News published on Federal Newswire in September 2016

News from September 2016


Treatments Continue on Soda Fire

News Release: Boise, ID -- Treatments within the Soda Fire burn area continue this fall with applications of herbicide on BLM-managed lands in both Idaho and Oregon.


News Release: Dear Secretary Johnson: I write to express serious concerns with information sharing among component entities of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) relating to immigration and citizenship determinations. Without leadership to address these shortcomings, our national security may be jeopardized...


News Release: Luray, VA:Shenandoah National Park, along with the Barlow family of Stanley, Virginia, will be co-hosting the 83th Annual Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Alumni Reunion on Sept. 24, 2016.The public is invited to meet with families and Alumni and hear first-hand about their experiences. Alumni reunion events will take place at the Big Meadows Lodge Massanutten Room (mile 51 Skyline Drive) beginning at 10:00 a.m. with remarks from park leadership.


This Week in the House Judiciary Committee (September 19-23)

News Release: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21. 10: 0 a.m. Full Committee Hearing. Impeachment Articles Referred on John Koskinen, Part III. Witness: *. The Honorable John Koskinen, Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service. 2237 Rayburn House Office Building. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22. 10: 0 a.m. Full Committee Hearing. Oversight ...


USDA Unveils New $328 Million Restoration Strategy for Gulf-area Agricultural Lands

News Release: Three-Year Plan Guides Investments on Working Lands, Complements work by RESTORE Council and other Partners CARRIERE, Miss., Sept. 19, 2016 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment Robert Bonnie today announced a new three-year, $328 million restoration ...


USDA Funds 18 Distance Learning and Telemedicine Projects in 16 States

News Release: Projects use telecommunications to bring medical expertise to rural areas, including substance misuse treatment WASHINGTON, Sept. 19, 2016 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is investing in 18 projects in 16 states to use communications technology to expand access to health care, substance misuse treatment and advanced educational opportunities.


USDA Announces Nearly $13 Million in Funding for Four Tribal Projects in Minnesota

News Release: RED LAKE, Minn., Sept. 19, 2016 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack today announced funding to help the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians with infrastructure for four essential community facilities, ranging from public safety to health care and including funds to construct a new chemical dependency treatment center in wake of the rural opioid epidemic. Funding is provided through USDA's Community Facilities program.


Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces New Local Initiatives to Address the Rural Opioid Epidemic

News Release: WASHINGTON, Sept. 19, 2016, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced new USDA initiatives to strengthen outreach and education resources at the local level to combat the rural opioid epidemic, including an expanded series of state-led opioid awareness events and increased access to information in USDA local offices. The effort begins on Monday, Sept. 19, coinciding with President Obama's designated Prescription Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Awareness Week from Sept. 18 – 23.


News Release: Chairman of the Board and Senior Vice President of Reimbursement Analysis to Pay an Additional $1.5 Million North American Health Care Inc. (NAHC), its chairman of the board, John Sorenson, and its senior vice president of Reimbursement Analysis, Margaret Gelvezon, have agreed to pay a total of $30 million ...


News Release: The Justice Department filed a proposed consent decree today with 30 Hop restaurant and bar in Coralville, Iowa, resolving claims that the establishment violated the new construction requirements of Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).


News Release: Vu Johnnie Nguyen of Virginia Beach, Virginia, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Asheville, North Carolina, to federal charges for unlawfully trafficking in American black bear gall bladders and other American black bear parts, the Justice Department announced. The conviction arose from ...


News Release: Defendant Deceived Investors, Diverted Funds and Dodged Tax Obligations A Watertown, New York, food and restaurant entrepreneur and franchisor pleaded guilty today to one count of wire fraud and one count of tax evasion announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, and U.S. Attorney Richard Hartunian for the Northern District of New York.


News Release: Deputy Attorney General Sally Q. Yates today announced awards totaling more than $10.8 million to assist 162 state, tribal and local government agencies to improve evidence-based substance abuse treatment programs for incarcerated inmates, as well as to prepare justice-involved individuals for reintegration ...


News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker delivered remarks to the Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity at its final meeting in Washington, D.C. President Obama has charged the Commission with developing and releasing a comprehensive set of recommendations to strengthen public and private sector cybersecurity by December 1st.


News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today announced the appointment of 30 private sector, nonprofit, and academic leaders to serve on the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (NACIE). Selected from a pool of more than 200 accomplished applicants, the council members will offer recommendations for policies and programs designed to make U.S. communities, businesses, and the workforce more globally competitive.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Sept. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Sept. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a one page notice on Sept. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a one page notice on Sept. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a one page notice on Sept. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.