News published on Federal Newswire in September 2016

News from September 2016


News Release: The former director of the city of Detroit’s Office of Departmental Technology Services (DTS) pleaded guilty today for accepting more than $29,500 in bribe payments from two information technology companies providing services and personnel to the city of Detroit.


News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that it has reached a $1 million settlement with Ralph J. Cox III, the former chief executive officer of Sumter, South Carolina-based Tuomey Healthcare System, for his involvement in the hospital’s illegal Medicare and Medicaid billings for services referred ...


News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that Vania Lee Allen has been sentenced to 40 months in prison for her role in a Jamaica-based lottery fraud scheme, followed by three years of supervised release. Allen was also order to pay $117,000 in restitution.


News Release: WASHINGTON – Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch released the following statement on the departure, effective Oct. 15, 2016, of Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin: “John Carlin has been a trusted and tireless leader of the Justice Department’s National Security Division. He ...


News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker delivered a keynote address to executives, technology industry leaders, and high-ranking government and national security officials at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s fifth-annual Cybersecurity Summit in Washington, DC.


News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today announced that 12 diverse communities will be redesignated as Manufacturing Communities as a part of the Investing in Manufacturing Communities Partnership (IMCP) initiative until 2018. The communities were all initially designated under the first round of the IMCP competition in 2014.


News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker has been designated by President Obama to lead a Presidential Delegation to Kyiv, Ukraine, for the Commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the Babyn Yar Massacre on September 29. While in Kyiv, September 28-29, Secretary Pritzker will also continue the Department’s high-level engagement with Ukrainian officials on economic reforms that will strengthen the country’s trade and investment climate.


Landscaping company cited after 23-year-old worker succumbs to fatal heat stroke in 110-degree weather

News Release: POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. – Federal investigators have cited an Indiana landscaping company in the death of a 23-year-old ground crewman who died after being hospitalized with a core body temperature above 108 degrees. U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigators determined ...


The US State Department published a two page notice on Sept. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a one page notice on Sept. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a one page notice on Sept. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a one page notice on Sept. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Sept. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Sept. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on Sept. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Sept. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a four page notice on Sept. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Sept. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Sept. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Sept. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.