News from March 2018
By Interior Newswire | Mar 24, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - A court filing on Friday outlined the Bureau of Reclamation’s proposed 2018 Klamath Project operations, including how Reclamation plans to provide water to irrigators in the Klamath Basin by mid-April and provide water for endangered species.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) announced that Adalberto Cruz, 28, of Puerto Rico, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute and distribution of heroin, was sentenced to 12 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C., March 23, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today issued the following statement regarding the passing of Zell Miller: “Mary and I are saddened to learn of the death of our friend, Zell Miller. A son of the mountains of north Georgia, he dedicated his life to this ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C., March 23, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued the following statement today regarding the fix of Section 199A of the federal tax code found in the omnibus spending bill passed by Congress and signed into law by President Donald J. Trump: “Fixing Section 199A was ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C., March 23, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today expressed his appreciation for the work of Congress to find a bipartisan fix for the way the U.S. Forest Service is funded for fighting wildfires. Secretary Perdue had advocated for the change since taking office in April 2017. Congress included the solution in the FY 2018 Omnibus Spending Package, which has been signed into law by President Donald J. Trump.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C., March 23, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today applauded the robust investment of $600 million in rural broadband for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), which was included in the FY 2018 Omnibus Spending Package. The funding comes at a time when President Donald J. Trump is pursuing an ambitious agenda to rebuild America’s infrastructure, including a special emphasis on rural communities.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: Attorney General Jeff Sessions today announced the Second Annual Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service in Policing.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: At its annual conference, the International Competition Network (ICN) adopted guiding principles for procedural fairness in competition agency enforcement; substantially revised merger recommended practices addressing international enforcement cooperation, timing of notification, and review periods; ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: Massachusetts-based medical device manufacturer Alere Inc. and its subsidiary Alere San Diego (Alere) have agreed to pay the United States $33.2 million to resolve allegations that Alere caused hospitals to submit false claims to Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal healthcare programs by knowingly selling materially unreliable point-of-care diagnostic testing devices, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: An indictment was unsealed today charging Ross Roggio, 49, of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, and Roggio Consulting Company, LLC, a firm with which Ross Roggio was associated, for alleged involvement in a conspiracy to illegally export firearm parts, firearm manufacturing tools, and “defense services,” including ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: Edward N. Levine, 67, a resident of Novato, California, was sentenced today to 27 months in prison and followed by three years of supervised release for the sale of two black rhinoceros horns in Las Vegas. Levine will also be prohibited from wildlife and antique sales as a result of today’s sentencing. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: The former CEO of the Israel-based company Yukom Communications, a purported sales and marketing company, was charged in an indictment filed on Mar. 22, for her alleged participation in a scheme to defraud investors in the United States and across the world in financial instruments known as “binary ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: Today, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Department of Justice is proposing to amend the regulations of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, clarifying that bump stocks fall within the definition of “machinegun” under federal law, as such devices allow a shooter of a semiautomatic firearm to initiate a continuous firing cycle with a single pull of the trigger.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: The Justice Department today announced that on Mar. 21, 2018, a federal district court in Casper, Wyoming, found that the Wyoming Military Department (WMD) discriminated against former employee Amanda Dykes by subjecting her to sexual harassment and constructively discharging her. The verdict was returned ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: The chief of staff for a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives has been convicted for obstructing a congressional investigation into the alleged misappropriation of Congressional funds to pay for campaign activity, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: Two former executives at a Virginia-based software company pleaded guilty today to conspiring to defraud the government by failing to pay over employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Tracy Doherty-McCormick for the Eastern District of Virginia.
By Fed Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: The Federal Reserve System on Friday released the 2017 combined annual audited financial statements for the Federal Reserve Banks, as well as statements for the 12 individual Federal Reserve Banks and the Board of Governors. An independent public accounting firm engaged by the Board has issued unqualified opinions on the financial statements and on the Board's and the Bank's internal controls over financial reporting.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta said the omnibus appropriations bill signed into law includes strong support for President Donald J. Trump’s priorities for the American workforce.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: ARLINGTON, VA – As the U.S. Department of Labor continues to protect the health and safety of America’s miners, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced today that it will reopen the public comment period regarding the Agency’s Request for Information (RFI) on Exposure of Underground Miners to Diesel Exhaust.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO, IL – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), a U.S. District Court in Chicago has sentenced Robert Melko, a former trustee of the Trust Fund for Apprentice & Journeyman Education &Training, Local 130 U.A., to six months of probation ...
