News published on Federal Newswire in October 2016

News from October 2016


News Release: A West Palm Beach, Florida, resident pleaded guilty today to multiple criminal charges in connection with a sophisticated global cell phone fraud scheme that involved compromising cellphone customers’ accounts and “cloning” their phones to make fraudulent international calls.


News Release: The Justice Department filed a proposed consent decree with the city of Florence, Kentucky, to resolve a pregnancy and disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the department under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).


News Release: Wengui Yan, 61, of Stuttgart, Arkansas, pleaded guilty to one count of making false statements to the FBI while working as a geneticist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture at the Dale Bumpers National Research Center in Stuttgart.


News Release: Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch and Turkish Minister of Justice Bekir Bozdağ met today to discuss law enforcement and counterterrorism cooperation between the United States and Turkey, including cooperation on extradition. In particular, the Attorney General and the Minister of Justice discussed that, ...


News Release: Simon Kuznets is not a household name. Born to a Jewish family in pre-Soviet Belarus in 1901, Kuznets studied economics in Ukraine until 1922, when Russian persecution led him to immigrate to America. In New York, Kuznets would complete his studies at Columbia University and go on to become one of the world’s most renowned economists, whose work still shapes the way we understand our economy today.


US Labor Secretary Perez’s blog post stresses need for affordable child care

News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor’s blog today features a post by U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez on the importance of affordable child care for America’s working families.


US Labor Department awards more than $30M in grants to improve states’ unemployment insurance program operations

News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced awards totaling approximately $30.4 million to 39 workforce agencies nationwide for initiatives to improve the delivery and management of state unemployment programs.


The US State Department published a one page notice on Oct. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a one page notice on Oct. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Oct. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Oct. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Oct. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a five page notice on Oct. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a five page notice on Oct. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Oct. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Oct. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Oct. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Oct. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Oct. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Oct. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.