News from July 2016
By Interior Newswire | Jul 16, 2016
News Release: Houghton, MI - Throughout the month of August, Isle Royale National Park will celebrate the National Park Service's (NPS) 100 birthday. Events will take place in Rock Harbor, Windigo, and Houghton. On Aug. 25, 1916 President Woodrow Wilson signed congressional legislation establishing the NPS to administer...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 CLEVELAND – Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson traveled to Cleveland with U.S. Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator Peter Neffenger, and U.S. Immigration and Customs ...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, July 15, 2016 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the investment of more than $9 million in loans and grants to support job growth and economic development in 12 states. The funding is being provided through USDA's Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant (REDLG) program , through which USDA provides zero-interest loans and grants to utilities that lend funds to local businesses for projects to create and retain employment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: Joseph Hassan Farrokh, 29, of Woodbridge, Virginia, was sentenced today to 102 months in prison for attempting to provide material support and resources to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: Today, in a settlement agreement with the Navajo Nation, the United States agreed to provide funding necessary to continue clean-up work at abandoned uranium mines on the Navajo Nation. Specifically, the United States will fund environmental response trusts to clean up 16 priority abandoned uranium mines ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: The Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) today announced it will conduct a comprehensive after-action assessment of the Orlando Police Department’s (OPD) response to the mass shooting that took place on June 12 at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: Charges Also Include Obstruction and Falsification of Records A federal grand jury in Charleston, South Carolina, returned an indictment today charging Aegean Shipping Management S.A. and Aegeansun Gamma Inc. with obstruction of an agency proceeding, conspiracy and failing to keep accurate pollution control records, the Justice Department announced. Three engineering officers were charged with related offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: Defendant Sold Heroin and Used Violence, Threats and Coercion to Compel Three Young Heroin-Addicted Women to Prostitute for His Profit in Wisconsin and Minnesota Monta Groce, 30, of Sparta, Wisconsin, was convicted by a federal jury of three counts of sex trafficking by force, threats of force or coercion; ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: A Hamilton, Ohio, man was sentenced today to life in prison for engaging in a child exploitation enterprise, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney James A. Lewis of the Central District of Illinois and Special Agent in Charge Sean Cox of the FBI’s Springfield, Illinois, Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: The U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota entered a consent decree of permanent injunction against Kwong Tung Foods Inc. (Kwong Tung Foods) doing business as Canton Foods; the firm’s president and owner, Vieta C. Wang; and vice president, Juney H. Wang, to prevent the distribution of adulterated ...
By Fed Newswire | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: The federal bank regulatory agencies with responsibility for Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) rulemaking today published final revisions to "Interagency Questions and Answers Regarding Community Reinvestment". The Questions and Answers document provides additional guidance to financial institutions and the public on the agencies' CRA regulations.
By Commerce News Now | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: Yesterday, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker received the Washington International Trade Association’s Global Leadership Award and delivered remarks at the organization’s 2016 Annual Dinner. Secretary Pritzker was recognized for her significant contributions to the advancement and facilitation of international trade.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 15, 2016
News Release: AVENTURA, Fla. – A federal workplace safety inspection of the Macy’s department store in Aventura by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found employees at risk due to repeated and serious violations related to blocked exits , improper housekeeping and electric shock hazards.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 15, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on July 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 15, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on July 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 15, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on July 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 15, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on July 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 15, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on July 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 15, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on July 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 15, 2016
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on July 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
