their trip. The NPS partnered with NIC, Inc. to develop and administer Your Pass Now to better serve visitors to Acadia.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 15, 2016
News Release: March 5, 6, 7 -Spectacular Showdowns -Animals in Conflict -We humans often assume that wild creatures consistently duel to the death. Nothing could be farther from the truth! In fact, all animals go to great lengths to avoid fighting. The reason for this behavior is not kindness, but the instinct to...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The ideals and values of our nation's 16th president, Abraham Lincoln, will be honored and shared for generations to come thanks to an $18.5 million gift from businessman and philanthropist David M. Rubenstein. The Presidents' Day donation, presented during the National Park Service's centennial...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 15, 2016
News Release: Roosevelt, AZ - Tonto National Monument Staff gave the Gila County Sheriff and his office a VIP tour of the Upper Cliff Dwellings, Feb. 11, in an effort by the two agencies to strengthen the relationship between local and federal services.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2016
News Release: Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch and Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli Jr. released the following statements regarding the passing of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia: “Justice Antonin Scalia was, and will always be remembered as, one of the most influential and eloquent Justices ever to serve ...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 13, 2016
News Release: Download the Centennial Events Calendar:. Channel Islands National Park invites the public to celebrate the National Park Service's Centennial throughout 2016 at a wide range of local events and festivities. The milestone centennial anniversary of the National Park Service (NPS) marks 100 years of...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2016
News Release: Newark, N.J.- The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) National Response Team (NRT) was activated today and will lead a joint investigation at the fire that destroyed several warehouse buildings Thursday and Friday.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2016
News Release: ALICIA A.G. LIMTIACO, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that JON MICHAEL MAPOTE VILLENA, age 29, of Mangilao, and ANNALIN MARIE PEREZ ALDAN, age 20, of Dededo, were sentenced on Feb. 12, 2016, before District Judge Alex R. Munson, in the...
By State Newswire | Feb 13, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement ahead of the U.S.-ASEAN Summit that will be held at Sunnylands in Rancho Mirage, California...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 12, 2016
News Release: Regional Conservation Partnership Program Pools Together $220 Million Investment from USDA, up to $500 Million from Local Partners to Improve Water Quality, Soil Health, Habitat and More SAVANNAH, Ga., Feb. 12, 2016 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture ...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 12, 2016 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced a joint agreement with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation to increase employment opportunities in the agricultural sector for military veterans and their spouses.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 12, 2016
News Release: President's Action Follows Decades-Long Local Campaign to Preserve Spectacular Desert Landscapes, and Recreational Uses WASHINGTON, Feb. 12, 2016 - Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack today joined members of Congress, state and local officials, and local business ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that Martin Alan Schnitzler, 43, pleaded guilty to a hate crime in the Middle District of Florida for calling two mosques located in Pinellas County, Florida, and threatening to firebomb the mosques and shoot their congregants.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2016
News Release: Larry Bernard Gilmore, 43, and Michael Bernard Gilmore, 46, both of Atlanta, Georgia, were charged by criminal complaint on Thursday with conspiracy to interfere with commerce by threats or violence. The criminal complaint was announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Christopher P. Canova for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2016
News Release: The U.S. District Court for the District of Maine entered a consent decree of permanent injunction against Hancock, Maine-based Mill Stream Corporation (doing business as Sullivan Harbor Farm) and its owner, Ira J. (Joel) Frantzman, to prevent the distribution of adulterated seafood products, the Department of Justice announced today.
By Fed Newswire | Feb 12, 2016
News Release: The Federal Reserve plans to continue its previously announced periodic testing of the Term Deposit Facility (TDF) with one operation in February. These operations are aimed at ensuring the operational readiness of the TDF and providing eligible institutions with an opportunity to maintain familiarity with term deposit procedures. The TDF test operations are a matter of prudent planning and have no implications for the near-term conduct of monetary policy.
