News from January 2017
By Interior Newswire | Jan 5, 2017
News Release: ANCHORAGE - The Bureau of Land Management announced a new Resource Management Plan (RMP) for the Eastern Interior Planning Area in east-central Alaska that increases recreational access for the public while at the same time ensuring continued access for mining and development. This plan and its balanced approach resulted from vast stakeholder input.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A Cullman County man pleaded guilty today in federal court to producing child pornography involving seven minor victims, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement after announcing committee leadership for the 115th Congress.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement after announcing committee leadership for the 115th Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2017
News Release: SOUTH BEND - United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, David Capp, announced that Lindani Mzembe, 32, of South Bend, Indiana was sentenced before South Bend District Court Judge Robert Miller, Jr. for kidnapping, making a ransom demand, discharging a firearm during a crime of violence and being felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2017
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS - Patrick A. Miles, Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, today announced his resignation effective noon on Jan. 20, 2017. He informed President Barack Obama and Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch of his decision yesterday Wednesday, January 4. “I am extremely blessed...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2017
News Release: Defendants were Charged in April 2016 based on OCDETF Operation Targeting Methamphetamine Traffickers in Northwestern New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad announced that on January 4, 2017, a federal grand jury returned an indictment against Darren M. Warner, also known as, “Krazy" (age: 54) of Bellevue, Wisconsin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2017
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. announced that former Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office (TPSO) Detective DAWN C. FORET, age 38, of Houma, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty today to a one count Bill of Information for theft of government funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2017
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston man who falsely told the FBI that he did not get any money from anyone related to the West Virginia Prep Academy pleaded guilty today, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Daniel Andrew Hicks, 43, entered his guilty plea to making a materially false statement to an FBI agent.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2017
News Release: First Individual Plea in Ongoing Investigation A foreign currency exchange (FX) dealer pleaded guilty to participating in a price-fixing conspiracy in the FX market, the Justice Department announced today. According to the one-count information filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2017
News Release: The husband of the former Deputy Chief of Mission in Rabat, Morocco, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for sexually abusing a former household staff member from 2010 to 2013. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Channing D. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2017
News Release: The Justice Department released a comprehensive report today that provides an overview of the Civil Rights Division’s police reform work under Section 14141 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2017
News Release: An Arkansas state representative pleaded guilty today to conspiring to authorize and direct a total of $600,000 in state government funds to two non-profit entities in exchange for tens of thousands of dollars in kickback payments, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Elser of the Western District of Arkansas.
By Fed Newswire | Jan 4, 2017
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced it is permanently prohibiting Jason Katz, a former foreign exchange (FX) trader at Barclays PLC and later at BNP Paribas SA, from participating in the banking industry, because of his actions to manipulate FX prices. Through the use of electronic chat ...
By Fed Newswire | Jan 4, 2017
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on December 13-14, 2016. A summary of economic projections made by Federal Reserve Board members and Reserve Bank presidents for the meeting is also included as an addendum to these minutes.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 4, 2017
News Release: BELLEVILLE, Ill. ‒ Federal investigators proposed penalties of $214,782 to an Illinois roofing contractor after a recent inspection at a home construction site in Troy found workers exposed to fall hazards. Statistics show falls cause four of every 10 deaths in the construction industry.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 4, 2017
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit to require Google Inc. to provide requested compensation data and documents for the multinational company’s Mountain View headquarters as part of a routine compliance evaluation.
By Commerce News Now | Jan 4, 2017
The US Commerce Department published a four page rule on Jan. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jan 4, 2017
The US Energy Department published a five page rule on Jan. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
