News from October 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - George H. Bell, former Georgia Department of Transportation (“G-DOT") Assistant Area Maintenance Foreman, was sentenced today to four and a half years’ imprisonment for accepting bribe payments in exchange for allowing more than 2,600 dump truckloads of unsuitable dirt to be dumped in DeKalb County, resulting in substantial environmental damage and more than $1.5 million in clean-up costs.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ - North Rim operations will begin seasonal shut-down of most visitor services on Saturday, October 15. The North Rim will remain open to day-use visitors and overnight campers, until Thursday, December 1 unless heavy snowfall closes State Highway 67 earlier.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Rodney Walker, 46, of Atlanta, Georgia, who was convicted of wire fraud, was sentenced to 15 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The defendant was also ordered to pay $ 175,000 in restitution.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: CLEVELAND - A former Bosnian Serb military officer and his wife were deported Sept. 30, after being convicted separately for lying to gain immigration benefits in the United States. The pair withheld or lied about the husband’s extensive involvement in the 1992-1995 civil war in Bosnian-Herzegovina, including at Srebrenica in July 1995.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 3, 2016 - A new report released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) shows that in 2014, the biobased products industry contributed $393 billion and 4.2 million jobs to America's recovering economy. The report also indicates that the sector grew from 2013 to 2014, creating ...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 3, 2016 - Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced today the start of a new U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) jobs program that will use the national apprenticeship system to hire new employees as agricultural commodity graders, a key role in USDA's mission to protect American consumers. The new program will also serve as a way to increase jobs for U.S. veterans.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: Grants Will Help Create Jobs, Boost Rural Economies in 22 States WASHINGTON, Oct. 3, 2016 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is awarding 29 grants totaling $5.8 million to help rural cooperatives create jobs and support business expansion. The funds are being provided through the Rural Cooperative Development Grant (RCDG) program , which helps fund non-profit groups, such as rural cooperative development centers and higher education institutions.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: Attorney General Lynch, Dallas Cowboys to hold 21st Century Community Policing Youth Forum on Facebook Live! Justice Department to Announce nearly $119 million in Grant Awards to Advance Community Policing Efforts As part of the Obama Administration’s commitment to building stronger relationships between ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch today announced $119 million in grant funding through the Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) COPS Hiring Program (CHP). The Attorney General announced funding awards to 184 law enforcement agencies across the nation, aimed ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: A major U.S. hospital chain, Tenet Healthcare Corporation, and two of its Atlanta-area subsidiaries will pay over $513 million to resolve criminal charges and civil claims relating to a scheme to defraud the United States and to pay kickbacks in exchange for patient referrals. Principal Deputy Assistant ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) Special Master Rupa Bhattacharyya announced that the VCF began payments today on Group B claims after the funding to pay became available on Oct. 1 as set forth in the 2015 Reauthorization Act of the VCF. Group A claims are claims for which a loss was determined and a letter notifying the claimant of the award decision on the claim was issued on or before Dec. 17, 2015. Group B claims are those that are not in Group A.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: Nelash Mohamed Das, 24, a citizen of Bangladesh residing in Hyattsville, Maryland, has been charged by federal criminal complaint with attempting to provide material support and resources to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization, in connection with ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: Primary Residential Mortgage Inc. (PRMI) and SecurityNational Mortgage Company (SecurityNational) have agreed to pay the United States $5 million and $4.25 million, respectively, to resolve separate allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly originating and underwriting mortgage ...
By Labor Gazette | Oct 3, 2016
News Release: BOSTON – The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit with the department’s Office of Administrative Law Judges alleging a Massachusetts technology manufacturer engaged in discriminatory pay practices against female assembly workers at its Peabody headquarters.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 3, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Oct. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 3, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Oct. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Oct 3, 2016
The US State Department published a one page notice on Oct. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 3, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Oct. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 3, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Oct. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 3, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Oct. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
