News from January 2016
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2016
News Release: 2016 Zion Plein Air Art Invitational Call for Artists.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Fall River man was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with his role in a scheme to distribute over 1,000 kilograms of marijuana in the Fall River area.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2016
News Release: Contact: Amy Ruhe. King of Prussia, PA - The National Park Service (NPS) is soliciting public input on the proposed development of fire management plans for 28 park units nationwide, including Valley Forge National Historical Park. The NPS has prepared a scoping document that explains the purpose and...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2016
News Release: Everglades National Park invites the public to enjoy a photography exhibit entitled, “Waterbirds," by Charlie Causey at the Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center Gallery during the month of February. An Artist’s Reception is being held on Saturday, February 6 (between 2 to 5 p.m.).
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2016
News Release: In celebration of the National Park Service Centennial, fourth grade classrooms and students are invited to participate in an art contest at Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area to earn their Every Kid in a Park Pass.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2016
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) is soliciting public input on the proposed development of fire management plans for 28 park units nationwide including Kenai Fjords National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Andre Wise, 37, of Buffalo, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute marijuana before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2016
News Release: Environmental Assessment available for Public Comment The Use of Quarantine to Identify Brucellosis-free Yellowstone Bison for Relocation Elsewhere.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 27, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.), whose Natural Resources Committee oversees the Fish and Wildlife Service and the national wildlife refuge system, released the following statement on last night’s arrest of multiple militia members who had refused to leave Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 27, 2016
News Release: Dear Director Comey: Across the country, communities are struggling with a new wave of threats of violence against schools. This past week, multiple schools in Delaware received computer-generated phone calls warning of bombs inside these schools. Yesterday, another bomb threat was made to a Delmarva...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2016
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites the public to attend a special living history program, including a short hike up Snodgrass Hill, at Chickamauga Battlefield on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016. This program will last approximately 45 minutes and will take place multiple times during the day, beginning at 10 am, noon, 2 pm, and 4 pm at Snodgrass Hill (Tour Stop 8).
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2016
News Release: On Monday, Jan. 25, Ms. Sally Wiley of Gardnerville, Nev., was recognized at an all-employees meeting of the BLM Nevada State Office for her donation a historic lithograph drawn by cartoonist Lew Hymers of the Nevada State Journal. The lithograph is a caricature of the regional U.S. Grazing Service...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 26, 2016
News Release: Petrified Forest, AZ-Four skeletons collected by paleontologists at Petrified Forest National Park over the last decade reveal the presence of a new species of extinct reptile. The technical paper in which it is first described was recently published in the journal PeerJ, which is freely available online at.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 26, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON— The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced a new partnership between the DHS Blue Campaign, the unified voice for DHS’s efforts to combat human trafficking, and Birmingham, Ala. Mayor William A. Bell’s Office to post Blue Campaign materials throughout the city in order to raise public awareness on how to recognize human trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2016
News Release: A Columbus, Georgia resident was sentenced to serve 21 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release and ordered to forfeit $1,357,476.18 for operating an unlicensed money transmitting business, Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney G.F. “Pete” Peterman III for the Middle District of Georgia announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2016
News Release: Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch announced today the hiring of Gary Simpson to serve as the new CEO of Federal Prison Industries (FPI).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2016
News Release: Filed More than 860 False Tax Returns Seeking Over $1 Million in Tax Refunds Two Miami, Florida residents were sentenced to prison for their role in a stolen identity tax refund fraud scheme, Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer of the Southern District of Florida and Special Agent in Charge Kelly R. Jackson of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Criminal Investigation announced today.
By Commerce News Now | Jan 26, 2016
News Release: During the week of Sept. 19, 2016, on the occasion of the 71st Session of the UN General Assembly, Bloomberg Philanthropies and the U.S. Department of Commerce will co-host the second U.S.-Africa Business Forum, a day focused on increased trade and investment between the U.S. and African nations. ...
By Commerce News Now | Jan 26, 2016
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) are announcing new amendments to the Cuban Assets Control Regulations (CACR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR), respectively. These ...
By Labor Gazette | Jan 26, 2016
News Release: ANDOVER, Mass. – A Framingham contractor with a history of safety violations has again exposed its employees to potentially fatal fall hazards at one of its worksites, this time in Woburn.
