News from January 2016
By Interior Newswire | Jan 29, 2016
News Release: America's Best Idea: National Parks and American Independence!.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Ranking Member Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), and subcommittee Ranking Member Anna Eshoo (D-CA) today commented on the Federal Communications Commission’s decision to grant special temporary authority to field test LTE-U equipment in unlicensed spectrum bands...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 28, 2016
News Release: USDA to Provide $9 Million, Leveraging Further Public and Private Resources to Create New Mitigation Opportunities for Farmers and Ranchers WASHINGTON, Jan. 28, 2016 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the establishment of the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Wetland Mitigation ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2016
News Release: A retired U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant was sentenced today in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida to 18 months in prison following his guilty plea to unlawfully disclosing confidential procurement information and filing a false tax return, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2016
News Release: Filed 326 Fraudulent Tax Returns Seeking More than $450,000 in Tax Refunds A Phenix City, Alabama resident was sentenced to serve 51 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release and ordered to pay $116,636 in restitution for her role in a stolen identity refund fraud (SIRF) scheme, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2016
News Release: Federal, state and local law enforcement officials today announced the filing of federal charges against 55 defendants in five separate cases for their alleged participation in varied criminal conduct, including armed drug trafficking, narcotics conspiracies, illegal firearms sales and firearms violations ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2016
News Release: Six members of the Vice Lords gang in Detroit pleaded guilty this week to various racketeering and firearms offenses based on their roles in the gang-related shooting of four individuals. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Barbara ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department reached an agreement today with Kemper Moving Systems Inc., a Huntsville, Alabama, franchise of Two Men and a Truck, to resolve allegations that the moving company violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when it refused service because of a customer’s Hepatitis-C.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2016
News Release: The United States filed a complaint asking a federal court in Detroit to permanently bar a Liberty Tax Service franchise owner and his company from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. The civil complaint against Craig M. Comer of Royal Oak, Michigan, and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2016
News Release: A criminal Information was filed today in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama against David Allen, former pharmacist-in-charge of the now-defunct compounding pharmacy Advanced Specialty Pharmacy doing business as “Meds IV,” and William Timothy Rogers, a pharmacist and the former ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2016
News Release: A U.S. Navy Commander pleaded guilty today to bribery charges, admitting that he accepted cash, gifts, travel expenses, entertainment and the services of prostitutes from foreign defense contractor Glenn Defense Marine Asia (GDMA) in exchange for classified U.S. Navy information, including ship schedules that contained information related to the U.S. Navy’s ballistic missile defense operations in the Pacific.
By Commerce News Now | Jan 28, 2016
News Release: Today, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Bruce Andrews delivered the keynote remarks on the impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership on manufacturing at an event hosted by the Washington International Trade Association (WITA). The event was part of WITA's ongoing speaker series which brings together public and private sector leaders to explore different aspects of the TPP.
By Commerce News Now | Jan 28, 2016
News Release: Today, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Bruce Andrews delivered remarks at the Brazil-U.S. Business Council Strategic Planning Meeting, hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
By Commerce News Now | Jan 28, 2016
News Release: A report issued today by the U.S. Department of Commerce recommends amendments to copyright law that would provide both more guidance and greater flexibility to courts in awarding statutory damages. The recommended amendments would ensure continued meaningful protection for intellectual property while preserving the dynamic innovation that has made digital technology so important to the American economy.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 28, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez issued the following statement on the department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics report released today on union membership in 2015: “With today’s Bureau of Labor Statistics’ report , we are reminded again that the labor movement continues to be one of the most powerful forces for strengthening the middle class and providing economic stability, for members and non-members alike.
By DOJ Gazette | Jan 28, 2016
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Jan. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 28, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Jan. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 28, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Jan. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 28, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Jan. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 28, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Jan. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
