News from May 2017
By Commerce Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Subcommittee on Federal Lands held a legislative hearing on H.R. 2199 (Rep Cramer, R-ND), the “Federal Land Asset Inventory Reform Act of 2017" or the “FLAIR Act.".
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: The Denver Police Department and the FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force Need Your Help Identifying a Bank Robber.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Marshall J. Cheromiah, the former supervisor at the Laguna Pueblo Superette, was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to three months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for embezzling funds belonging to the Pueblo of Laguna. Cheromiah was also ordered to pay $21,758 in restitution to the Laguna Development Corporation and to perform 40 hours of community service.
By Interior Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: ELKO, Nev. - The California Trail Interpretive Center is celebrating its 5th anniversary during California Trail Days, an annual event that brings pioneer history to life.
By Commerce Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today announced the expansion of the Ways and Means tax staff with new additions to the tax team.
By Commerce Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House Ways and Means Committee today announced the witnesses testifying before the Committee on May 23rd at a hearing entitled “Increasing U.S. Competitiveness and Preventing American Jobs from Moving Overseas.".
By Homeland Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON—The president’s fiscal year (FY) 2018 budget proposal was delivered to Congress today, requesting $44.1 billion in discretionary budget authority for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), a $2.8 billion, or 6.7 percent, increase over the FY 2017 annualized Continuing Resolution.
By USDA Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C., May 23, 2017) – Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today issued the following statement on the proposed FY 2018 budget: “President Trump promised he would realign government spending, attempt to eliminate duplication or redundancy, and see that all government agencies are efficiently delivering services to the taxpayers of America. And that’s exactly what we are going to do at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: A violent member of the Omaha-area Crips Gang pleaded guilty today to participating in a racketeering conspiracy involving acts of violence including attempted murder and assaults, witness tampering and drug distribution, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Robert C. Stuart of the District of Nebraska.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: President Trump’s FY 2018 Budget proposal totals $27.7 billion for the Department of Justice to support federal law enforcement and criminal justice priorities of our state, local and tribal law enforcement partners. The request represents a comprehensive investment in the Justice mission and includes ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: The Department of Justice, on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), today filed a civil complaint in federal court in Detroit, Michigan, against FCA US LLC, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V., V.M. Motori S.p.A., and V.M. North America, Inc. (collectively referred to as FCA). The complaint ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: A Dover, Massachusetts, insurance broker was convicted today by a federal jury of filing false tax returns, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney William D. Weinreb for the District of Massachusetts.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has reached a settlement agreement with Carrillo Farm Labor, LLC (Carrillo Farm), an onion farm in Deming, New Mexico. The settlement resolves the department’s investigation of complaints that Carrillo Farm discriminated against U.S. citizens due to a hiring preference for foreign visa workers.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: A federal jury convicted a Houston-area psychiatrist today for his role in a $158 million Medicare fraud scheme. Acting Assitant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez of the Southern District of Texas, Special Agent in Charge ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: An El Cerrito, California, man was sentenced to serve 54 months in prison today for aggravated identity theft and conspiring to steal government funds, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch for the Northern District of California.
By Labor Gazette | May 23, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta today released the fiscal year 2018 budget request for the U.S. Department of Labor. It supports President Donald J. Trump’s plan to invest in priorities that will help American workers develop the necessary skills to meet the demands of a 21st century ...
By Labor Gazette | May 23, 2017
News Release: ARLINGTON, Va. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration announced today it has awarded $250,000 to five organizations to develop training programs and materials to better identify, avoid and prevent unsafe working conditions in and around mines.
By Labor Gazette | May 23, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that The Hartford – a leader in property and casualty insurance, group benefits and mutual funds – welcomed the first cohort of apprentices to its newly launched insurance apprenticeship program at a ceremony in Hartford, Connecticut.
By DOT News Wire | May 23, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on May 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 23, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
