News from November 2017

By USDA Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, Nov. 6, 2017 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) today announced it is withdrawing a proposed rule to revise the Agency’s biotechnology regulations and will re-engage with stakeholders to determine the most effective, science-based approach for regulating the products of modern biotechnology while protecting plant health.

By USDA Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: Residents and Businesses in North-Central West Virginia to Get Internet Access with USDA Assistance Buckhannon, W.Va., Nov. 6, 2017 – Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett today announced that USDA is investing more than $200 million in infrastructure projects to bring broadband to hundreds of unserved and underserved rural communities.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: Yahya Farooq Mohammad, 39, was sentenced today to 27 ½ years in prison for one count of conspiracy to provide and conceal material support or resources to terrorists and one count of solicitation to commit a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: Two Mexican nationals were sentenced today to two terms of life in prison for the murder of a federal officer, attempted murder of a federal officer, and related offenses in the killing of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI) Special Agent Jaime Zapata and the attempted murder of ICE HSI Special Agent Victor Avila on Feb. 15, 2011, in Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: The U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Department of State, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced today that the United States filed civil complaints in the District of Minnesota against four individuals who allegedly fraudulently obtained their naturalized U.S. citizenship. The complaints ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: The president and owner of a Florida pharmacy that was at the center of a massive compounding pharmacy fraud scheme, which impacted private insurance companies, Medicare and TRICARE, pleaded guilty today for his role in the scheme. Seven other individuals have previously pleaded guilty in connection ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON – A 51 year-old Seattle-area man was convicted of 17 federal felonies today in the U.S. District Court in Seattle for his scheme to recruit young women and girls and force them to engage in prostitution, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John Gore of the Justice Department’s Civil ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: Two associates of the Genovese La Cosa Nostra (LCN) crime family pleaded guilty today to extortion-related charges.

By Fed Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: Chair Yellen swears in Randal K. Quarles as governor and Vice Chair for Supervision as wife Hope Eccles holds the Bible.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 6, 2017
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Nov. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 6, 2017
The US Commerce Department published a three page proposed rule on Nov. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 6, 2017
The US Commerce Department published a two page proposed rule on Nov. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 6, 2017
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Nov. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
The US Interior Department published a two page proposed rule on Nov. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 6, 2017
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Nov. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 6, 2017
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Nov. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 6, 2017
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Nov. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 6, 2017
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Nov. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 6, 2017
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Nov. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 6, 2017
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Nov. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.