News from October 2016
By DOL Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: PLAINFIELD, Ill. - A federal investigation prompted by the death of a 50-year-old worker at the Plainfield steel processing facility has resulted in a half-dozen safety and health violations.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Alabama today announced a settlement with Jefferson County under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act to improve physical accessibility at the county’s polling places for individuals who use wheelchairs and other mobility aids, and for individuals who are blind or have vision impairments.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Zane David Memeger announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Tomika N.S. Patterson will lead the efforts of the Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 8, 2016, general elections. AUSA Tomika...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today that Assistant United States Attorney Shanicka L. Kennedy has been appointed to serve as the District Election Officer (DEO) for the Western District of Pennsylvania. In that capacity AUSA Kennedy is responsible for overseeing the District’s handling of complaints of voting rights abuses and election fraud in consultation with Justice Department Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: FBI Seeks Woman Who Robbed Albuquerque Bank One Year Ago.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - An American tuna fishing company that regularly unloaded its catch in American Samoa, was convicted and sentenced today for discharging oil into the South Pacific and for maintaining false records, announced Assistant Attorney General John C. Cruden of the Department of Justice’s Environment...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that CLYDEDORO GRAHAM was sentenced in White Plains federal court to 270 months in prison for kidnapping a 19-year-old victim (the “Victim"), conspiring to engage in sex trafficking of the Victim, and attempting...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In July of 2015, support was surging for H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act. As the House prepared to vote on Cures, resounding support from leading health care experts and thought leaders from both sides of the aisle poured in. Most importantly, over 700 groups encompassing patient...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a Newark man was charged today with possession with intent to distribute large amounts of heroin and cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: On Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016, Nicole Coleman, 34, of Montgomery, Alabama was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge W. Keith Watkins to 36 months in prison. Coleman’s sentence came after she pled guilty to making false statements in a federal income tax return.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Following the Administration's release of Obamacare's 2017 benchmark premium increases, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) today released a Majority Staff White Paper detailing a number of issues plaguing...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that GREGORY McINTYRE, age 19, of Sallisaw, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 13 months imprisonment for STEALING FIREARMS FROM A FEDERAL FIREARMS LICENSED DEALER, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 924(m) and 2.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: Yesterday, a Kissimmee, Florida resident was sentenced to more than seventeen years in prison, after having been convicted at trial of wire fraud.
By State Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) released the following statement after the Obama administration chose not to defend U.S. law pertaining to Cuba at the United Nations...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: This Sunday, National Weatherization Day, the Energy Department joins 13 states - Arkansas, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Rhode Island, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin - and several hundred local agencies in celebrating the 40th anniversary of the department’s Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP).
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 On Oct. 27, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson will visit Ottawa, Canada to participate in bilateral meetings with key counterparts. Discussions will focus on continued cooperation on priority issues for both governments, ...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 745 Employees Receive Awards for Valor, Customer Service, Diversity Management, Volunteer Service, Excellence and Exceptional Service WASHINGTON –Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh C. Johnson hosted the 2016 DHS Secretary’s Awards Ceremony to honor DHS employees from across the country for their extraordinary work and commitment to the Department’s mission.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: Department to Help Finance 82 Projects to Increase Reliability of Rural Electric Utility Systems WASHINGTON, Oct. 26, 2016 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is providing $3.6 billion in loans to fund 82 electric projects in 31 states. These loans will finance infrastructure upgrades, create jobs and improve system operations for rural electric customers nationwide.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: Divestiture Will Preserve Competition for Railcar Freight Brake Systems and Components in the United States The Department of Justice announced today that it will require Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (Wabtec) to divest Faiveley Transport North America’s (Faiveley) entire U.S. freight ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: A federal grand jury returned an indictment on Oct. 19 and unsealed today, charging the owners of adult foster care homes located throughout Michigan with 60 counts of failing to account for and pay over employment taxes, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head ...
