News from September 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2016
News Release: Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that late Wednesday morning, a federal jury in Benton found Michael L. Jackson, III, 21, of Shiloh, Illinois, guilty of two counts of Interference with Commerce by Robbery and one count of Use of a Firearm in Relation to a Crime of Violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2016
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - Federal prosecutors on Thursday charged a former Huntsville physician, who was the nation’s highest Medicare prescriber of opioid painkillers at the height of his practice, with illegally prescribing controlled substances and with a health care fraud involving $9.5 million in unneeded and unused urine tests, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 23, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Next Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit will hear oral arguments on the EPA’s “Clean Power Plan." Since the plan was proposed, the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power has held eight hearings examining the legality and implementation of this rule. Selected excerpts of testimony from these hearings, as well as links to the hearings and related information, are provided below.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas and the Safe City Commission, which provides programing and services as One Safe Place in Fort Worth, Texas, is hosting a Smart on Crime-Connecting Resources Conference today in Arlington, Texas, at the Mac Bernd Professional Development Center, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker, of the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: MOAB, Utah-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Utah Moab Field Office recently approved a right-of-way proposal from Royce’s Electronics, Inc. to construct and operate a communications site in the Castle Valley Area. The purpose of the project is to provide high speed and more reliable internet service...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a New Haven, Mo., man has been convicted by a federal jury of attempting to entice or coerce a 14-year-old victim (actually an undercover law enforcement officer) to engage in illicit sex.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Tiffany Smith was sentenced today to 60 months in prison and ordered to pay $8,946 in restitution for robbery and assault with a dangerous weapon, announced United States Attorney Brian Stretch and United States Park Police Chief Robert MacLean. Smith’s co-defendant, Daron McClinton of...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: There will be a press conference today at noon to announce public corruption charges against nine defendants, including Joseph Percoco, the former Executive Deputy Secretary to the Governor, and Alain Kaloyeros, the President of SUNY Polytechnic Institute, for their roles in two bribery and fraud schemes in connection with the award of hundreds of millions of dollars in New York State contracts and other official state actions. Relevant charging documents are attached.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that two men were indicted by a federal grand jury in Anchorage for multiple armed robberies including the armed robbery of Wells Fargo Bank on Aug. 18, 2016.
By State Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, this evening welcomed unanimous passage in the House of Representatives of his comprehensive legislation to address the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. In April, Rep. Engel introduced the Stability and Democracy...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 Following the tragic January 2010 earthquake in Haiti, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) temporarily ceased removing Haitian nationals to Haiti. On April 1, 2011, ICE announced the resumption of removals on a limited basis of Haitians ...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, Sept. 22, 2016 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today issued the following statement: "I welcome the announcement from China's Ministry of Agriculture that it has lifted its ban on U.S. beef following a recently concluded review of the U.S. supply system. This announcement is a critical ...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: Facility Will Receive More Than $54 Million in Loan Assistance and Bring Medical Expertise to Rural Areas, Including Substance Use Disorder Treatment WILMINGTON, Ohio, Sept. 22, 2016 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced a $54.6 million Community Facilities program loan to the Fulton County Health Center in Wauseon, Ohio, to renovate a critical access hospital that also offers treatment for substance misuse disorders.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: Government Agencies and Non-Profits Collaborate to Launch Public Education Campaign The Justice Department, in coordination with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and other law enforcement partners, today announced wide-ranging ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: Settlement Is the First to Use Credits from Restoration Projects Approved by Natural Resources Trustees but Financed and Constructed by a Restoration Development Company A settlement has been reached with the city of Seattle, Washington, to resolve its liability for injured natural resources at the Lower ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: A federal jury in Los Angeles convicted the owner of a medical clinic for his role in a health care fraud scheme and for filing false income tax returns.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: The U.S. Department of Commerce today issued its Jobs Supported by Export Destination 2015 report showing that U.S. goods exports to current free trade agreement partners supported more than 3 million jobs in 2015, an increase of more than 22 percent since 2009. U.S. goods and services exports to our North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners – Canada and Mexico – alone accounted for nearly one out of four jobs supported by exports.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor announced today the award of $80.3 million in YouthBuild grants to non-profit organizations in 35 states to help young people struggling to reach key educational and career milestones and to equip themselves to be successful in the workforce and engaged in their communities.
By DOT News Wire | Sep 22, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Sept. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Sep 22, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Sept. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
