News from January 2016

By Commerce Newswire | Jan 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement after President Obama’s final State of the Union address...

By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation signed a Record of Decision supported by the Coordinated Long-term Operation of the Central Valley Project and State Water Project Final Environmental Impact Statement.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 11, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 In recognition of National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, 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 the District of Columbia Office of Human Rights to raise awareness about human trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2016
News Release: Agencies Submit Joint Statement Regarding Proposed Legislation Addressing the State’s Certificate-of-Need Laws The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have recommended that South Carolina repeal its laws regulating the building of hospitals and other health care facilities and the provision of health care services.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2016
News Release: A federal court has permanently barred a Colorado man and his tax preparation business from preparing federal tax returns, the Justice Department announced today. The United States filed a civil complaint against Gerardo Herrera and his business, El Lobo Multiservicios Professionales Inc., contending ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2016
News Release: The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas entered a consent decree for permanent injunction against Downing Labs LLC, Ashley Michelle Downing, Christopher Van Downing and Roger E. Mansfield to prevent them from distributing adulterated drugs in interstate commerce, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2016
News Release: The former president and majority stockholder of a construction company was sentenced to five years in prison today following her plea of guilty to filing a false tax return and her conviction by a jury of conspiracy to defraud the United States, wire fraud, mail fraud, false statements, interstate transportation ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2016
News Release: One of Weapons Purchased Illegally Later Used in Marysville-Pilchuck School Shooting The father of a teen who killed four students, severely injured a fifth student and killed himself in October 2014 at Marysville-Pilchuck High School in Washington State was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2016
News Release: Maalik Alim Jones, 31, of Maryland, was indicted based on his alleged support of al Shabaab, a designated foreign terrorist organization based in Somalia that is allied with al Qaeda. Jones, a U.S. citizen, was presented before Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Frank Maas of the Southern District of New York ...

By Fed Newswire | Jan 11, 2016
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced preliminary results indicating that the Reserve Banks provided for payments of approximately $97.7 billion of their estimated 2015 net income to the U.S. Treasury. In addition, the Federal Reserve transferred to the Treasury $19.3 billion from Reserve Bank ...

By Labor Gazette | Jan 11, 2016
News Release: BOSTON – A settlement agreement between the U.S. Department of Labor and Mass Bay Electrical Corp. commits the East Boston electrical contractor to extensive corrective action to prevent future deaths and injuries and establishes a training fund in the memory of Joseph Boyd III and John Loughran, who were killed when a crane toppled in Bourne on April 12, 2014.

By Labor Gazette | Jan 11, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Amtech Southeast LLC Inspection site: 1142 Highway 14, Elmore, Alabama Citations issued: On Jan.07, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued Amtech Southeast two repeated and one serious safety citation. Investigation findings: Following ...

By Labor Gazette | Jan 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded POWER Initiative National Dislocated Worker Grant funding of $2 million to the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry to help provide reemployment services required by coal industry workers to prepare for positions in emerging and growing fields. ...
By DOJ Gazette | Jan 11, 2016
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Jan. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Jan 11, 2016
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Jan. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Jan 11, 2016
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Jan. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Jan 11, 2016
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Jan. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Jan 11, 2016
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Jan. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Jan 11, 2016
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Jan. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Jan 11, 2016
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Jan. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.