News from January 2017

By US DOT Newswire | Jan 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, reacted to the systematic removal of climate science information from the public whitehouse.gov website, and potentially from other agency websites, in the opening hours of the Trump administration.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2017
News Release: Conduct Includes Shooting Another Person During Drug-Related Robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - U.S. Marshals late last week arrested a Jefferson County man on a charge of sex trafficking of a minor, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey and FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: Good afternoon. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Again, I congratulate you on your new role as Chairman of the Oversight Subcommittee. I look forward to working with you in this new Congress. I hope we can continue our tradition of strong oversight of the Administration as we have in past Congresses. I would also like to thank each witness for being here this afternoon.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that THERESA A. FREEMAN, 65, last residing in Yonkers, N.Y., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 18 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for defrauding unemployment insurance programs in a “fictitious employer scheme.".

By Commerce Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) issued the following statement on the Trump Administration’s decision to bar the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from awarding grants and contracts...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Following the inauguration of the 45th president of the United States, I want to commend the men and women of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the thousands of other state, local and federal law enforcement personnel for their excellent work in ensuring the peaceful transition of power – a cornerstone of our great democracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: Two associates of the Wildboys street gang in South Carolina have pleaded guilty to attempted murder in aid of racketeering for their roles in gang-related shootings. Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; Special Agent in Charge C.J. Hyman ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: Caused Tax Loss of More Than $250,000 A former Queens, New York return preparer pleaded guilty today in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York to aiding and assisting in the preparation of false income tax returns, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: A former Poplar Grove, Illinois woman pleaded guilty in federal court in Rockford, Illinois today to mail fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Zachary T. Fardon for the Northern District of Illinois.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: A Marin County, California man was convicted today by a federal jury in the Northern District of California of identity theft and conspiring to file fraudulent income tax returns, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney ...

By Fed Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: The federal banking agencies today fined ServiceLink Holdings, LLC (ServiceLink Holdings), $65 million for improper actions by its predecessor company, Lender Processing Services, Inc. (LPS), which resulted in significant deficiencies in the foreclosure-related services that LPS provided to mortgage servicers.
By Fed News Journal | Jan 24, 2017
The US Federal Reserve System published a five page rule on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Jan 24, 2017
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Jan 24, 2017
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jan 24, 2017
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 24, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 24, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 24, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 24, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.