WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families announced that it expects to award up to three discretionary grants for Head Start services in Oneida and Herkimer counties, New York. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $8,252,786. The agency said the grant was associated with income security and social services. The funding is open to state, county, city, township governments; independent school districts;  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian issued the following news release: Signed one year after the end of the War of Independence, the 1784 Treaty of Fort Stanwix was one of the first treaties between the newly independent U.S. and a Native nation. It punished four of the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) Six Nations--the Senecas, Onondagas, Cayugas and Mohawks--for supporting the British during the American Revolution and required them to give up tri  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: On September 12, 2019, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) San Francisco Special Agent David Keller, with assistance from HSI New York Special Agent John Paul Labbat, seized an ancient Cambodian sandstone sculpture dating back to 921-945 AD and valued at approximately $350,000. Described as a S  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following remarks by Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski at the Global Investigations Review Live New York: "It's an honor to be here in New York representing the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice. "I've now had the privilege of serving as Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division for nearly 15 months. I hope it is clear to the public, as well as practitioners, that corporate criminal enforcement  more

UPTON, New York, Oct. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * - Includes $50K in funding for research aimed at improving batteries for electric vehicles * * * Zulipiya Shadike, a postdoctoral fellow in the Chemistry Division at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, received a Young Investigator Award from the Battery500 Consortium, a DOE-sponsored consortium led by Pacific Northwest National  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New York-New Jersey Regional Information Office issued the following news release: * * * - Area prices unchanged over the month and up 1.4 percent over the year * * * Prices in the New York-Newark-Jersey City area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), were flat in September, following a 0.2-percent increase in August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Chief R  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New York-New Jersey Regional Information Office issued the following news release: * * * - Manhattan's Average Weekly Wage Increased by 2.1 Percent * * * Average weekly wages in New York County, commonly known as the borough of Manhattan, increased 2.1 percent from the first quarter of 2018 to the first quarter of 2019, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Chief Regional Economist Martin Kohli not  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued the following news release: The United States has maintained its measles elimination status of nearly 20 years. The New York State Department of Health yesterday declared the end of the state's nearly year-long outbreak that had put the U.S. at risk of losing its measles elimination status. "We are very pleased that the measles outbreak has ended in New York and that measle  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 7 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following remarks by Joshua B. Sterling, director of the Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight before the Institute of International Bankers risk management and compliance seminar with the topic entitled "One Step at a Time: Our Division's Practical Approach to Overseeing Registrants in a Cross-Border Environment": "For decades now, the IIB has played an important role in supporting a fair playing field for int  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 9 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * - Call Center Company Refused to Accommodate Religious Beliefs and Practices of Employee, Federal Agency Charges * * * Center One, LLC, a Buffalo, N.Y.-based call center company with operations in Pennsylvania and New York, violated federal law by refusing to provide religious accommodations for an employee's religious observance, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Comm  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- The General Services Administration issued the following news: Beginning today, federal agencies will engage a new class of Presidential Innovation Fellows (PIFs) with technical and entrepreneurial expertise to help transform organizational practices within the American government. The 20 Fellows come with experience in artificial intelligence, data science, product management, customer experience and design and hail from Georgia, Illinois, Minnesota, Washington state, M  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation issued the following order (MDL No. 2918): In Re: Hard Disk Drive Suspension Assemblies Antitrust Litigation Transfer Order Before the Panel: Plaintiff in one action in the Eastern District of Michigan moves under 28 U.S.C. Section 1407 to centralize this litigation in that district or, alternatively, the Southern District of New York. This litigation currently consists of four actions pending in two districts, as listed on   more

NEW YORK, Oct. 11 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Geoffrey S. Berman, issued the following news release: * * * - Former New York City Police Department Officer and Supervisory Committee Member Also Charged With Embezzlement, Fraud, and Controlled Substance Offenses * * * Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that SYLVIA ASH, presiding judge of the Kings County Supreme Court, Commercial Division, and forme  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 11 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Geoffrey S. Berman, issued the following news release: * * * - Defendant Charged with Creating Sham Merchant Accounts to Enable Access to Credit Card Processing System for Deceptive Businesses * * * Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), annou  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 10 -- 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 GREGORY BAYARD was sentenced to 24 months in prison in White Plains federal court for embezzling approximately $1.4 million from a decedent's estate for which he served as a court-appointed administrator. BAYARD had pled guilty to one count of wire fraud on October  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 11 -- 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 JEFFREY WADA, a former employee of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (the "PCAOB"), was sentenced today to nine months in prison for participating in a scheme to defraud the PCAOB by obtaining, disseminating, and using confidential lists of which KPMG a  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 9 -- 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 today that PAUL A. RINFRET pled guilty to participating in a Ponzi scheme in which he obtained approximately $19 million in total from victims through a variety of lies and misrepresentations. RINFRET pled guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of securities fra  more

ROCHESTER, New York, Oct. 9 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York, James P. Kennedy Jr., issued the following news release: * * * - At least 1000 Victims Bilked Out Of Over 100 Million Over A Decade * * * U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., of the Western District of New York, together with David J. Freed, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced today that Perry Santillo, 39, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty, before Chief U.S. District Judge Fran  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Two of the researchers who share the Nobel Prize in Chemistry announced Wednesday--John B. Goodenough of the University of Texas at Austin and M. Stanley Whittingham of Binghamton University in New York--have research ties to the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where scientists use neutrons to seek new insights into materials and chemical proces  more

ROCHESTER, New York, Oct. 9 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, David J. Freed, issued the following news release: * * * - Charged in Federal Court in Pennsylvania as a Result of His Role in Masterminding a Nationwide Multi-Million Dollar Ponzi Scheme * * * U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., of the Western District of New York, together with David J. Freed, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced today that Perry Santillo, 39, of Rochester  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Pacific Command issued the following speech by Adm. Phil Davidson, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, on addressing the complexity contradictions, and conundrums of the U.S.-China relationship: "Good evening and thank you, Steve, for the kind introduction. "I have been in command for 16 months, and one of the first groups I met just prior to taking command was a team from the National Committee led by Jan Berris, who provided me an orie  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 -- The White House issued the following news release: Today, President Donald J. Trump announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key positions in his Administration: Joseph Manso of New York, to be accorded the Rank of Ambassador while performing the duties as the United States Representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. Joseph Manso, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, is Deputy As  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 7 -- The U.S. Department of State issued the following foreign press center briefing: MODERATOR: Good morning. Welcome to everyone in the room, to those of you in D.C. who are joining the Foreign Press Center via digital video conference, and those watching via livestream. We're very pleased to have Ambassador Robert Wood with us today. He is the U.S. permanent representative to the Conference on Disarmament, and the U.S. special representative for biological and toxin weapons co  more

UPTON, New York, Oct. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release: The American Physical Society (APS) has elected two scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory as 2019 APS fellows. With more than 55,000 members from academia, government, and industry, APS seeks to advance and share physics knowledge through research journals, scientific meetings, and activities in education, outreach, and advoc  more

SYRACUSE, New York, Oct. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Dollar Tree Stores Inc. for unsafe storage of material, obstructed exit routes and blocked electrical panels at the discount retailer's Elmira, New York, store. The Chesapeake, Virginia-based retailer faces $208,368 in proposed penalties. OSHA inspectors found b  more

KINGS POINT, New York, Oct. 8 -- The Maritime Administration's U.S. Merchant Marine Academy issued the following news release: September was very exciting at the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA.) The month was full of events that welcomed generations of Kings Pointers and their families to the Academy. USMMA hosted the annual Parents Weekend, September 6-9. Beginning on Friday morning, family members participated in morning colors and attended classes with their midshipmen. They a  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued the following news release: Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) in coordination with the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, and New York City Department of Parks and Recreation announce that they have eliminated the Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) f  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center issued the following news: The U.S. DOT Volpe Center welcomed Sarah Kaufman on September 19th as part of the Our New Mobility Future speaker series. Kaufman is the associate director of New York University (NYU) Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management and an adjunct assistant professor of urban planning at NYU. Her talk, "An Inclusive Vision of Intellig  more