News from May 2016
By Interior Newswire | May 14, 2016
News Release: Approximately 1,474 acres or 2.3 square miles burned on the east side of the park on May 11, 2014.
By Interior Newswire | May 14, 2016
News Release: : Capitan Rafael Chacón survived some of the most historically significant moments in the formation of modern-day New Mexico, from the establishment of a wild and new territory all the way to statehood. During the invasion of his homeland by the U.S. in 1846, he commanded a Mexican Army artillery position...
By Interior Newswire | May 14, 2016
News Release: Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore's 2016 "Adopt-a-Trail, Adopt-a-Campsite and Adopt-a-Beach" orientation and training session will be held Saturday, May 28 from 9 am to 10 am. It will be held at Miners Castle, located approximately 6.5 miles east of Munising on H-58, then north on Miners Castle Road 5 miles.
By State Newswire | May 14, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) released the following statement condemning the government-supported Holocaust cartoon contest taking place this weekend in Tehran...
By Interior Newswire | May 14, 2016
News Release: The fourth Thursday of the month just won't be the same anymore: after 15 years, Keweenaw National Historical Park is ending the Fourth Thursday in Historys peaker series program.
By Homeland Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON – Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh C. Johnson today presented the 2016 Department of Homeland Security Secretary’s Award for Valor to 13 outstanding individuals who have displayed exceptional valor while serving the Department, or while off-duty acting only as a concerned citizen willing to help those in need.
By Homeland Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 On May 15-17, Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas will travel to Havana, Cuba to participate in bilateral meetings on law enforcement cooperation with senior Cuban Government officials and kick off the Law Enforcement Dialogue between the United States and Cuba.
By USDA Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: Projects Support Innovation and Forest Health WASHINGTON, May 13, 2016 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell today announced over $8.5 million to expand and accelerate technologies and strategies that promote the use of wood in commercial construction, heat and power ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: The U.S. Departments of Justice and Education released joint guidance today to help provide educators the information they need to ensure that all students, including transgender students, can attend school in an environment free from discrimination based on sex.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: M&T Bank Corp. (M&T Bank) has agreed to pay the United States $64 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly originating and underwriting mortgage loans insured by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Federal Housing Administration (FHA) that did not meet applicable requirements, the Justice Department announced today. M&T Bank is headquartered in Buffalo, New York.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has reached an agreement with NetJets Services Inc. (NetJets), a business that provides private aviation services based out of Columbus, Ohio. The agreement resolves allegations that NetJets violated the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) by discriminating against work-authorized immigrants.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan entered a permanent injunction against Scotty’s Incorporated (Scotty’s), of Detroit, Michigan, and its co-owner and manager, Sandra J. Jackson, to prevent the distribution of adulterated ready-to-eat sandwiches, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: A West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, man pleaded guilty today to one count of filing a false individual income tax return, Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division announced. According to court documents, Keith Eaton, 51, did not file federal individual ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: Gill Parker Payne, 37, of Gastonia, North Carolina, pleaded guilty today in the District of New Mexico to one count of using force or threat of force to intentionally obstruct a Muslim woman, identified as K.A., in the free exercise of her religious beliefs.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: Michael Mancil Brown was found guilty late yesterday by a federal jury sitting in Nashville for engaging in an extortion and wire fraud scheme involving former Presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s tax returns, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal ...
By USDA Wire | May 13, 2016
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on May 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | May 13, 2016
The US Agriculture Department published a three page notice on May 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | May 13, 2016
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on May 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | May 13, 2016
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on May 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | May 13, 2016
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on May 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
