News from September 2017
By State Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement after President Donald Trump issued an executive order that authorizes additional U.S. sanctions on revenue streams that support North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - An Augusta, West Virginia man pled guilty today to a firearms charge, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that a federal jury convicted ROBERT RICKS, age 36, of New Orleans, for his role in conspiring to distribute crack cocaine and heroin, possessing heroin and crack with the intent to distribute, possessing a gun in furtherance of his drug-trafficking activities, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Following a two-day trial, the jury found RICKS guilty of all five counts with which he was charged.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Vance Lawrence Burns, of Las Vegas, Nevada, was sentenced to 48 months incarceration for robbing an Ohio County bank, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: Effective 12:01 am Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017, campfires will be allowed in established fire rings in campgrounds and day-use areas throughout Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area on all National Park Service managed lands. Charcoal grills will also be allowed at this time.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON – Last night, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke traveled to Houston, Texas to discuss and observe ongoing recovery and relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: We are grateful to report that all staff members -- one from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and two from the House Agriculture Committee -- have been examined, treated, and discharged from El Campo Memorial Hospital following a car accident this afternoon. The doctors, nurses, and staff provided ...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and House Agriculture Committee Chairman Michael Conaway were in El Campo, Texas Thursday afternoon, surveying damage from hurricane Harvey and meeting with producers and farmers. As they were leaving a listening session with producers, a vehicle traveling with them ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: Stockholm-based Telia Company AB, an international telecommunications company that was formerly an issuer of publicly traded securities in the U.S., and its Uzbek subsidiary, Coscom LLC, entered into a global foreign bribery resolution and agreed to pay a combined total penalty of more than $965 million to resolve charges arising out of a scheme to pay bribes in Uzbekistan.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: A Chelan Falls, Washington man was sentenced in absentia to 30 months in prison for filing a fraudulent 2011 federal tax return, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: A Manassas, Virginia man was indicted today on five counts of producing child pornography of prepubescent minors announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente of the Eastern District of Virginia and Special Agent in Charge Clark E. Settles of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: The Justice Department today announced that at this time it will not challenge a proposal by The Clearing House Payments Company LLC (“TCH”), a joint venture of 24 U.S. banks, to create and operate a new payment system that will enable the real-time transfer of funds between depository institutions, ...
By Fed Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below: The First Bank of Baldwin, Baldwin, Wisconsin Written Agreement issued July 26, 2011 Terminated Sept. 19, 2017 The enforcement action from July 2011 can be found here , and other enforcement actions can be searched for here.
By Fed Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced its approval of the application under section 3 of the Bank Holding Company Act by PacWest Bancorp, Beverly Hills, California, to acquire CU Bancorp and thereby indirectly acquire California United Bank, both of Los Angeles, California.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: This week, officials from across the United States Government, the European Commission and EU data protection authorities gathered in Washington, DC to conduct the first annual review of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework established in 2016.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced the issuing of a notice of proposed rulemaking that outlines implementing regulations for the 911 Grant Program.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – As with Hurricanes Irma and Harvey, the U.S. Department of Labor, in cooperation with the territories and local partners, is setting aside funding, making grants to assess workforce needs, and providing additional regulatory flexibilities in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico in ...
By DOT News Wire | Sep 21, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a seven page notice on Sept. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Sep 21, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Sept. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Sep 21, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Sept. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
