News from June 2016
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 As part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) ongoing efforts to support state, local, tribal, and territorial partners, Secretary Jeh Johnson today announced final allocations of $275 million for six Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 DHS ...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Science & Technology Press Office Contact: John Verrico, (202) 254-2385 Washington, DC – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has awarded $664,378 to Berkeley, California-based International Computer Science Institute (ICSI) to develop a first-of-its-kind technology that will detect privacy intrusions on mobile devices and alert the device owner to act to protect their private information.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: A federal grand jury in the District of Montana returned an indictment on May 18, which was unsealed yesterday, charging a resident of Montana and Nevada with one count of corrupt interference with the internal revenue laws, 10 counts of theft of government money and six counts of aggravated identity theft, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Michael W. Cotter of the District of Montana.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: Berrien County, Georgia, Sheriff Anthony Heath pleaded guilty today to two counts of violating the civil rights of two non-resistant arrestees by using excessive force against them. Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, and Acting U.S. Attorney G.F. Peterman III of the Middle District of Georgia announced the guilty plea. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: A federal grand jury yesterday returned a four count indictment in the Western District of New York charging two business owners with conspiracy to defraud the United States and filing a false tax return, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: Settlement Provides Over $10 Million in Monetary Relief Including Loan Subsidies and Compensation for Alleged Victims The Justice Department and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced a settlement agreement today to resolve allegations that BancorpSouth Bank violated the Fair Housing ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: A Paramus, New Jersey, man pleaded guilty today to helping to funnel $80,000 in campaign contributions from a foreign source to the joint fundraising committee of the President of the United States during the 2012 presidential election, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman of the District of New Jersey.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: Two Georgia real estate investors pleaded guilty today for their roles in bid-rigging and fraud conspiracies committed at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Georgia, the Department of Justice announced today. Michael Stock and Jon Stovall Jr. each admitted that they agreed with other real estate ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: Kan Chen, 26, of Ningbo, China, in Zhejiang Province, was sentenced to 30 months in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiring to violate the Arms Export Control Act and International Traffic in Arms Regulations; attempting to violate the Arms Export Control Act and International Traffic in Arms Regulations; and violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
By Fed Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced it has not objected to the capital plans of 30 bank holding companies participating in the Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR). The Board objected to two firms' plans. One other firm's plan was not objected to, but the firm is being required to address certain weaknesses and resubmit its plan by the end of 2016.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: Today, Deputy Secretary of Commerce Bruce Andrews, on behalf of U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, attended the President’s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa (PAC-DBIA) in Washington. The PAC-DBIA brought together business leaders and government officials to discuss strategies designed ...
By Labor Gazette | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: HEBRON, Ohio – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued 57 citations for safety violations to Sunfield Inc., an Ohio auto parts’ manufacturer. The agency has also proposed the company pay more than $3.42 million in total fines for its failure to disconnect machinery ...
By Labor Gazette | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: ARLINGTON, Va. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration announced today that – for the first time since reforms began in 2010 – none of the nation’s more than 13,000 mining operations meets the criteria for a Pattern of Violations notice.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 29, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on June 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jun 29, 2016
The US Energy Department published a five page notice on June 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on June 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
The US Interior Department published a three page notice on June 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on June 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on June 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 29, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on June 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
