News published on Federal Newswire in January 2012

By Homeland Newswire | Jan 25, 2012

News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 DAVOS, Switzerland—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today unveiled the Obama administrations National Strategy for Global Supply Chain Security at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The Department of ...

By USDA Newswire | Jan 25, 2012

News Release: WASHINGTON, Jan. 25, 2012--The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today released the new version of its Plant Hardiness Zone Map (PHZM), updating a useful tool for gardeners and researchers for the first time since 1990 with greater accuracy and detail. The new map—jointly developed by USDA's Agricultural ...

By USDA Newswire | Jan 25, 2012

News Release: New Standards Will Improve the Health and Wellbeing of 32 Million Kids Nationwide Audio FAIRFAX, Va., Jan. 25. 2012 – First Lady Michelle Obama and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today unveiled new standards for school meals that will result in healthier meals for kids across the nation. The new meal ...

By USDA Newswire | Jan 25, 2012

News Release: New Standards Will Improve the Health and Wellbeing of 32 Million Kids Nationwide WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. 2012 – First Lady Michelle Obama and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today unveiled new standards for school meals that will result in healthier meals for kids across the nation. The new meal requirements ...

By USDA Newswire | Jan 25, 2012

News Release: Obama Administration's Efforts Will Bring Finality to Longstanding Claims of Discrimination in USDA Program Delivery WASHINGTON, Jan. 25, 2012 – As part of continued efforts to close the chapter on allegations that discrimination occurred at USDA in past decades, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today ...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2012

News Release: WASHINGTON – The lead administrator and the web host of an online child pornography bulletin board were sentenced today to 120 and 97 months in prison, respectively, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland ...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2012

News Release: WASHINGTON – A former residential sales manager and a former contractor at a Florida property management company pleaded guilty today to wire fraud in connection with housing repair contracts for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the Department of Justice announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2012

News Release: WASHINGTON – A former executive of Miami-based Ocean Bank pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Miami to participating in a scheme to accept bribes and to failing to report the income on federal income tax returns, the Department of Justice announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2012

News Release: A 10-count indictment was unsealed today charging six people with various offenses related to a scheme to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of at least $1.7 million in fraudulently obtained tax returns, often filed in the names of recently deceased taxpayers, the Justice Department and IRS announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2012

News Release: A jury convicted Attleboro, Mass., licensed stockbroker, insurance agent and financial advisor Kevin P. Mahoney today on tax and contempt of court charges, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. Trial began on Jan. 23, 2012, before U.S. District Judge Joseph Tauro, sitting ...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2012

News Release: The United States has filed a consent decree for permanent injunction against the generic drug manufacturer Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd., an Indian corporation, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Mar yland, the Department of Justice announced today. The Justice Department filed the consent decree at the request of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2012

News Release: WASHINGTON – Paul Beebe and Jesse Sanford of Farmington, N.M., were sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Santa Fe, N.M., on federal hate crime charges related to a racially-motivated assault on a 22-year-old developmentally disabled man of Navajo descent, the Department of Justice announced. Beebe ...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2012

News Release: WASHINGTON – Two corporations pleaded guilty today in separate hearings in Baltimore for their role in managing and owning a ship engaged in deliberate discharges of waste oil and plastic garbage. The companies were each sentenced by U.S. District Judge Marvin Garbis to pay $1.2 million and serve three ...

By Fed Newswire | Jan 25, 2012

News Release: Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in December suggests that the economy has been expanding moderately, notwithstanding some slowing in global growth. While indicators point to some further improvement in overall labor market conditions, the unemployment rate remains elevated. ...

By Fed Newswire | Jan 25, 2012

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached table and charts summarizing the economic projections and the target federal funds rate projections made by Federal Reserve Board members and Federal Reserve Bank presidents for the January 24-25 meeting of the Committee.

By Fed Newswire | Jan 25, 2012

News Release: Following careful deliberations at its recent meetings, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) has reached broad agreement on the following principles regarding its longer-run goals and monetary policy strategy. The Committee intends to reaffirm these principles and to make adjustments as appropriate at its annual organizational meeting each January.

By Labor Gazette | Jan 25, 2012

News Release: ARLINGTON, Va. – The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced that federal inspectors issued 321 citations and orders during special impact inspections conducted at 10 coal mines and three metal/nonmetal mines last month. The coal mines were issued 174 citations and 19 orders, while the metal/nonmetal operations were issued 112 citations and 16 orders.

By Labor Gazette | Jan 25, 2012

News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a court judgment and order appointing an independent fiduciary to manage the 401(k) plan of defunct BlueSky Brands Inc. of Westerly, R.I. The judgment and order resolve a lawsuit filed by the Labor Department against the company for violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

By Labor Gazette | Jan 25, 2012

The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Jan. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Jan 25, 2012

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.