News from September 2017
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release FEMA News Desk Phone: 202-646-3272 WASHINGTON – As the United States responds to Hurricane Irma’s damage to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and prepares for impacts to the mainland, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is connecting community partners with disaster survivors to reunite families separated as a result of Hurricane Irma.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON – Today, in recognition of the severity of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, Department of Homeland Security Acting Secretary Elaine Duke approved a waiver of the federal Jones Act. This waiver will ensure that over the next ...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release FEMA News Desk Phone: 202-646-3272 WASHINGTON – The compassion and generosity of the American people is never more evident than during and after a disaster. It is through individuals, non-profits, faith- and community-based organizations, private sector partners, and governmental agencies working together that will most effectively and efficiently help survivors cope with the cataclysmic impacts of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, Sept. 8, 2017 – Some of Oregon’s neediest children will be able to enjoy uninterrupted meal service in the midst of wildfires thanks to a demonstration project approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS).
By USDA Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C., September 8, 2017) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today called on Congress to address the way the U.S. Forest Service is funded so that the agency is not routinely borrowing money from prevention programs to combat ongoing wildfires. Perdue argued that taking funds from ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: Galena Biopharma Inc. (Galena) will pay more than $7.55 million to resolve allegations under the civil False Claims Act that it paid kickbacks to doctors to induce them to prescribe its fentanyl-based drug Abstral, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: Maalik Alim Jones, 32, a U.S. citizen who resided in Maryland until 2011, pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide material support to al Shabaab, a designated foreign terrorist organization based in Somalia, conspiring to receive military training from al Shabaab, and carrying and using an AK-47 machine ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: Four more defendants pleaded guilty to conspiracy and passport fraud charges during the past month for their roles in liquidating and laundering victim payments generated through a massive telephone impersonation fraud and money laundering scheme perpetrated by a network of India-based call centers.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: Today, in Nashville, Tennessee, Chief District Court Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw, Jr. granted the parties’ motion to dismiss a civil rights case after the State of Tennessee reshaped services for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities. People with intellectual or developmental disabilities are now eligible to receive services in community-integrated housing throughout the state. This case was filed under the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: A Russian cyber-criminal who sold stolen credit card data and other personal information through the identity theft and credit card fraud ring known as “Carder.su” pleaded guilty yesterday in two separate criminal cases to one count of participation in a racketeering enterprise and one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA, GA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division is conducting a statewide survey of wages paid to workers in Tennessee on all active building construction projects to establish prevailing wage rates required under the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: EL PASO, TX – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the David L. Carrasco Job Corps Center have renewed an alliance to provide young workers in El Paso with information, guidance, and training to enhance the center’s health and safety culture.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: EL PASO, TX – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the El Paso Community College – Risk Management Institute have signed an alliance to provide workers, students, and employers in El Paso with information, guidance, and access to OSHA training classes.
By DOT News Wire | Sep 8, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Sept. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Sep 8, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Sept. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Sep 8, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Sept. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Sep 8, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Sept. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Sep 8, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Sept. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Sep 8, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Sept. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Sep 8, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Sept. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
