News from October 2017
By USDA Newswire | Oct 6, 2017
News Release: Secretary Perdue Pledges Support on the Long Road to Recovery WASHINGTON, Oct. 6, 2017 – U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced employees and agencies in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) continue to offer vital resources to help citizens and communities recover from the devastating effects of hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2017
News Release: A Massachusetts man was arrested last night on charges that he conducted an extensive cyberstalking campaign against his former roommate, a 24-year-old woman who was residing in Massachusetts at the time the conduct began, as well as her friends, family members, and other associates. Acting Assistant ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2017
News Release: A federal grand jury sitting in the Western District of New York returned an eight-count indictment against a former Erie County, New York Democratic party chair for bribing a New York State supreme court justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2017
News Release: Attorney General Sessions today issued guidance to all administrative agencies and executive departments regarding religious liberty protections in federal law and made the following statement: “Our freedom as citizens has always been inextricably linked with our religious freedom as a people. It has ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2017
News Release: Summary of Outcomes On October 4, 2017, Attorney General Jefferson B. Sessions III and Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke, together with Chinese State Councilor and Minister of Public Security Guo Shengkun, co-chaired the first U.S.-China Law Enforcement and Cybersecurity Dialogue (LECD). ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2017
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has reached a settlement with CitiStaff Solutions Inc., and CitiStaff Management Group Inc. (collectively CitiStaff), companies that provide staffing services in the greater Los Angeles, California area. The settlement resolves the department’s investigation into whether CitiStaff violated the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) by discriminating against work-authorized immigrants when verifying their work authorization.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2017
News Release: A federal grand jury in Brooklyn, New York, returned indictments this week separately charging two tax return preparation business owners with stolen identity tax refund fraud, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Rohde for the Eastern District of New York.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2017
News Release: Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security Dana J. Boente, Acting U.S. Attorney Joon H. Kim for the Southern District of New York, Assistant Director in Charge William F. Sweeney Jr. of the FBI’s New York Field Office, Assistant Director in Charge Danny Kennedy of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2017
News Release: A Dublin, California man was sentenced to prison today in U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California for filing a false tax return, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Brian Stretch for the Northern District of California.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2017
News Release: A real estate investor pleaded guilty for his role in a conspiracy to rig bids at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern California, the Department of Justice announced. Jim Appenrodt pleaded guilty to two counts of bid rigging in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco. Appenrodt was charged in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury on Oct. 22, 2014.
By Fed Newswire | Oct 6, 2017
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday announced its approval of the application under section 3 of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 by Columbia Banking System, Inc., Tacoma, Washington, to acquire Pacific Continental Corporation ("Pacific") and thereby indirectly acquire Pacific's subsidiary bank, Pacific Continental Bank, both of Eugene, Oregon.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 6, 2017
News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced the affirmative preliminary determination in the antidumping duty (AD) investigation of 100- to 150-seat large civil aircraft from Canada. As AFA, Commerce applied the sole dumping margin calculated in the petition for Canadian exports of aircraft, which is 79.82 percent. This rate will apply to all other producers/exporters as well.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 6, 2017
News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross released the Streamlining Permitting and Regulatory Burdens for American Manufacturers report that was submitted to President Donald Trump. This report, which gathered input from domestic manufacturers and industry stakeholders, identified 20 sets of regulations and permitting issues as being a top priority for reform and immediate action to begin unleashing of the domestic manufacturing industry.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta issued the following statement on the September 2017 Employment Situation report: “Even as parts of our nation recover from multiple devastating hurricanes, September’s jobs report reflects the resilience of the American economy.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 6, 2017
The US Commerce Department published a four page proposed rule on Oct. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Oct 6, 2017
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Oct. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 6, 2017
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Oct. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 6, 2017
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Oct. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Oct 6, 2017
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Oct. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 6, 2017
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Oct. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
