News from May 2019
By USDA Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., May 16, 2019-A new U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA ) blueprint, published today in Frontiers and Genetics, will serve as a guide for research and funding in animal genomics for 2018-2027 that will facilitate genomic solutions to enable producers to meet increasing future demands for animal products by a growing world population.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Miguel Sernas, age 40, of Mexico City, Mexico, pled guilty yesterday to conspiring to steal trade secrets from the General Electric Company (GE).
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: Transported ¼ lb. meth on bus from California to distribute in Iowa.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today that U.S. Chief Judge Shelley D. Dick sentenced LESTER DESMOULIN, a 32-year-old resident of Baton Rouge, to 96 months in federal prison following his conviction for possessing a firearm by a convicted felon. The Court further sentenced DESMOULIN to 3 years of supervised release following his term of imprisonment, and ordered that the firearm possessed by DESMOULIN be forfeited.
By USDA Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C., May 16, 2019 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is furthering its overall African Swine Fever (ASF) preparedness efforts with the implementation of a surveillance plan. As part of this plan, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will work with the swine industry, the states, and veterinary diagnostic laboratories to test for ASF.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: A complex transnational organized cybercrime network that used GozNym malware in an attempt to steal an estimated $100 million from unsuspecting victims in the United States and around the world has been dismantled as part of an international law enforcement operation. GozNym infected tens of thousands ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: Devan Edwards, 22, a former correctional officer at the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections, one of three officers charged last week in connection with the beating of a handcuffed and compliant inmate, pleaded guilty today, announced Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband for the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, U.S. Attorney Russell Coleman for the Western District of Kentucky, and FBI Louisville Special Agent in Charge James Robert Brown Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: A former facilities and real estate manager for a large, international labor union pleaded guilty today to defrauding and stealing from his employer, announced Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney G. Zachary Terwilliger of the Eastern ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a 14-count indictment today charging an East Greenwich, Rhode Island, business woman, whose business specializes in preserving foreclosed homes for resale, with nine counts of wire fraud, two counts aggravated identity theft, one count of money laundering, and one count ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: A New Orleans, Louisiana, man pleaded guilty today for his role in a scheme to solicit the payment of illegal health care kickbacks to several individuals, including two New Orleans-area physicians, for the referring and certifying of individuals for medically unnecessary home health services. Assistant ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: A federal grand jury in Wilmington, Delaware, returned a four-count indictment today charging Evridiki Navigation Inc., Liquimar Tankers Management Services Inc., and Nikolaos Vastardis with failing to keep accurate pollution control records, falsifying records, and obstruction of justice, the Justice Department announced.
By Fed Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of the enforcement actions listed below: Consent prohibition against Adam D. Koontz, former employee of Fayette County Bank, Saint Elmo, Illinois, for unsafe and unsound lending practices Adams Bank and Trust, Ogallala, Nebraska Order of assessment of a civil money penalty dated May 15, 2019 Additional enforcement actions can be searched for here.
By Commerce News Now | May 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the affirmative final determinations in the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of imports of quartz surface products from China, finding that exporters from China have sold quartz surface products at less than ...
By Labor Gazette | May 16, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH, NC – Securing Our Country LLC (SOC) - based in Chantilly, Virginia, and operating as Day & Zimmerman Federal Services - has paid $195,513 in back wages and fringe benefits to 22 employees after a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation found the employer violated requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA).
By Labor Gazette | May 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Department of Labor today was joined by the White House's Office of Science and Technology, the Chief Information Officer Council, and seven federal departments at the Department's headquarters in Washington, D.C. for the 2019 DOL Tech Day, which highlights emerging technology used by the federal government.
By Labor Gazette | May 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Today the U.S. Department of Labor announced the appointments of six new members as well as chair and vice chair to the 2019 Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans , known as the ERISA Advisory Council.
By State News Post | May 16, 2019
The US State Department published a one page notice on May 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | May 16, 2019
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on May 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2019
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on May 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | May 16, 2019
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on May 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
