News published on Federal Newswire in June 2017

News from June 2017


In China, Perdue Welcomes U.S. Beef back to Market

News Release: Slices Ceremonial Prime Rib, Meets with Chinese Officials in Beijing (Beijing, China, June 30, 2017) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today joined with U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad to slice a Nebraska prime rib in a Beijing ceremony, formally marking the return of U.S. beef to ...


News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has reached an agreement with Sellari’s Enterprises, Inc. (Sellari’s), a company that provides staffing services in Orlando, Florida. The agreement resolves the department’s investigation into whether Sellari’s violated the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) by discriminating against work-authorized immigrants when verifying their work authorization.


News Release: A federal grand jury in Nashville, Tenn., yesterday returned a 40-count indictment charging 11 members of the Gangster Disciples gang with conspiring to participate in a racketeering enterprise that included multiple murders, including the murder of a witness; a drug distribution conspiracy; and multiple ...


News Release: A Detroit-area medical biller was sentenced today to 50 months in prison for her role in a $7.3 million Medicare and Medicaid fraud scheme involving medical services that were billed to Medicare and Medicaid but not rendered as billed.


News Release: Today Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued the following statement on the unacceptable violence plaguing the City of Chicago and outlined steps that the Department of Justice is taking to increase public safety: "No child in America should have to walk the streets of their neighborhood in fear of violent ...


News Release: A grand jury sitting in the Middle District of North Carolina returned an indictment charging a Greensboro, North Carolina resident with corruptly endeavoring to obstruct and impede the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), preparing and filing fraudulent tax returns, bankruptcy fraud and making false bankruptcy ...


News Release: A former Davie, Florida resident was sentenced to seven years in prison for intentionally damaging a protected computer belonging to his former employer and making unauthorized purchases with credit card numbers belonging to others.


News Release: A federal jury in Charleston, South Carolina, yesterday convicted a member of the Wildboys gang of attempted murder in aid of racketeering and discharge of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, announced Acting Assistant Attorney Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal ...


Federal Reserve Payments Study highlights changes in consumer and business payment choice

News Release: Consumers wrote nearly two-thirds fewer checks per household in 2015 than in 2000, while total noncash payments per household, which includes not only checks but also card payments and electronic transfers via the automated clearinghouse (ACH) system, expanded almost 95 percent, according to additional results released today from the 2016 Federal Reserve Payments Study.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on June 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on June 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a two page notice on June 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a one page notice on June 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on June 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a three page notice on June 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a three page notice on June 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on June 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on June 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on June 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on June 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.