News published on Federal Newswire in December 2013

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2013

News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Glendale man who hacked into hundreds of online accounts and victims’ computers, using extortion to coerce women into showing their naked bodies, was sentenced today to 60 months in federal prison.

By Interior Newswire | Dec 8, 2013

News Release: National Park ServiceNews Release. - December 8, 2013. Karen Hughes, Acting Chief Ranger, MOCA/TUZI, 928-567-3322 x223. Bi-Monthly Bird Walks at Montezuma Well. Beginning Saturday, January 4, 2014, the National Park Service will offer winter bird walks at the Montezuma Well unit of Montezuma Castle National...

By Interior Newswire | Dec 8, 2013

News Release: National Park ServiceNews Release. - December 8, 2013. Karen Hughes, Acting Chief Ranger, MOCA/TUZI, 928-567-3322 x223. Bi-Monthly Bird Walks at Montezuma Well. Beginning Saturday, January 4, 2014, the National Park Service will offer winter bird walks at the Montezuma Well unit of Montezuma Castle National...

By Interior Newswire | Dec 7, 2013

News Release: Johnson City, Texas - Join the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park in celebrating the holiday season. A variety of events will begin on Saturday, November 30 and last through Sunday, December 15. Enjoy lamp-lit tours of the home in Johnson City where Lyndon Johnson spent most of his boyhood years...

By Interior Newswire | Dec 7, 2013

News Release: Yesterday evening, December 6, 2013, the Joshua Tree Art Show & Faire artist awards were announced at the 29 Palms Art Gallery. Over 300 people were in attendance at the opening reception and awards ceremony. The winners of the Artist Award are.

By Interior Newswire | Dec 7, 2013

News Release: Johnson City, Texas - On December 14 and 15, join the National Park Service in celebrating the holiday season and commemorating the events of 50 years ago. In Johnson City on Saturday, Dec. 14, visitors can enjoy Christmas music by John Arthur Martinez, lamp-lit tours of President Johnson’s boyhood...

By Homeland Newswire | Dec 6, 2013

News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 BERLIN—Closing out a multiple day trip to discuss security issues with international partners, today Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Rand Beers traveled to Germany where he met with German Interior Ministry State Secretary Klaus-Dieter Fritsche and other German officials to discuss homeland security-related priorities and collective efforts to ensure our common security interests.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013

News Release: An information technology specialist working for the National Science Foundation (NSF) pleaded guilty late yesterday to theft of government property totaling more than $90,000, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente of the Eastern District of Virginia.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013

News Release: The Department of Justice filed a civil lawsuit today in Memphis federal court to stop Grady Smith, who does business as One Price Refunds, from preparing federal tax returns. According to the complaint, Smith and One Price Refunds have prepared over 2,000 tax returns since 2009.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013

News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that it has reached a settlement with Newseum Inc., which owns and operates the Newseum, to address alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The settlement agreement resolves allegations that the Newseum, a museum of news and history in ...

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013

News Release: The former president of Sea Star Line LLC, a Jacksonville, Fla.-based water freight carrier, was sentenced to serve five years in prison and to pay a $25,000 criminal fine for his participation in a conspiracy to fix rates and surcharges for freight transported by water between the continental United ...

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013

News Release: The owner of a Virginia-based investment firm was sentenced today to serve 144 months in prison for orchestrating a $270 million stock loan scheme that defrauded his clients of more than $35 million.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013

News Release: Harry Neuhoff, a resident of Brooklyn, N.Y., was sentenced to serve 12 months and one day in prison and three years supervised release for tax evasion, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. According to documents filed with the court, Neuhoff was the president and ...

By Fed Newswire | Dec 6, 2013

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday issued a final rule that makes technical changes to the Board's market risk capital rule to align it with the Basel III revised capital framework adopted by the Board earlier this year.

By Fed Newswire | Dec 6, 2013

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday announced its approval of an application under section 3 of the Bank Holding Company Act by Ameris Bancorp, Moultrie, Georgia, to acquire The Prosperity Banking Company, St. Augustine, Florida.

By Fed Newswire | Dec 6, 2013

News Release: The Federal Reserve on Friday launched the History Web Gateway, a new online resource with biographies, images, and essays on key events in the Fed's 100-year history. The gateway is part of the Fed's effort during its centennial year to encourage a deeper reflection on its role in the nation's economy.

By Commerce News Now | Dec 6, 2013

News Release: To compete in an increasingly global economy, the United States must come up with innovative strategies that will lead to economic growth and job creation around the country. The ‘Investing in Manufacturing Communities Partnership’ (IMCP) seeks to enhance the way we leverage federal economic development ...

By Commerce News Now | Dec 6, 2013

News Release: Obama Administration Opens Application Process for Phase 2 of ‘Investing in Manufacturing Communities Partnership’ To compete in an increasingly global economy, the United States must come up with innovative strategies that will lead to economic growth and job creation around the country. The ‘Investing ...

By Labor Gazette | Dec 6, 2013

News Release: WASHINGTON — Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez issued the following statement about the November 2013 Employment Situation report released today: "The American economy continues its broad and steady job growth heading into the New Year, adding 203,000 jobs in November. The unemployment rate dropped to 7.0 percent, and American manufacturing remained strong with the addition of 27,000 new jobs.

By USDA Wire | Dec 6, 2013

The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Dec. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.