News published on Federal Newswire in November 2017

News from November 2017


News Release: TUPELO, MS - The Natchez Trace Parkway invites children and their families to come enjoy the Read with a Ranger program at 10:00 am on Saturday, December 9, 2017, at the Parkway Visitor Center. This month’s featured story is “Over and Under the Snow." Discover an entire world under your feet as you explore the many animals that stay under the snow to survive the harsh winter environment. Hot chocolate, hot apple cider, and cookies will be available for visitors to enjoy.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Several thousand copyright-infringing website domain names and third-party marketplace links selling counterfeit pharmaceuticals, automotive parts and other fake items to unsuspecting consumers have been criminally and administratively seized and removed in an effort that combines the resources of global law-enforcement agencies and industry.


News Release: An indictment was unsealed today against Wu Yingzhuo, Dong Hao and Xia Lei, all of whom are Chinese nationals and residents of China, for computer hacking, theft of trade secrets, conspiracy and identity theft directed at U.S. and foreign employees and computers of three corporate victims in the financial, ...


News Release: A former employee of a Southern California ambulance company and a former employee of a Los Angeles dialysis treatment center both pleaded guilty today to fraud charges for their roles in a fraud scheme that resulted in more than $6.6 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare. Three other individuals charged in the case previously pleaded guilty.


News Release: Two saltwater disposal well operators were sentenced in federal court in Bismarck, North Dakota, on felony charges stemming from the operation of a saltwater disposal well near Dickinson, in Stark County, North Dakota, the Justice Department announced. Jason A. Halek, 44, of Southlake, Texas, was sentenced ...


News Release: An Alabama man pleaded guilty today to producing child pornography between 1997 and 1998, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town of the Northern District of Alabama.


U.S. Department of Labor Extends Transition Period For Fiduciary Rule Exemptions

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor has announced an 18-month extension from Jan. 1, 2018, to July 1, 2019, of the special Transition Period for the Fiduciary Rule’s Best Interest Contract Exemption and the Principal Transactions Exemption, and of the applicability of certain amendments to Prohibited Transaction Exemption 84-24 (PTEs). This follows public comment on a proposed extension that was published in August.


The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Nov. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Nov. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Nov. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Nov. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Nov. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Nov. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Nov. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a one page notice on Nov. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a two page notice on Nov. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Nov. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Nov. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Nov. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Nov. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.