News from December 2017
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 DHS Continues to Support Puerto Rico Rebuilding WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen traveled to Puerto Rico to discuss Hurricane Maria recovery efforts. Secretary Nielsen was joined by Housing ...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 2017 – Today the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) issued national program guidance that gives Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) state operators new flexibility to make their operations more efficient while improving customer service.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 2017 - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced the appointment of 27 members to the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board. Twenty-five of the appointees will serve three-year terms. Two appointees will serve the remaining one-year portion of vacant positions.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C., Dec. 20, 2017) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today issued the following statement regarding the Congressional passage of a conference report on tax cuts and reform legislation: “This is a once-in-a-generation reform of the federal tax code and it comes just in time ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: The United States and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania have settled a federal court case against ArcelorMittal Monessen LLC (AMM), involving alleged Clean Air Act violations at AMM’s coke (purified coal) plant in Monessen, Pennsylvania. The proposed consent decree, filed in U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: The United States and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania have settled a federal court case against ArcelorMittal Monessen LLC (AMM), involving alleged Clean Air Act violations at AMM’s coke (purified coal) plant in Monessen, Pennsylvania. The proposed consent decree, filed in U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: Pharmaceutical company United Therapeutics Corporation (UT), based in Silver Spring, Maryland, has agreed to pay $210 million to resolve claims that it used a foundation as a conduit to pay the copays of Medicare patients taking UT’s pulmonary arterial hypertension drugs, in violation of the False Claims ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: The Department of Justice welcomed representatives of the Tribal Nations Leadership Council (TNLC) to the department Monday and Tuesday for a series of discussions on how the United States and Tribal Nations can best work together to strengthen public safety and the government-to-government relationship. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: Attorney General Sessions today announced that the Department of Justice has created a new senior level position - Director of Opioid Enforcement and Prevention Efforts (“Director”). The Director will be responsible for assisting the Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General, and Department components in formulating and implementing Department initiatives, policies, grants, and programs relating to opioids, and coordinating these efforts with law enforcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: The Departments of Justice and the Interior joined with the New York State Office of the Attorney General (NYSOAG) and Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) today to announce a proposed settlement with Honeywell International Inc. (Honeywell) and Onondaga County related to contamination of ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced a new $7 million award under the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services’ (COPS Office) Collaborative Reform Initiative for Technical Assistance. The award is to the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), a nonprofit membership organization ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security Dana J. Boente, U.S. Attorney David J. Freed for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and Special Agent in Charge Michael Harpster of the FBI’s Philadelphia Division announced today that Jalil Ibn Ameer Aziz, 21, a U.S. citizen and resident of Harrisburg, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: A former chief financial officer for Bankrate Inc., a publicly traded financial services and marketing company headquartered in North Palm Beach, Florida, was charged in an indictment unsealed today for his alleged participation in a complex accounting and securities fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: Two individuals who ran multimillion dollar prize promotion scams entered guilty pleas Dec. 12 in federal court in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Department of Justice announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: A Dominican citizen who resided in Lawrence, Massachusetts, was sentenced to 11 years in prison today after pleading guilty mid-trial to conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), access device fraud, theft of government property, aggravated identity theft and money laundering, announced ...
By Commerce News Now | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced the affirmative final determinations in the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of 100- to 150-seat large civil aircraft from Canada.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta issued the following statement today in response to Congressional approval of tax reform legislation: “Passage of tax reform is welcome news for American workers, job seekers, and job creators. We’ve seen strong job growth since President Trump ...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Dec. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Dec. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Dec. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
