News from December 2017
By USDA Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, Dec. 14, 2017 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is asking fluid milk processors and other interested parties to nominate candidates to serve on the National Fluid Milk Processor Promotion Board. The deadline for nominations is Jan. 12, 2018.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, Dec. 14, 2017 — The most wonderful time of the year is already here. Some of us stay home for the holidays; others travel to visit relatives or friends. Regardless of the destination, one thing that does not change is that food is always part of the celebration.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: Funding Helps Improve Streets, Transit Facilities and Other Structures to Spur Economic Growth and Create Jobs WASHINGTON, Dec. 14, 2017 – Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today highlighted U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) investments in Fiscal Year 2017 that will help construct or improve infrastructure and boost economic growth in rural communities.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: (WASHINGTON, Dec. 14, 2017) – U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Steve Censky announced today the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will revamp its Information Technology (IT) operating model to increase efficiency in serving its customers.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: Yarann Im was sentenced to six months imprisonment and three years of supervised release and Thomas Choi was sentenced to six months in prison with a fine of $25,000 today for trafficking juvenile American eels (also called “elvers” or “glass eels”) in violation of the Lacey Act, following a hearing ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Georgia, the Environmental Crimes Section of the United States Department of Justice’s Environment and Natural Resources Division, and the United States Department of Agriculture – Office of Inspector General hosted training for the Southeast ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: Wayne Powell, a former employee of American Suzuki Motor Corporation headquartered in Brea, California, was sentenced today to one day in prison in federal court in Detroit for violating the Clean Air Act when he submitted a false end-of-year report to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Justice Department announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: DaVita Rx LLC, a nationwide pharmacy that specializes in serving patients with severe kidney disease, agreed to pay a total of $63.7 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations relating to improper billing practices and unlawful financial inducements to federal healthcare program beneficiaries, the Justice Department announced today. DaVita Rx is based in Coppell, Texas.
By Fed Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board has approved actions on Thursday by the Boards of Directors of the Federal Reserve Banks of Chicago, St. Louis, and Minneapolis, increasing the discount rate (the primary credit rate) at the Banks from 1-3/4 percent to 2 percent, effective immediately.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: “President Trump is slashing costly and unnecessary red tape, fees, and paperwork to reduce the unreasonable burden placed on American businesses and workers. At the Department of Commerce, we have exceeded President Trump’s mandate that for every one new regulation, two old regulations must be eliminated, ...
By Labor Gazette | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA – A federal contractor that serves as the prime contractor for repair and renovation projects at federal buildings in West Virginia and Kentucky, has paid $213,282 in back wages to seven employees to resolve violations of federal law found by the U.S. Department of Labor.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta issued the following statement regarding the release of the Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions: “Today, President Trump made clear the progress his Administration is making in bringing common sense to regulations that hold back ...
By DOT News Wire | Dec 14, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a seven page notice on Dec. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | Dec 14, 2017
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Dec. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | Dec 14, 2017
The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on Dec. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Dec. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Dec. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Dec. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Dec 14, 2017
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Dec. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 14, 2017
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Dec. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.