News from June 2016
By Interior Newswire | Jun 4, 2016
News Release: In celebration of the Centennial of the National Park Service and the 80th anniversary of Homestead National Monument of America, the United States Army Field Band Brass Quintet will perform at the Homestead Education Center on June 14, 2016 at 1 p.m. Following the concert, at 2 p.m., is a United States Citizenship and Naturalization Ceremony.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 4, 2016
News Release: At approximately 3:10 p.m. today, Friday, June 3, members of the military group were flown from the summit of Longs Peak. There were initially ten members in the original group, an eleventh person affiliated with the military went up to assist them. They did not require any medical treatment from park staff.
By State Newswire | Jun 4, 2016
News Release: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) and a bipartisan delegation today completed two days of meetings in South Korea focused on the threats North Korea poses to global security.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 3, 2016
News Release: BLOOMINGTON, Ill., June 3, 2016 – USDA Rural Business-Cooperative Service Administrator Sam Rikkers today unveiled new rules to expand access to capital for rural businesses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department announced today the release of draft guidance documents governing the testimony and reports of the department’s forensic experts. These documents, available for public comment through July 8, are designed to ensure that department forensic experts only make statements in the courtroom ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2016
News Release: Nine Members of the Conspiracy Convicted of Terrorism Charges in Largest Multi-Defendant ISIL-Related Case in United States Guled Ali Omar, Abdurahman Yasin Daud and Mohamed Abdihamid Farah were convicted by a federal jury today of conspiring to commit murder in Syria on behalf of the Islamic State of ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2016
News Release: Used Secret Foreign Accounts to Hide over $500,000 in Funds and Avoid Paying Taxes A South Carolina man pleaded guilty to a criminal information charging conspiracy to defraud the United States for the purpose of obstructing the functions of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein of the District of Maryland.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2016
News Release: The Department of Justice, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the New York State Inspector General, which are all conducting a joint federal and state investigation into bid-rigging, fraud and tax-related offenses in the award of contracts at the New York Power Authority (NYPA), announced today that a Westchester County, New York, resident pleaded guilty today to aiding and assisting in the filing of a false tax return.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2016
News Release: Deputy Attorney General Sally Q. Yates released the following statement following President Obama’s clemency announcement today: "Our responsibility at the Department of Justice is to seek justice and that includes rectifying disproportionately long sentences for certain drug offenders sentenced under ...
By Fed Newswire | Jun 3, 2016
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday approved an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) inviting comment on conceptual frameworks for capital standards that could apply to systemically important insurance companies and to insurance companies that own a bank or thrift. The standards would differ for each group.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 3, 2016
News Release: Today, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Bruce Andrews delivered opening remarks at the 4thU.S.-Pakistan Business Opportunities Conference at the Citigroup Conference Center in New York City. This conference builds upon the Joint Action Plan that President Obama and Prime Minister Sharif committed to ...
By Commerce News Now | Jun 3, 2016
News Release: Today, the Department of Commerce released a report titled: "Digital Matching Firms: A New Definition in the 'Sharing Economy' Space." The report provides the first-ever government definition of "digital matching firms," which are companies that use Internet and smartphone-enabled apps to match service ...
By Commerce News Now | Jun 3, 2016
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker issued the following statement today on the release of the April 2016 U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services monthly data. U.S. exports of goods and services increased to $182.8 billion in April from $180.2 billion in March. New monthly export records ...
By Labor Gazette | Jun 3, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez issued the following statement about the May 2016 Employment Situation report released today: “In May, the economy added 38,000 jobs. Despite job growth below expectations, the nation continues to recover from the Great Recession, with 75 consecutive months of uninterrupted private-sector job growth to the tune of 14.5 million jobs. The national unemployment rate in May inched downward to 4.7 percent.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 3, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on June 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 3, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on June 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 3, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on June 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 3, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on June 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 3, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on June 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 3, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on June 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
