News from September 2016
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Huerta announced today that the FAA is delivering on its commitment to incentivize general aviation aircraft owners to equip their aircraft with required NextGen avionics technology before the Jan. 1, 2020 deadline.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A business located in Erie, Pennsylvania and three residents of Erie County, Pennsylvania, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Jason Wayne Russell, 39, of Moorefield, West Virginia, pled guilty today for traveling across state lines to the Baltimore area to procure heroin, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A business located in Erie, Pennsylvania and three residents of Erie County, Pennsylvania, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, Sept. 13, 2016 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking applications for grants to improve health care in the Delta Region. Nearly $4.4 million in grant funding is available through the Delta Health Care Services Grant Program.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, Sept. 13, 2016—Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Coca-Cola North America President Sandy Douglas today announced that their partnership to restore and protect damaged watersheds on national forests achieved a milestone of one billion liters of water restored, and that the partnership ...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: Obama Administration Files Complaint on Behalf of American Farmers, Alleging China has Broken its WTO Commitments for Rice, Wheat, and Corn WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Obama Administration has launched a new trade enforcement action against the People's Republic of China at the World Trade Organization ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced awards totaling more than $13 million to 41 state, local and tribal jurisdictions and courts to help improve drug court programs through evidence-based principles and practices.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced awards totaling more than $17.5 million to state justice agencies and technical assistance partners to improve public safety and more effectively manage correctional populations and costs.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: Regions Bank (Regions) has agreed to pay $52.4 million to the United States to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly originating and underwriting mortgage loans insured by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Federal Housing Administration (FHA) ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: An Oregon man made his initial appearance in Denver for production and transportation of child pornography, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer of the District of Colorado.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: More than $6 Million in Fines and Restitution Imposed Ten Eastern California real estate investors were sentenced yesterday for their participation in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Eastern California, the Department of Justice announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: Defendant Admitted to Shooting and Killing an Individual Believed to Be a Rival Gang Member A Hyattsville, Maryland, man pleaded guilty today, just before trial, to conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise known as La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, including participating in a murder.
By Fed Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the termination of the enforcement actions listed below: Anchor Commercial Bank, Juno Beach, Florida Written Agreement dated March 16, 2010 Terminated September 8, 2016 Bridgeview Bancorp, Inc., Bridgeview, Illinois Written Agreement dated Feb. 18, 2011 ...
By Commerce News Now | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: Today, Deputy Secretary of Commerce Bruce Andrews addressed the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Conference about the success of this national public-private partnership in catalyzing U.S. manufacturing and evolving to better support manufacturers. The Deputy Secretary referenced his own experience at Ford to speak about the recovery in American manufacturing since the financial crisis, and particularly the recent successes of the auto industry.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: Growing up in a family that made everything from railroad tank cars to medical equipment, I was raised with a deep appreciation of the American manufacturing tradition.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today released the following statement on the release of the 2015 Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance statistics by the U.S. Census Bureau. The report indicated the median household income was $56,500 in 2015, up 5.2 percent from 2014, and the official poverty rate fell 1.2 percent from 2014, to 13.5 percent. In addition, more of the U.S. population was covered by health insurance at some point last year.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has awarded $10.5 million in one-year federal safety and health training grants to 77 nonprofit organizations nationwide. The grants will provide training and education for workers and employers on the recognition, ...
By DOT News Wire | Sep 13, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Sept. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Sep 13, 2016
The US State Department published a one page notice on Sept. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
