News published on Federal Newswire in April 2018

News from April 2018


SAGUARO NATIONAL PARK TO OFFER SUMMER  JUNIOR RANGER CAMPS AT RINCON MOUNTAIN DISTRICT

News Release: Tucson, AZ---Saguaro National Park is seeking 6 to 11 year old day campers to participate in the long-standing tradition of Junior Ranger Camps in the Rincon Mountain District (east) this summer.


Memphis Securities Broker-Dealer Indicted For Embezzling $5.7 Million From Employee Pension Benefit Plan

News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that John Sherman Jumper, age 52, of Memphis, Tennessee was indicted on April 12, 2018, by a federal grand jury for embezzling $5.7 million from the pension benefit plan for employees of Snowshoe Refractories, a fire brick manufacturer located in Clarence, Centre County, Pennsylvania.


News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., woman has been sentenced in federal court for a fraud scheme in which she embezzled more than $1 million from her employer.


News Release: Public invited to celebrate Earth Day, National Junior Ranger Day, National Park Week, Park Rx Day, and John Muir’s Birthday in Yosemite Valley.


Bureau of Land Management names Ester McCullough as Winnemucca District Manager

News Release: RENO, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management has selected Ester McCullough as the new District Manager for the Winnemucca District. She begins this assignment today and replaces Robbie McAboy, who has being acting District Manager since Dec. 18, 2017. McAboy will return to her duties managing the BLM Southern Nevada District’s Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area and Walking Box Ranch.


News Release: The owner of Atius Technology Institute (“Atius”), a privately owned, non-accredited school specializing in information technology courses, pleaded guilty today to bribing a public official at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in exchange for the public official’s facilitation of over $2 million ...


News Release: On Apr. 16, a federal court in Orlando, Florida, ordered that Patrick Clarke disgorge $500,000, and Ruby Rodriguez disgorge $100,000, of the proceeds they received for the preparation of tax returns, the Justice Department announced today. Clarke and Rodriguez agreed to the orders. On Nov. 13, 2017, ...


News Release: A former employee of a Southern California ambulance company was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for his role in a scheme that resulted in more than $1.1 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare.


Federal Reserve Board announces approval of application by JN Bank Limited

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced its approval of the application by JN Bank Limited, Kingston, Jamaica, to establish a representative office in Tamarac, Florida.


Federal Reserve Board accepting applications for its Community Advisory Council

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board announced on Monday that it is accepting applications from individuals who wish to be considered for membership on the Community Advisory Council (CAC). The CAC was formed in 2015. It advises the Board on issues affecting consumers and communities and complements two of the Board's other advisory councils whose members represent depository institutions--the Federal Advisory Council and the Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council.


News Release: Secretary of Commerce Wilbur L. Ross, Jr. today announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has imposed a denial of export privileges against Zhongxing Telecommunications Equipment Corporation, of Shenzhen, China (“ZTE Corporation”) and ZTE Kangxun Telecommunications Ltd. of Hi-New Shenzhen, China (“ZTE Kangxun”) (collectively, “ZTE”).


U.S. Department of Labor Investigation Finds Michigan Concrete Contractor Improperly Classified Position, Possibly Displacing American Workers

News Release: STERLING HEIGHTS, MI – Following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Metropolitan Concrete Corp. will pay $73,647 in back wages to 15 employees working under the H-2B non-immigrant visa program, which provides for the admission of non-immigrants to the U.S. to perform temporary non-agricultural labor or services.


The US Transportation Department published a one page rule on April 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on April 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on April 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page rule on April 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on April 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a six page proposed rule on April 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on April 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on April 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.