News published on Federal Newswire in August 2013

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2013

News Release: B. Todd Jones received the ceremonial oath-of-office as Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) administered by Vice President Joe Biden at the White House today at 10:00 a.m. EDT. With his confirmation, Jones becomes the agency’s first permanent director in seven years. Jones takes over the law enforcement agency responsible for enforcing firearms and explosives laws that protect communities from violent criminals and criminal organizations.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2013

News Release: Two Los Angeles-based consulting firms, MotorScience Inc., and MotorScience Enterprise Inc., (MotorScience) and their owner, Chi Zheng, have agreed to settle alleged Clean Air Act (CAA) violations stemming from the illegal import of 24,478 all-terrain, recreational vehicles into the U.S. from China without ...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2013

News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Justice announced an update to its federal marijuana enforcement policy in light of recent state ballot initiatives that legalize, under state law, the possession of small amounts of marijuana and provide for the regulation of marijuana production, processing, and sale.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2013

News Release: Jonathan Deck, 59, of Norwood, N.J., was sentenced today in federal court in Utica, N.Y., to 15 months in prison for conspiring to commit wire fraud in connection with the illegal dumping of thousands of tons of asbestos-contaminated construction debris on a 28-acre piece of property on the Mohawk River ...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2013

News Release: The Department of Justice today announced a program that will encourage Swiss banks to cooperate in the department’s ongoing investigations of the use of foreign bank accounts to commit tax evasion. The department also released a joint statement with the Swiss Federal Department of Finance, stating that Switzerland will encourage its banks to participate in the program.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2013

News Release: U.S. Army Sergeant Kevin Bilal Abdullah pleaded guilty today to bribery charges for his role in the theft of fuel at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Fenty, near Jalalabad, Afghanistan.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2013

News Release: Aaron Cohen of Encino, Calif., pleaded guilty today in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California to conspiracy to defraud the United States, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) announced. According to court documents, Cohen, a U.S. ...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2013

News Release: Jocelyn Samuels, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division and Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, announced today that former North Carolina Department of Correction’s Division of Community Corrections Probation Officer Willie James Steele Jr., 43, has been sentenced for violating the constitutional rights of a female probationer that he was supervising by coercing her into sexual acts on two separate occasions.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2013

News Release: Conax Florida Corp. and related companies have agreed to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that the company submitted false claims to the government for improperly tested inertia reels and non-conforming voltage references, the Justice Department announced today. Inertia reels are part of ...

By Fed Newswire | Aug 29, 2013

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below: Raton Capital Corporation, Raton, New Mexico Written Agreement dated April 10, 2012 Terminated Aug. 26, 2013 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions. For media inquiries, call 202-452-2955.

By Commerce News Now | Aug 29, 2013

News Release: Texas led the nation with nearly 700,000 jobs supported by exports of manufactured goods Speaking at the Port of Houston today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker highlighted new data that show U.S. manufactured exports supported 6.4 million jobs in 2011. About 10 percent of those jobs were in ...

By Commerce News Now | Aug 29, 2013

News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker yesterday visited New Orleans, Louisiana, as she continues her nationwide listening tour. Throughout her travels around the country, Secretary Pritzker has been meeting with businesses, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, academics, and Department of Commerce employees to hear their priorities, concerns, and ideas on how the public and private sectors can work together to strengthen the economy and create American jobs.

By Commerce News Now | Aug 29, 2013

News Release: Speaking at the Port of Houston today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker highlighted new data that show U.S. manufactured exports supported 6.4 million jobs in 2011. About 10 percent of those jobs were in Texas, which led the nation in the number of jobs – nearly 700,000 – supported by the export ...

By Commerce News Now | Aug 29, 2013

News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today visited the Port of Houston as she continued her nationwide listening tour, where she participated in a roundtable with Houston area business leaders sponsored by the Greater Houston Partnership. In addition, Secretary Pritzker announced new data that show ...

By Labor Gazette | Aug 29, 2013

News Release: US Labor Department finds clubhouse and administrative workers not paid properly SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Giants baseball team paid $544,715 in back wages and liquidated damages to 74 employees after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation determined that the Major League Baseball club failed ...

By Labor Gazette | Aug 29, 2013

News Release: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending Aug. 24, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 331,000, a decrease of 6,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 337,000. The 4-week moving average was 331,250, an increase of 750 from the previous week's unrevised average of 330,500.

By DOE Gazette | Aug 29, 2013

The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Aug. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOE Gazette | Aug 29, 2013

The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Aug. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOE Gazette | Aug 29, 2013

The US Energy Department published a three page notice on Aug. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOE Gazette | Aug 29, 2013

The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Aug. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.