News from September 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Jersey City, New Jersey, police officer today admitted defrauding Jersey City by obtaining compensation for off-duty work that he did not perform, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Abingdon, VIRGINIA - A registered nurse, who worked at a medical facility in Roanoke, Va., was sentenced today in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Abingdon for tampering with a consumer product, namely fentanyl, Acting United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Portland, Maine: Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced that Brent Roaix, 33, of Lewiston, Maine was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge Jon D. Levy to five years in prison and three years of supervised release for robbery of a credit union.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina, John Stuart Bruce, announced that today in federal court, CHRISTINE HICKS THOMAS, 62, of Murfreesboro, North Carolina, pleaded guilty to Illegal Remunerations. Under the terms of the plea agreement, THOMAS faces up...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: NEW BERN - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, John Stuart Bruce, announced that today in federal court, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced KEITH WILLIAM DEICHERT, 47, of Raleigh, to 240 months of imprisonment followed by 15 years of supervised release.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
Release: ORLANDO, Fla. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Orlando International Airport (MCO) wants to remind travelers that if you are traveling by air with your gun, it must be secured in your CHECKED luggage. Five guns were intercepted by TSA officers at MCO in the last two days. All were...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS S&T Press Office, John Verrico, (202) 254-2385 WASHINGTON—The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) today announced that for the first time two of its Transition to Practice (TTP) program cybersecurity technologies have been commercialized simultaneously by a single company.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release FEMA News Desk Phone: 202-646-3272 WASHINGTON – As Hurricane Maria makes landfall today and tomorrow in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, residents should continue to heed the instructions of territorial, commonwealth, and local officials.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON – Today, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke traveled to Marathon and Miami, Florida to observe Hurricane Irma response and recovery efforts.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Two real estate investors pleaded guilty for their role in conspiracies to rig bids at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern California, the Department of Justice announced. Joseph J. Giraudo pleaded guilty to two counts of bid rigging, and Kevin B. Cullinane pleaded guilty to one count of bid rigging. Both were charged in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on Oct. 22, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: A retired officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge John A. Woodcock for the District of Maine to 62 months in prison for 10 money laundering offenses, announced the Justice Department. Gregory R. Logan, 59, of St. John, New Brunswick, was extradited ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: A Miami physician was sentenced today to 97 months in prison and three years of supervised release, for his role in a $4.8 million health care fraud scheme that involved the submission of false and fraudulent claims to Medicare and the illegal prescribing of controlled substances, including oxycodone and hydrocodone.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: An Alabama man was sentenced today to 90 years in prison and 10 years of supervised release for production of child pornography involving seven minor victims, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town of the ...
By Fed Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in July indicates that the labor market has continued to strengthen and that economic activity has been rising moderately so far this year. Job gains have remained solid in recent months, and the unemployment rate has stayed low. Household ...
By Fed Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: The attached table and charts released on Wednesday summarize the economic projections and the target federal funds rate projections made by Federal Open Market Committee participants for the September 19-20 meeting.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today released an update of its annual child labor report – representing the most comprehensive research product to date on the state of child labor in over 130 countries worldwide. The Department simultaneously released a new mobile app, Comply Chain, designed to help businesses root out child labor and forced labor from global supply chains.
By State News Post | Sep 20, 2017
The US State Department published a two page notice on Sept. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Sept. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Sep 20, 2017
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Sept. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Sep 20, 2017
The US Energy Department published a six page notice on Sept. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
