News from June 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 24-year-old woman from Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico has been ordered to federal prison following her conviction on two different assaults of federal officers, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Maribel Tejeda-Fomperosa pleaded guilty in February 2017.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Remarks as Prepared Today, Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly announced enhanced security screening measures for all commercial flights to the United States. Prepared remarks below: We have a lot of ground to cover today. ...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 We, the Interior Ministers, Immigration Ministers, and Attorneys General of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States met in Ottawa on June 26, 2017, to discuss both national security challenges facing ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, June 28, 2017 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the award of $31.5 million in Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children (Summer EBT) Grants to explore ways to alleviate hunger among low-income children during the summer, including new projects in Texas and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it reached a settlement agreement with Panda Restaurant Group, Inc. (Panda Express), a restaurant chain with over 1,800 locations in the United States. The agreement resolves the department’s investigation into whether Panda Express discriminated against non-U.S. citizens in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) when reverifying their permission to work.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: PAMC Ltd., and Pacific Alliance Medical Center Inc., which together own and operate Pacific Alliance Medical Center, an acute care hospital located in Los Angeles, California, have agreed to pay $42 million to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by engaging in improper financial ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Attorney General Jeff Sessions today issued the following statement regarding Kate’s Law (H.R. 3004) and the No Sanctuary for Criminals Act (H.R. 3003): “I urge the House of Representatives to pass Kate’s Law and the No Sanctuary for Criminals Act right away.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: A federal grand jury in Topeka, Kansas, returned an indictment charging Former Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper James Carson with violating an individual’s civil rights by using excessive force, announced Thomas E. Wheeler, II, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division; Thomas E. Beall, United States Attorney for the District of Kansas; and Darrin E. Jones, Special Agent in Charge for the Kansas City Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Today, at the White House press briefing, U.S. Attorney John W. Huber gave the following statement: “Just last month, a Utah federal judge issued a sentence of life plus 80 years to Roberto Roman, a criminal alien who had been removed from our country three times prior to 2010. Those three deportations, and even time in state prison, were not enough to dissuade Roman from returning to rural Utah where he trafficked methamphetamine to addicted residents.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: A former executive of Boston-based State Street Corporation pleaded guilty today to conspiring to defraud at least six of the bank’s clients through secret commissions applied to billions of dollars of securities trades. Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: A former senior vice president of sales for a packaged seafood company pleaded guilty for his role in a conspiracy to fix the price of packaged seafood, such as canned tuna, sold in the United States, the Department of Justice announced today.
By Fed Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced it has completed its review of the capital planning practices of the nation's largest banks and did not object to the capital plans of all 34 bank holding companies participating in the Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR). However, the Board is requiring one firm to address weaknesses in its capital planning process and resubmit its capital plan by the end of 2017.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: “Samsung’s investment is great news for South Carolina and the United States, and it is a direct reflection of the fact that America is becoming an even stronger destination for global businesses looking to grow,” said United States Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross. “I congratulate Samsung on its expansion in the United States and wish the company success as it starts up its new facility in South Carolina.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: GROVEPORT, Ohio – Amsted Rail Company Inc., a manufacturer of cast steel freight components, faces $610,034 in proposed penalties from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration after agency investigators found workers at its Groveport plant exposed to machine hazards and silica.
By State News Post | Jun 28, 2017
The US State Department published a two page notice on June 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Jun 28, 2017
The US State Department published a one page notice on June 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Jun 28, 2017
The US State Department published a two page notice on June 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 28, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on June 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 28, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on June 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Jun 28, 2017
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on June 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
