MOUNT VERNON, Virginia, Sept. 18 -- The National Park Service's George Washington's Mount Vernon issued the following news release: * * * - Award Ceremony to Take Place in New York on October 24 * * * Author and historian Colin Calloway has won the coveted George Washington Prize, including an award of $50,000, for his new book, "The Indian World of George Washington: The First President, the First Americans, and the Birth of the Nation." One of the nation's largest and most prestigious lite  more

UPTON, New York, Sept. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release: Astrophysicist Sheperd Doeleman will give a talk, titled "Seeing the Unseeable: Making the First Image of a Black Hole," at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory on Wednesday, Sept. 25. His talk, a BSA Distinguished Lecture, will be held at 4 p.m. in Berkner Hall. Doeleman is director of the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration that announced   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following news release: The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued two orders today filing and settling charges against John Lawrence and his employer, Heraeus Metals New York LLC, for spoofing -- bidding or offering with the intent to cancel the bid or offer before execution. The order against Lawrence finds he engaged in spoofing from at least May 2017 to January 2018 in silver and gold futures traded on the  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following enforcement news release: The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission today filed a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against Michael Nowak, of New Jersey, and Gregg Smith, of New York, charging them with spoofing, engaging in a manipulative and deceptive scheme, and attempting to manipulate prices in the precious metals futures markets while employed a  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Comptroller of the Currency issued the following news release: Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting today visited Compton, California, and met with community stakeholders and bankers to discuss how to encourage more lending, investment, and bank services in areas that need it most. The visit was the fifth stop in the Comptroller's summer tour to discuss modernizing the Community Reinvestment Act regulations. The tour also includ  more

HUDSON RIVER VALLEY, New York, Sept. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency issued the following news: By Jake Joy "Were our ancestors stupid?" It's 1969. The Hudson River Valley, north of New York City. Joe Ryan is a newly minted middle school history teacher, trying to explain Revolutionary War concepts to 12 year olds. His available visual aides are illustrations of manicured British Redcoats standing in a long line, trading musket volleys 25 yards from a line of a  more

NEW YORK, Sept. 17 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * - New York State Department of Health to Study New York State Landfills as Sources of PFAS Groundwater Contamination * * * Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced approximately $6 million to fund research by eight organizations to expand the understanding of the environmental risks posed by per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in waste streams and identify practic  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following news release: * * * - New York City & Salt Lake City Projects Empower Advanced Wireless Technology and 5G-Ready Network Experimentation * * * The Federal Communications Commission today announced the creation of its first two Innovation Zones, in New York City and Salt Lake City. These Innovation Zones will be city-scale test beds for advanced wireless communications and network research, including 5G networks  more

NEW YORK, Sept. 20 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston issued the following remarks by President and CEO Eric S. Rosengren at the Stern School of Business, Salomon Center for the Study of Financial Institutions at the New York University: "It is a pleasure to be here at NYU's Stern School of Business to participate in this conference on credit markets. I want to thank the Salomon Center for the Study of Financial Institutions for inviting me to share my views of the economy. "I'd like to beg  more

NEW YORK, Sept. 13 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following remarks by Chairman Joseph J. Simons at the 46th Conference on International Antitrust Law and Policy: "Good morning, and many thanks to Fordham University for hosting the 46th Conference on International Antitrust Law and Policy. I am pleased to join Kris Dekeyser, Director for Policy and Strategy at DG-Competition, on the panel. I am going to focus my remarks on the FTC's Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in  more

NEW YORK, Sept. 19 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Geoffrey S. Berman, issued the following news release: * * * - Alexei Saab Allegedly Was Trained by Hizballah's External Terrorist Operations Component in Bomb-Making and Conducted Intelligence-Gathering in New York City and Washington, D.C., and Elsewhere in Support of Hizballah's Attack-Planning Efforts * * * Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, John C. Demers, th  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Sept. 20 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Richard P. Donoghue, issued the following news release: * * * - Multi-Ton Quantities of Cocaine Shipped Monthly to the United States * * * Santos Roman Narvaez Ansazoy will be arraigned this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge Steven M. Gold at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn on charges of leading a continuing criminal enterprise. The defendant was arrested in Colombia on a provisional arre  more

NEW YORK, Sept. 16 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Geoffrey S. Berman, issued the following news release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, John C. Demers, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), and John Brown, Assistant Director of the FBI's Counterintelligence Division, announced t  more

NEW YORK, Sept. 17 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Geoffrey S. Berman, issued the following news release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), and James P. O'Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department ("NYPD"), announced the unsealing of an indictment charging RUVIM K  more

NEW YORK, Sept. 20 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Geoffrey S. Berman, issued the following news release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that LORRAINE SHANLEY pled guilty today to bank fraud and subscribing to false and fraudulent individual income tax returns in connection with fraudulently obtaining over $400,000 from a charity providing support to the families of New York City Police Department ("NYP  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Sept. 18 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Richard P. Donoghue, issued the following news release: * * * - Defendants Allegedly Threatened to Destroy the Company if They Were Not Paid Millions of Dollars Worth of Virtual Currency * * * A complaint was unsealed earlier today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Steven Nerayoff and Michael Hlady with extortion. Nerayoff, an attorney, and Hlady threatened to destroy a startup cryptocurrency company   more

NEW YORK, Sept. 18 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Geoffrey S. Berman, issued the following news release: * * * - Technical Support Scheme Deceived More Than 7,500 Victims Across the United States and Canada, Many of Whom Are Elderly, into Paying for Phony Computer Repair Services * * * Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Peter C. Fitzhugh, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Office of U.S. Immigration   more

CRANE, Indiana, Sept. 17 -- The Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane issued the following news: Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) data scientists and engineers participated in HacktheMachine New York in Manhattan and Brooklyn on September 6-8. Teams with NSWC Crane members took first and third in the Digital Manufacturing track. Teams consisting of all-NSWC Crane members placed third in the Data Science challenge track, and another took fourth place in the Hack the Ship tr  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 54264) involving New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, New York: AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - LOST SOURCES The following information is a summary of a telephone call from New York City's Health Department: On September 9, 2019, New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital was unable to locate a shipment that had arrived a few days earlier. The shipment consisted of te  more

NEW YORK, Sept. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Drug Enforcement Administration's New York field office issued the following news release: Raymond P. Donovan, special agent in charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Scott J. Lampert, special agent in charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, and J  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- President Trump issued the following remarks at the presentation of the Presidential Medal of Freedom to New York Yankees baseball legend Mariano Rivera: THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much, everybody. "The Sandman." My wife asked me, "Why 'The Sandman'? Just tell me." (Laughter.) Our First Lady. I said, "Because he put the batter to sleep, right?" (Laughter.) "The Sandman." A lot of people don't know that, but the Yankee fans know that. We've watched it for a long time.   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- The U.S. Court of Federal Claims issued the following opinion and order (Case No. 19-766C): (Filed: September 20, 2019) JOSHUA BERNSTEIN, Plaintiff, V. UNITED STATES, Defendant. Pro Se Plaintiff; RCFC 12(b)(l); Subject-Matter Jurisdiction; Judicial Review; Collateral Attack of District Court Decisions; Declaratory Judgment; Statute of Limitations; Attorney Disbarment Joshua Bernstein, New York, NY, prose. Geoffrey M. Long, United States Department of Justice, Washi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Marshals Service issued the following news release: The U.S. Marshals are auctioning the Jreck Subs franchise rights, trademarks and other brand-related property in connection with the federal criminal case of United States v. Christopher Swartz in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. To register, potential bidders must complete all registration requirements by Oct. 7, including a $100,000 deposit. Deposits  more

NEW YORK, Sept. 17 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * - Package Delivery Company to Reimburse Pregnant Employees Not Granted Accommodations Under Company's Former Policy That Would Have Enabled Them to Work * * * United Parcel Service, Inc., the world's largest package delivery company, will pay $2.25 million and clarify its pregnancy accommodation policies to resolve a pregnancy discrimination charge that was investigated by the U.S. Equa  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The U.S. Agency for International Development issued the following news release: U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Mark Green will travel to New York City, from September 23-27, 2019 to participate in the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Administrator Green will meet with bilateral and multilateral partners to discuss the journey to self-reliance, private-sector engagement through a new collaboration ethic, and ot  more

SYRACUSE, New York, Sept. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency - New York Field Office issued the following news release: Agricultural producers affected by natural disasters in 2018 and 2019 can apply through the Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program Plus (WHIP+). Sign-up for this U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) program began Sept. 11. "There is no doubt that extreme weather has greatly impacted New York's agricultural producers over the last several years,   more

NEW YORK, Sept. 19 -- The White House issued the following remarks by Vice President Mike Pence at the 9th Annual Delivering Alpha Conference at the Pierre Hotel: Q This is great. It's good to see you again. It wasn't that long ago -- THE VICE PRESIDENT: You too, Joe. Good to see you. Q -- when I saw you. But to agree again to do this, I am very gratified. Thank you, Mr. Vice President, for being here. I really appreciate it. We'll kick it right off with, for a lack of a better term, the eco  more

NEW YORK, Sept. 19 -- The White House issued the following remarks by Vice President Mike Pence at a meet and greet with the New York Police Department: THE VICE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you all. It is a great honor to be here, to be among the men and women of NYPD. And allow me to bring, first, the admiration and greetings from a friend of mine -- (applause) -- who lives just down the street and is just as big a fan of NYPD. I want to bring greetings from the President of the United States, Pres  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- The White House issued the following news release: The Vice President spoke by phone today with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to follow up on their productive September 1 meeting in Warsaw and discussed President Trump's upcoming meeting with President Zelenskyy next week at the UN General Assembly in New York. The Vice President reiterated the United States' unwavering commitment to Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity. The Vice President commende  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The White House issued the following news release: NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Robert Anthony Dixon, of the District of Columbia, to be United States Marshal for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of four years, vice Michael A. Hughes, term expired. Danielle J. Hunsaker, of Oregon, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, vice Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, retired. Grant C. Jaquith, of New York, to be a Judge of the United State  more