News from December 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: Four people were charged with illegally reentering the United States, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Reclamation announced today that it will lower the level of Lake Moovalya by approximately one-foot in elevation for about two-weeks beginning in early January 2018. Lake Moovalya is the small body of water behind Headgate Rock Dam north of Parker, Arizona.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that area law enforcement leaders met today for a roundtable discussion aimed at improving coordination to reduce violent crime in the metropolitan area.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: A Canton man was indicted on child pornography charges, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: FBI Releases 2016 NIBRS Crime Statistics in Report and CDE, Promotes Transition of Agencies.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - Acting United States Attorney Corey Amundson announced today the conviction of a private investigator who fraudulently used President Donald J. Trump’s personal identifying information, including his social security number, in an attempt to illegally obtain his federal tax information from the Internal Revenue Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: Owner of Miami Home Health Agency Sentenced to More Than Nine Years in Prison for Role in $15 Million Medicare Fraud Conspiracy.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - A north Chicago suburban man, who was free on bond while awaiting trial in another federal child pornography case, was arrested again Thursday for allegedly furnishing sexually explicit images of children to an undercover law enforcement agent.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Sore mouth disease (also known as contagious ecthyma) is thought to be responsible for an illness observed among bighorn rams in Yellowstone National Park. Sore mouth disease is a virus caused by the parapoxvirus. It is transmittable to people if direct contact with infected sheep occurs. The park reminds people to not approach or touch wildlife.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON – Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen spoke with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner James O’Neill regarding the details of the attempted terrorist attack in New York City. Secretary Nielsen released the following statement on the Department’s role in coordinating a federal response to terror-related incidents.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON - “I commend the House of Representatives for passing H.R. 3359. I urge the Senate to pass similar legislation. As the events of this morning illustrate, our nation’s critical infrastructure can often be prime targets ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: Netcracker Technology Corp. (NTC), a global software company serving the telecommunications industry, has agreed to implement enhanced security protocols for software development, implementation, and its other services to clients, many of whom are part of the United States’s critical communications infrastructure, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: Today Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued the following statement on the attempted terrorist attack in New York City: “The President is exactly correct about the changes we need to our immigration system. We have now seen two terrorist attacks in New York City in less than two months that were carried ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: The owner and operator of a defunct Miami, Florida home health agency was sentenced to 115 months in prison today for his role in a $15 million conspiracy to defraud the Medicare program. Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Acting U.S. Attorney ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: Kaan Sercan Damlarkaya, an 18-year-old U.S. citizen from Houston, has been charged with unlawfully distributing explosive making information and attempting to provide material support to Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By Fed Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday requested public comment on proposed policy changes to procedures governing the provision of intraday credit to U.S. branches and agencies of foreign banking organizations (FBOs). The changes are intended to refine the methods for determining the level of intraday credit that these branches and agencies can receive from the Federal Reserve Banks.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce Matthew S. Borman, from the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) , has been named as a recipient of a Presidential Rank Award for his extraordinary accomplishments and commitment to excellence in public service.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: JASPER, AL – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Carl Cannon Inc., an automobile dealership, for serious safety violations after three employees died and two were injured at its Jasper facility.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 11, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Dec. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 11, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
