News published on Federal Newswire in October 2013

By Interior Newswire | Oct 22, 2013

News Release: Gateway Seeks New Uses for Historic Buildings at Fort Hancock.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2013

News Release: Pleads Guilty To Embezzlement Of Union Funds.

By Commerce Newswire | Oct 22, 2013

News Release: Scientists have a new way to edge around a difficult problem in quantum physics, now that a research team from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and University of Maryland's Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) have proved* their recent theory about how particles of light flow within a novel device they built.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2013

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By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2013

News Release: Federal Cocaine Trafficking Charges. The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a Monroe County man was sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge Edwin M. Kosik to serve 24 months in prison on the charge of conspiracy to distribute cocaine.

By Commerce Newswire | Oct 22, 2013

News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - After the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) released a report today saying the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has “made no significant improvement" in reducing improper Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) payments, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, called on the IRS to take stronger steps to curb these payments.

By Homeland Newswire | Oct 22, 2013

News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 PHILADELPHIA – Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Rand Beers today traveled to Philadelphia to deliver remarks at the 120th Annual International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Conference and Law Enforcement Education and Technology ...

By USDA Newswire | Oct 22, 2013

News Release: RAPID CITY, South Dakota, Oct. 22, 2013 -- Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services Michael Scuse announced today that conservation assistance is available from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for those affected by the Atlas Blizzard that swept through western South Dakota earlier this month. Scuse made the announcement in Rapid City during a meeting with western South Dakota producers.

By USDA Newswire | Oct 22, 2013

News Release: Nationwide Census on Farm to School Activities Identifies Over 38,000 Schools with 21 Million Students Serving Over $350 Million in Local Food WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 2013 — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today highlighted important strides made in offering healthy, local food to millions of school ...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2013

News Release: Diebold Inc. (Diebold), the Ohio-based provider of integrated self-service delivery and security systems, including automated teller machines (ATMs), has agreed to pay a $25.2 million penalty to resolve allegations that it violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by bribing government officials in China and Indonesia and falsifying records in Russia in order to obtain and retain contracts to provide ATMs to state-owned and private banks in those countries.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2013

News Release: Two current U.S. Army National Guard soldiers have pleaded guilty for their role in bribery and fraud schemes that caused a total of at least $70,000 in losses to the U.S. Army National Guard Bureau. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson of the Southern District of Texas made the announcement.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2013

News Release: Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole and Panamanian Attorney General Ana Belfon today signed an agreement in Panama City, Panama, to share more than $36 million in forfeited criminal assets with the Government of Panama. The asset sharing is based on the extensive and wide-ranging assistance provided ...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2013

News Release: A Georgia real estate investor and his company pleaded guilty today for their role in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Georgia, the Department of Justice announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2013

News Release: A member of the Playboy Bloods street gang was sentenced today to life in prison for the retaliation murder of a man in November 2004 and the armed robbery of a Henderson, Nev., casino in 2002, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden of the District of Nevada.

By Fed Newswire | Oct 22, 2013

News Release: Five federal regulatory agencies today issued a statement to address industry questions about fair lending risks associated with offering only Qualified Mortgages. Creditors have asked for clarity regarding whether the disparate impact doctrine of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) and its implementing ...

By Fed Newswire | Oct 22, 2013

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below: Bank of New York Mellon, New York, New York Cease and Desist dated April 13, 2012 Terminated Oct. 16, 2013 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions. For media inquiries, call 202-452-2955.

By Commerce News Now | Oct 22, 2013

News Release: U.S. Departments of Commerce and Labor and Delta Regional Authority To Fund 10 Projects For Worker Training, Domestic and Foreign Business Investment, and Supply Chain Access U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, along with U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez, and Delta Regional Authority Federal ...

By Commerce News Now | Oct 22, 2013

News Release: U.S. Departments of Commerce and Labor and Delta Regional Authority To Fund 10 Projects For Worker Training, Domestic and Foreign Business Investment, and Supply Chain Access U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, along with U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez, and Delta Regional Authority Federal ...

By Labor Gazette | Oct 22, 2013

News Release: WASHINGTON — Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez issued the following statement about the September 2013 Employment Situation report released today: "The economy added 148,000 total nonfarm jobs in September. With the addition of 126,000 private-sector jobs, that makes a total of over 7.6 million new ...

By Labor Gazette | Oct 22, 2013

News Release: WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny S. Pritzker, U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez and Delta Regional Authority Federal Co-Chairman Christopher A. Masingill today announced the 10 winners of the Make it in America Challenge , an Obama administration initiative to accelerate job creation ...