News published on Federal Newswire in June 2017

News from June 2017


Nevada Business Owner Convicted of Evading Payment of Employment Taxes and Penalties

News Release: A Las Vegas, Nevada business owner was convicted yesterday by a federal jury of tax evasion, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada.


Former Chief Financial Officer of Arthrocare Corp. Pleads Guilty to Multimillion Dollar Securities Fraud Scheme

News Release: A Texas man and former chief financial officer (CFO), pleaded guilty today to a multimillion dollar securitries fraud scheme.


Canadian Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Defraud the United States and Steal Government Funds

News Release: A Canadian man pleaded guilty today in Rochester, New York to conspiring to defraud the United States and commit theft of government funds, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy Jr. for the Western District of New York.


Mother and Daughter Co-Owners of Seven Miami, Florida-Area Home Health Agencies Each Sentenced to Over 10 Years in Prison for Roles in $20 Million Home Health Care Fraud Schemes

News Release: A mother and daughter who secretly co-owned and operated seven home health care agencies in the Miami, Florida area were each sentenced to over 10 years in prison today for their roles in a $20 million Medicare fraud conspiracy that involved paying illegal health care kickbacks to patient recruiters and medical professionals.


Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement

News Release: Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in May indicates that the labor market has continued to strengthen and that economic activity has been rising moderately so far this year. Job gains have moderated but have been solid, on average, since the beginning of the year, and the ...


Federal Reserve Board and Federal Open Market Committee release economic projections from the June 13-14 FOMC meeting

News Release: The attached table and charts released on Wednesday summarize the economic projections and the target federal funds rate projections made by Federal Open Market Committee participants for the June 13-14 meeting.


FOMC issues addendum to the Policy Normalization Principles and Plans

News Release: Addendum to the Policy Normalization Principles and Plans All participants agreed to augment the Committee's Policy Normalization Principles and Plans by providing the following additional details regarding the approach the FOMC intends to use to reduce the Federal Reserve's holdings of Treasury and ...


Department of Commerce Announces Changes to the 2017 Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Private Angler Recreational Season

News Release: For the first time in a decade, Federal authorities and the five Gulf States have agreed to align Federal and State private angler red snapper fishing seasons for the remainder of the summer, and the Department of Commerce has re-opened the 2017 private angler recreational season for 39 weekend days and holidays. Majority Whip Scalise and other Members of Congress were instrumental in reaching this agreement.


Public Comment Sought on Amended Sugar Agreement

News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce released the specific draft sugar agreements initialed by the governments of the United States and Mexico and representatives of the Mexican sugar industry. This follows months of negotiations and further technical consultations between the two governments and the sugar growing and refining industries of both countries.


Notice published by Commerce Department on June 14

The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on June 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Commerce Department publishes notice on June 14

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on June 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published on June 14 by Commerce Department

The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on June 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Rule published by Transportation Department on June 14

The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on June 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


What did Commerce Department publish on June 14?

The US Commerce Department published a three page rule on June 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Transportation Department publishes rule on June 14

The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on June 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Proposed rule published on June 14 by Transportation Department

The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on June 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


What did State Department publish on June 14?

The US State Department published a one page notice on June 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published by State Department on June 14

The US State Department published a two page notice on June 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


What did Transportation Department publish on June 14?

The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on June 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


State Department publishes notice on June 14

The US State Department published a one page notice on June 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.