News from March 2016
By DOE Newswire | Mar 19, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today issued the following statement on the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announcement of proposed regulations to update safety requirements for natural gas transmission pipelines...
By State Newswire | Mar 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) and Ranking Member Eliot Engel (D-NY) released the following statement as the two continue work to respond to Iranian aggression with new sanctions on its ballistic missiles program and a measure to reauthorize the existing Iran Sanctions Act...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 18, 2016
News Release: $272 million to be distributed to 41 States and Puerto Rico WASHINGTON, March 18, 2016 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the investment of more than $272 million will go to 41 states and Puerto Rico this year in support of local schools, roads and forests through the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (SRS). The SRS is administered by the U.S. Forest Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2016
News Release: A California man was sentenced to 216 months in prison today for two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit international money laundering in connection with an international “pump and dump” scheme involving stocks traded on the over-the-counter (OTC) market.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2016
News Release: An Annandale, Virginia, man was sentenced today to 10 years in prison to be followed by 10 years of supervised release for sex trafficking of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that the United States has filed a complaint under the False Claims Act in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina against Savannah River Nuclear Solutions LLC (SRNS) and Fluor Federal Services Inc. (FFSI) for allegedly overcharging the Department ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2016
News Release: A former executive of a Singapore-based defense contracting firm was sentenced to 63 months in prison today for his participation in a fraud scheme that over-billed the U.S. Navy by more than $34 million for ship husbanding services. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2016
News Release: A federal jury in New Orleans convicted the owner of a health care company and a doctor for their roles in a $34 million Medicare fraud scheme that operated over the course of seven years in New Orleans and surrounding communities. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2016
News Release: Joseph Hassan Farrokh, 28, of Woodbridge, Virginia, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to provide material support and resources to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization. The plea was accepted by U.S. District Judge Anthony J. Trenga of the Eastern ...
By Fed Newswire | Mar 18, 2016
News Release: The Federal Reserve System on Friday released the 2015 combined annual audited financial statements for the Federal Reserve Banks, as well as statements for the 12 individual Federal Reserve Banks, Maiden Lane LLC (ML LLC), and the Board of Governors. An independent auditing firm engaged by the Board has issued unmodified opinions on these financial statements and unqualified opinions on the Board's and the Bank's internal controls over financial reporting.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 18, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – A report released today under the labor chapter of the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement by the U.S. Department of Labor raises significant concerns regarding the right to freedom of association in Peru’s non-traditional export sectors, which include exports of textiles, apparel ...
By Commerce News Now | Mar 18, 2016
The US Commerce Department published a four page proposed rule on March 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Mar 18, 2016
The US Commerce Department published a two page proposed rule on March 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Mar 18, 2016
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on March 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Mar 18, 2016
The US Agriculture Department published a four page notice on March 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Mar 18, 2016
The US Agriculture Department published a four page notice on March 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Mar 18, 2016
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on March 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Mar 18, 2016
The US Agriculture Department published a four page notice on March 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Mar 18, 2016
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on March 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Mar 18, 2016
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on March 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
