News from January 2016
By USDA Newswire | Jan 20, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 2016 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is reminding those interested in attending this year's Agricultural Outlook Forum, "Transforming Agriculture," that early registration is available through Jan. 29, 2016.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 20, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, Jan.20, 2016 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack appointed four members to serve on the United States Department of Agriculture Grain Inspection Advisory Committee. The appointees will serve 3-year terms.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2016
News Release: An Austin, Texas, businessman was indicted by a federal grand jury for five counts of filing false tax returns and one count of corruptly endeavoring to obstruct and impede the due administration of the internal revenue laws, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2016
News Release: Istvan Merchenthaler, 45, of Downingtown, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to 140 months in prison for wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, money laundering, filing false tax returns, interstate transportation of stolen property, possessing unregistered destructive devices, possessing firearms and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that Justin Watson, 31, a former deputy with the Madison County Sheriff’s Office in Huntsville, Alabama, has pleaded guilty to obstructing a federal investigation into the beating of a local handyman.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2016
News Release: Worked with Others to Seek More Than $700,000 in Fraudulent Refunds Two Maryland residents pleaded guilty today for their involvement in a far-reaching stolen identity refund fraud scheme in which they worked with others to seek over $700,000 in income tax refunds through the filing of fraudulent federal ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2016
News Release: A woman behind a 14-defendant sex trafficking ring operating in Houston has been ordered to federal prison for life, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson for the Southern District of Texas along with Special Agent in Charge Perrye K. Turner for the FBI Houston Division, Special Agent in Charge Brian Moskowitz of Immigration and Customs Enforcement – Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI) and Special Agent in Charge Richard Goss of IRS-Criminal Investigation (CI).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2016
News Release: Two residents of Glendale, California, were charged in a superseding indictment in connection with a bank fraud scheme involving the proceeds of a mass mailing scam targeting holders of U.S. trademarks.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2016
News Release: Yesterday, a federal court in Rock Hill, South Carolina, ordered Tony McMillan and his trucking company, which he operated under the names T-N-T of York County Inc. and TM Trucking of the Carolinas LLC, to stop violating their employment tax reporting, deposit and payment obligations. The Judgment and ...
By Commerce News Now | Jan 20, 2016
News Release: Today, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Bruce Andrews delivered remarks on the current state of the economy at the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ 84th Annual Winter Meeting.
By Commerce News Now | Jan 20, 2016
News Release: U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Bruce Andrews today announced he will lead a delegation of 18 American companies on a Smart Cities Infrastructure Business Development Mission to India from February 8-12, 2016, with stops in New Delhi, Mumbai, and Chennai. Director of the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Lee Zak and Vice President of Global Business Development at the Export-Import Bank Ray Ellis will also participate in the mission.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 20, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA – When U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors returned to an Atlanta food manufacturing facility and found previously cited hazards had reoccurred, the management of Schwan’s Global Supply Inc. took an unusual step.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 20, 2016
News Release: ARLINGTON, Va. – Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health Joseph A. Main today issued the following statement regarding the first three coal mining deaths of 2016: “In just the first three weeks of 2016, and after the safest year in mining history, the coal industry has experienced three fatalities in three separate mining accidents, the highest number of coal accidents to occur in the same time period since January 2006.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 20, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Jan. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Jan 20, 2016
The US State Department published a two page rule on Jan. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jan 20, 2016
The US Commerce Department published a nine page rule on Jan. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jan 20, 2016
The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Jan. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Jan 20, 2016
The US Agriculture Department published a six page proposed rule on Jan. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 20, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a five page proposed rule on Jan. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 20, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Jan. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
