News from July 2016
By Interior Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: Help ensure the future of the Hawaiian rainforest at the summit of Kīlauea volcano for the next 100 years and volunteer for “Stewardship at the Summit" programs in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, now through September 2016.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: In September 2014, National Park Service units with fee collection programs were authorized to begin the civic engagement process associated with increasing entrance fees. Devils Tower National Monument is announcing a proposal to increase entrance fees, and the fee for campsites at the Belle Fourche...
By State Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: Washington: D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) and Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) introduced H. Res. 808, a bipartisan resolution calling on Iran to unconditionally release Iranian-Americans Siamak Namazi and his father Baquer Namazi. Siamak has been detained since October 2015 and his father has been detained since February. Both are being held without charges in Evin Prison - a brutal and notorious prison in Iran.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON - On Wednesday, July 6, 2016, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson announced the Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Grant Program, with $10 million in available funds. This is the first federal assistance program devoted exclusively to providing local communities with the resources to counter violent extremism in the homeland.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, July 6, 2016 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced new updates to its popular FoodKeeper application, which will increase the app's food safety features while empowering more consumers help reduce food waste in the U.S. The app has been updated to include information ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama entered a consent decree of permanent injunction against BEK Catering LLC dba Floppers Foods LLC of Daphne, Alabama, and its co-owners, Billy B. Stembridge and Kyle D. Huxen, to prevent the distribution of adulterated and misbranded seafood ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: Conspired with Others to Seek Over $1.5 Million in Fraudulent Refunds A federal district court judge sentenced a Virginia man today to 47 months in prison for his involvement in a far-reaching stolen identity refund fraud scheme in which he worked with others to seek over $1.5 million in income tax refunds ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: En Pointe Gov. Inc., En Pointe Technologies Inc., En Pointe Technologies Sales Inc., Dominguez East Holdings LLC and Din Global Corp., all of Gardena, California, have agreed to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by falsely certifying that En Pointe Gov. Inc. was a small business ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: Pharmaceutical Innovations Inc., based in Newark, New Jersey, pleaded guilty today to criminal charges and resolved a civil lawsuit arising from the company’s distribution of ultrasound gel contaminated with bacteria, the Department of Justice announced. The devices at issue are gels that doctors and hospitals use to take ultrasound scans, sonograms, EKGs and similar procedures.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: A Toledo, Ohio, grand jury returned a three-count indictment against Yahya Farooq Mohammad today, charging him with soliciting the murder of a federal judge, announced U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade for the Eastern District of Michigan.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch released the following statement today regarding the State Department email investigation: “Late this afternoon, I met with FBI Director James Comey and career prosecutors and agents who conducted the investigation of Secretary Hillary Clinton’s use of a personal email ...
By Fed Newswire | Jul 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 June 14-15, 2016. 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 Fed Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: A technical error occurred Wednesday during the media lock-up for the release of the minutes of the June meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee. As a result of the error in the use of the Federal Reserve equipment that cuts off and enables electronic access from the media lock-up room, one media ...
By Commerce News Now | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker issued the following statement today on the release of the May 2016 U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services monthly data. U.S. exports of goods and services decreased slightly to $182.4 billion in May from $182.7 billion in April. New monthly export records ...
By Labor Gazette | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: APPLETON, Wis. – After long hours in hot kitchens rapidly filling customer orders, many employees at El Azteca restaurants in Appleton, De Pere and Neenah received paychecks with wages below the federal minimum wage and often missing pay for overtime, federal investigators found.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: ARLINGTON, Va. – Forty-seven states and the Navajo Nation will receive a total of $8,441,000 in funds to support safety and health training courses and other programs to reduce mining accidents, injuries and illnesses, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration announced today.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 6, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on July 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Jul 6, 2016
The US State Department published a two page notice on July 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 6, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on July 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 6, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on July 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
