News from January 2016
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 7, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $417,500 civil penalty against FedEx of Memphis, Tenn., for allegedly operating an aircraft that was not in compliance with Federal Aviation Regulations.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 7, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Democratic leaders on the House Energy and Commerce Committee sent letters to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH), requesting more information regarding the National Football League’s (NFL) involvement in the...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 7, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Democratic leaders on the House Energy and Commerce Committee sent letters to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH), requesting more information regarding the National Football League’s (NFL) involvement in the...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 7, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Democratic leaders on the House Energy and Commerce Committee wrote to U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Anthony Foxx and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy seeking answers from the agencies regarding the ongoing methane leak in Southern California.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 7, 2016
News Release: NEW YORK - Learn about New York City’s most famous founding father and recent Broadway sensation Alexander Hamilton at two National Park Service sites in Manhattan.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. sentenced Richard Smith, age 31, of Baltimore, Maryland today to 12 years in prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute heroin.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 6, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security today announced it will begin accepting applications for the 2016 Secretary’s Honors Program Cyber Student Volunteer Initiative for current undergraduate and graduate students. Beginning in the ...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, Jan. 6, 2016 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack released the following statement proclaiming today, Jan. 6, 2016, Bob Stallman Appreciation Day. Stallman is retiring as President of the American Farm Bureau Federation after 16 years of service.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, Jan. 7, 2016 – Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia M. Burwell and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack today released updated nutritional guidelines that encourage Americans to adopt a series of science-based recommendations to improve how they eat to reduce obesity and prevent ...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, Jan. 6, 2016 -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that in 2015, wildfires burned a record 10,125,149 acres across the United States, surpassing the previous record set in 2006. The Secretary renewed the call for Congress to pass the bi-partisan Wildfire Disaster Funding Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2016
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that Union Bancaire Privée, UBP SA (UBP), reached a resolution under the department’s Swiss Bank Program. UBP will pay a penalty of more than $187 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2016
News Release: URS E & C Holdings Inc., a successor in interest to the global design and construction company Washington Group International Inc. (WGI), has agreed to pay $9 million to settle allegations that WGI submitted false claims in connection with United States Agency for International Development (USAID) contracts, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2016
News Release: Defendant Allegedly Responsible for a Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device Attack against U.S. Military Base in Afghanistan in January 2009 A superseding indictment was obtained today in federal court in the Eastern District of New York, adding charges against Muhanad Mahmoud Al Farekh, 30, an American ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2016
News Release: A Plainfield, New Jersey, man pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiring to engage in a racketeering enterprise known as La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2016
News Release: A Nevada man was sentenced to 120 months in prison today in Denver for traveling across state lines with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney John F. Walsh of the District of Colorado.
By Fed Newswire | Jan 6, 2016
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on December 15-16, 2015. A summary of economic projections made by Federal Reserve Board members and Reserve Bank presidents for the meeting is also included as an addendum to these minutes.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded POWER Initiative National Dislocated Worker Grant funding of $1,965,730 to the Virginia Community College System to help provide reemployment services required by coal industry workers to prepare for positions in emerging and growing fields.
By DOE Gazette | Jan 6, 2016
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Jan. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jan 6, 2016
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Jan. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jan 6, 2016
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Jan. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
