News published on Federal Newswire in April 2012

News Release: WASHINGTON – Two Harlan County, Ky., men were indicted today for their roles in kidnapping and assaulting a gay man because of his sexual orientation, the Justice Department announced today.

D.C. Federal Court Acts to Halt Alleged “Sham Cemetery” Tax Scheme

News Release: A federal court has permanently barred Michael Strauss from promoting tax shelters, the Justice Department announced today. The government complaint in the case alleged that Strauss, of Herndon, Va., his son Patrick Strauss, of Washington D.C., and Joseph Barreiro of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., promoted and ...

Five Indicted in Alabama for Conspiracy to Obtain Tax Refunds Using Stolen Identities

News Release: A federal grand jury in the Middle District of Alabama returned a 37-count indictment against Mary Bennett, Milton Bennett, Narendrakumar Patel, Corinthian Bennett and Eugenia Burks for their roles in an identity theft and tax fraud scheme, the Justice Department, the U.S. Secret Service and the Internal ...

Pennsylvania Man Arrested for Tax Evasion

News Release: Stephen Thomas of York, Pa., was arrested on charges of attempted tax evasion, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. On April 4, 2012, a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned an indictment charging Thomas with three counts of attempted evasion of his personal income taxes. The indictment was unsealed following Thomas’s arrest.

Three Tennessee Men Sentenced for Launching Mortar-Style Fireworks at African-Americans

News Release: Colton L. Partin, 22, of Apison, Tenn., Kyle C. Montgomery, 23, and James Smiley, 27, both of Chattanooga, Tenn., were sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Curtis L. Collier. Smiley and Montgomery were sentenced to 12 months in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiring ...

Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement actions against NCAL Bancorp and Raton Capital Corporation

By Fed Newswire | Apr 12, 2012

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of the following enforcement actions: NCAL Bancorp (PDF), Los Angeles, California Written Agreement dated April 3, 2012 Raton Capital Corporation (PDF), Raton, New Mexico Written Agreement dated April 10, 2012 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions.

Remarks at White House Conference on Connecting the Americas

News Release: Commerce Secretary John Bryson Remarks at White House Conference on Connecting the Americas Thank you Cecilia. Thanks to everyone at the Domestic Policy Council. And thanks also to Eric Farnsworth at the Council of the Americas.

Remarks at the Center for Strategic and International Studies

News Release: Commerce Secretary John Bryson Remarks at the Center for Strategic & International Studies Thank you, Dr. Hamre. Congratulations to CSIS on your 50th anniversary. It’s an honor to be here with all of you—policy, business and thought leaders—whose ideas contribute significantly to shaping America’s foreign policy.

Statement from Commerce Secretary John Bryson on International Trade in Goods and Services in February 2012

News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce John Bryson issued the following statement today on the release of the February 2012 U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services report (PDF) by the Commerce Department’s Census Bureau and Bureau of Economic Analysis. U.S. goods and services exports in February 2012 were ...

U.S. Commerce Secretary Announces New Appointments to Manufacturing Council

News Release: U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson today announced the appointment of seven new members of the Manufacturing Council–the principal private sector committee advising the Commerce Secretary on the U.S. manufacturing sector. Each of the appointments fills an existing vacancy, and will bring the Council up to a total of 25 members.

US Department of Labor extends comment period on proposed rule to implement statutory amendments to Family and Medical Leave Act

News Release: Interested parties may submit comments through April 30 WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division has extended the comment period for its proposed rule to implement new statutory amendments to the Family and Medical Leave Act that would expand military family leave provisions and incorporate a special eligibility provision for airline flight crew employees.

Bartlett Grain in Atchison, Kan., cited for willful and serious violations by US Labor Department after 6 die, 2 injured in grain elevator explosion

News Release: ATCHISON, Kan. – Bartlett Grain Co. L.P. faces five willful and eight serious safety violations cited by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration following an October 2011 grain elevator explosion in Atchison that killed six workers and left two others hospitalized.

ETA Press Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report

News Release: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending April 7, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 380,000, an increase of 13,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 367,000. The 4-week moving average was 368,500, an increase of 4,250 from the previous week's revised average of 364,250.

US Department of Labor announces grant to assist workers laid off from Kimberly-Clark paper mill in Everett, Wash.