News published on Federal Newswire in December 2018

News from December 2018


USDA Announces Appointments to the Paper and Packaging Board

News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced the appointment of six members to serve on the Paper and Packaging Board.


USDA Announces Softwood Lumber Board Appointments

News Release: Washington -U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the appointment of six members to serve on the Softwood Lumber Board.


Avanti Hospitals and Its Owners Agree to Pay $8.1 Million to Settle Allegations of Paying Illegal Kickbacks for Patient Referrals

News Release: LOS ANGELES - The Department of Justice announced today that Los Angeles-based Avanti Hospitals LLC and six of its owners will pay the federal government $8.1 million to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting - or causing Avanti’s subsidiary, Memorial Hospital of Gardena...


FBI Seeking Information About a Bank Robbery Suspect Friday in Aventura

News Release: FBI Seeking Information About a Bank Robbery Suspect Friday in Aventura.


USDA Announces Popcorn Board Appointments

News Release: Washington - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the appointment of three members to serve on the Popcorn Board.


USDA Announces National Honey Board Appointments

News Release: Washington -U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the appointment of seven individuals to serve on the National Honey Board.


News Release: WASHINGTON - As his time in Congress comes to a close, U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today announced that Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) will take the helm of congressional efforts to combat modern slavery and human trafficking worldwide.


News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced the appointment of three producers to serve on the Christmas Tree Promotion Board.


Carper to EPA: Dismantling Mercury Emissions Rule Puts Americans’ Health at Risk

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is rolling back critical protections by asserting that it is no longer “appropriate and necessary" to regulate mercury and toxic air pollution from coal and oil fired plants under the Mercury Air Toxics Standards (MATS).


News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and George P. Beach II, Superintendent of the New York State Police (“NYSP"), announced today...


News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and George P. Beach II, Superintendent of the New York State Police (“NYSP"), announced today...


USDA Announces Mushroom Council Appointments

News Release: Washington -U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced the appointment of three members to serve on the Mushroom Council. The appointees will serve three-year terms from Jan. 1, 2019, to Dec. 31, 2021.


News Release: Closures inside the park include the Wawona Campground, Hodgdon Meadow Campground, and the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Dec. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Dec. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Dec. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Dec. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Dec. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Dec. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Dec. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.