News from February 2018
By DOE Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders will hold a press conference open to credentialed members of the media this afternoon to provide an update on their ongoing investigation into alleged pill dumping in the state of West Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Angelina L. Cedeno, age 35, of Troy, New York, pled guilty today to distributing heroin in Albany County.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: 2018 marks the 150th commemorative year of the Battle of the Washita. Readers are invited to join us in learning about the many stories of the American Indian Wars from the changes made in the landscape and cultures after Columbus landed, to the individual stories of people living in a forever altered...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
Release: HANOVER TOWNSHIP, Pa. - To ensure the security of airline passengers and the nation’s airports, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will begin implementing new, stronger screening procedures for carry-on items at Lehigh Valley International Airport (ABE) this week. The new procedures, which...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Special Committee on Aging Chairman Susan Collins (R-Maine); U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), member of the Special Committee on Aging, and Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) today released a new report completed at their request by the...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Xavior Akina, 21, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to 84 months in prison for violating the Hobbs Act by robbing a pizza delivery person on March 7, 2016. Akina will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Three men who are already serving prison sentences for child pornography were arrested today at the Federal Correctional Institution-Fort Dix (FCI-Fort Dix) and charged with using contraband cellphones and micro SD cards to distribute, possess, and view images and videos of child sexual abuse within the prison, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - The founder and chief executive officer of a now-defunct Silicon Valley technology company start-up pleaded guilty today to wire fraud, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Alex G. Tse, Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, and Federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Xavior Akina, 21, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to 84 months in prison for violating the Hobbs Act by robbing a pizza delivery person on March 7, 2016. Akina will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen today met with Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada Ralph Goodale in Washington, D.C. Secretary Nielsen and Minister Goodale discussed ...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C., February 5, 2018 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today applauded President Donald J. Trump’s intent to appoint Kenneth Johnson to be the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Rural Utilities Service Administrator. Following the announcement, Secretary Perdue issued this ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: A tax return preparer in the Wichita, Kansas, area prepares fraudulent tax returns for her customers, according to a new civil lawsuit filed by the Justice Department today. The suit, filed in federal court in Wichita, Kansas, asks the court to permanently bar Ma Guadalupe Valenzuela (a/k/a Maria Guadalupe ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: A Texas state district court judge has been arrested on allegations he accepted approximately $6,000 in cash bribes, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick of the Southern District of Texas and Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs of the FBI San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: The founder and chief executive officer of a now-defunct Silicon Valley technology company start-up known publicly as WrkRiot pleaded guilty today for defrauding several of his company’s former employees by luring them to join his company based on false and misleading statements about his educational, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: A Wilson, North Carolina, tax return preparer pleaded guilty today to filing a false claim for refund with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. for the Eastern District of North Carolina.
By Fed Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: Five federal agencies propose to amend swap margin requirements to conform with recent rule changes that impose new restrictions on certain qualified financial contracts (QFCs) of systemically important banking organizations. Under the proposed amendments, legacy swaps entered into before the applicable compliance date would not become subject to the margin requirements if they are amended solely to comply with the requirements of the QFC Rules.
By Fed Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: Jerome H. Powell on Monday took the oath of office as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, succeeding Janet L. Yellen. The oath was administered by Vice Chairman Randal K. Quarles in the Board Room.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, IL – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Southern Illinois Carpenters Joint Apprenticeship Program (CJAP) have signed an alliance to provide members of the St. Louis – Kansas City Carpenters Regional Council (CRC) with training and resources to prevent common construction injuries.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: ROCKY FORD, CO – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Pioneer Health Care Center of Rocky Ford for failing to protect employees from violence in the workplace. The nursing home faces proposed penalties of $9,054.
By DOJ Gazette | Feb 5, 2018
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Feb. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
