News from June 2016
By DOE Newswire | Jun 14, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement commending the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decision to uphold the FCC’s Open Internet Rules...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), today issued the following statement after the D.C. Circuit Court issued its opinion on the FCC’s Net Neutrality rules.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 14, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement commending the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decision to uphold the FCC’s Open Internet Rules...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Gary Alphonso Robinson, age 27, of Capitol Heights, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to the theft of eight firearms and possession of ammunition by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel sentenced Barbara Murphy, age 52, of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, today to 10 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for bribing a contracting officer with the U.S. Postal Service in exchange for favorable treatment in connection with the awarding of contracts to deliver mail. Judge Hazel ordered Murphy to begin serving her sentence today, and to forfeit $17,920.31.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former corrections officer with the Essex County Correctional Facility was sentenced today to 300 months in prison for sexually assaulting a pretrial detainee and then lying about it to investigators, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman, District of New Jersey, and Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Roxanne Granberry, 35, Hughesville, Maryland, was convicted today by a federal jury on charges of conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and obtaining oxycodone by fraud.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 Today I thank Congress for approving our $28 million reprogramming request for TSA, which will allow us to more effectively and efficiently screen the increased number of travelers at U.S. airports. I would especially like to thank Chairman John Hoeven, Ranking Member Jeanne Shaheen, Chairman John Carter, and Ranking Member Lucille Roybal-Allard for their efforts to ensure the approval of this request.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has filed a lawsuit alleging that the state of Michigan and the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) are engaged in a pattern or practice of sex-based employment discrimination against female correctional officers in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, and U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman of the District of New Jersey announced today that Shawn D. Shaw, 42, of Newark, New Jersey, a former correctional officer with the Essex County, New Jersey, Correctional Facility, was sentenced today to 25 years in prison for sexually assaulting a pretrial detainee and then lying about it to investigators.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: A federal court in Orlando, Florida, has permanently barred a Florida man from preparing tax returns for others and owning or operating a tax return preparation business, Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division announced today. The court also entered ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: A Cuban national was sentenced to 37 months in prison today for his role in a multimillion-dollar health care fraud scheme in the greater Tampa, Florida, area. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney A. Lee Bentley III of the Middle District ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: A former social security Chief Administrative Law Judge pleaded guilty in federal court today for conspiring to retaliate against a former employee of the Social Security Administration (SSA) who provided information regarding potential corruption and fraud to federal investigators.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today announced that 22 U.S. Chiefs of Mission will join President Barack Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry, and other administration officials at the 2016 SelectUSA Investment Summit , June 20-21, at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C. The Summit will ...
By Labor Gazette | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: ALLIANCE, Neb. – A mere 20 minutes after an 8-foot deep trench collapsed, burying a 61-year-old plumber under thousands of pounds of soil, emergency responders pronounced the man dead. Partially buried, his co-worker escaped the trench and frantically tried to rescue the man until help arrived.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio – Less than a year after federal inspectors cited an Ohio rubber-hose manufacturer for 11 machine safety violations, the company now faces an additional $70,000 in fines after safety lapses led a 27-year-old male worker to suffer severe injuries at its Bellefontaine plant.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – A new report from the U.S. Department of Labor shows 74 percent of workers displaced by foreign trade return to work three months after receiving benefits and services provided through the Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers program. At the six-month mark, more than 92 percent remain employed. These findings are included in the Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers Program’s Annual Report , the department announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on June 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jun 13, 2016
The US Energy Department published a five page notice on June 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jun 13, 2016
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on June 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
