News from May 2016
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Lebanon, Mo., man was indicted for being a felon in possession of firearms following an eight-hour-long standoff with law enforcement officers while he was in the attic space of a friend’s residence.
By Commerce Newswire | May 3, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today announced a hearing to examine the role of outcomes and evidence standards in shaping social policies and how they can be best applied to program delivery and financing models.The hearing,...
By USDA Newswire | May 3, 2016
News Release: Next Round of Funding Will Support Pollinator Health, Plant and Animal Phenomics Research WASHINGTON, May 3, 2016 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today awarded $16.5 million in grants to support research into methods for boosting agriculture productivity and ensuring food security in the ...
By USDA Newswire | May 3, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, May 3, 2016 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the launch of a new private investment fund with the potential to inject $100 million into small food and agriculture businesses across rural America. The fund, known as the Open Prairie Rural Opportunities Fund, will be the ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department announced today a settlement with the Columbia, South Carolina, Police Department (CPD) to ensure that persons who are deaf or hard of hearing receive sign language interpreters and other services necessary for effective communication when interacting with CPD police officers, ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2016
News Release: Stole Identities from D.C. Government Agency for Use in Filing False Tax Returns A resident of Bowie, Maryland, was sentenced today to four years in prison after pleading guilty in January for his involvement in a far-reaching identity theft and tax fraud scheme in which he assisted in the filing of ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2016
News Release: Shahid Hassan Muslim, aka “Sharp,” 33, was sentenced today to life in prison for operating an extensive sex trafficking enterprise that recruited women and girls – some as young as 16 years old – into prostitution.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2016
News Release: The Departments of Justice and Education entered into a voluntary settlement agreement late yesterday with the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) under the Equal Educational Opportunities Act and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The agreement requires ADE to raise its English proficiency ...
By Fed Newswire | May 3, 2016
News Release: The federal banking agencies proposed a rule to strengthen the resilience of large banking organizations by requiring them to maintain a minimum level of stable funding relative to the liquidity of their assets, derivatives, and commitments, over a one-year period. The rule, the net stable funding ratio, or NSFR, is being proposed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
By Fed Newswire | May 3, 2016
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday proposed a rule to support U.S. financial stability by enhancing the resolvability of very large and complex financial firms.
By Fed Newswire | May 3, 2016
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of the enforcement action listed below: Farmers & Merchants Bank of Ashland, Ashland, Nebraska Order of Assessment of a Civil Money Penalty dated April 26, 2016 The Federal Reserve Board also announced the termination of the enforcement action ...
By Commerce News Now | May 3, 2016
News Release: The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) and the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (WHIAAPI) will host its first-ever National Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Business Summit on Wednesday, May 25.
By Labor Gazette | May 3, 2016
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO – A federal court has entered a consent judgment that orders a Silicon Valley electronics manufacturer to pay more than $80,000 in minimum wage and overtime back pay and an equal, additional amount in damages to its workers after the U.S. Department of Labor discovered violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Nearly $8,000 in civil money penalties were also assessed against the employer.
By Labor Gazette | May 3, 2016
News Release: ANDOVER, Mass. – Two employees of Ned Stevens Gutter Cleaning and General Contracting of Massachusetts were doing their job atop a roof at 19 Columbus St. in Newton on Nov. 29, 2015, when one of them fell. He initially a hit a lower roof 11 feet below then fell another 15 feet to the ground and was injured. ...
By DOJ Gazette | May 3, 2016
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on May 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | May 3, 2016
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on May 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | May 3, 2016
The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on May 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | May 3, 2016
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on May 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | May 3, 2016
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on May 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | May 3, 2016
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on May 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
