News published on Federal Newswire in April 2014

News from April 2014


News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a St. Robert, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to distribute heroin in Pulaski County, Mo.


USDA Helps Open and Expand Export Markets for U.S. Agriculture through 2014 Farm Bill Programs

News Release: 2014 Funding Supports More than 60 Organizations; Applications Now Available for 2015 Export Development Programs WASHINGTON, April 16, 2014 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) awarded funding to more ...


News Release: Pharmaceutical company Astellas Pharma US Inc. will pay $7.3 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act in connection with its marketing and promotion of the drug Mycamine for pediatric use, the Justice Department announced today. Astellas Pharma US Inc., located in Northbrook, Ill., manufactures and sells pharmaceutical drugs, including Mycamine.


News Release: A former Bridgestone Corp. executive has agreed to plead guilty and to serve 18 months in a U.S. prison for his role in an international conspiracy to fix prices and rig bids of automotive anti-vibration rubber parts sold in the United States and elsewhere, the Department of Justice announced today. ...


News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that CRC Health Corp. (CRC) has agreed to pay $9.25 million to the federal government and the State of Tennessee to settle allegations that CRC knowingly submitted false claims by providing substandard treatment to adult and adolescent Medicaid patients suffering ...


News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that it has entered into a settlement agreement that, if approved by the court, will resolve allegations that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) discriminated against an employee because of his sex in violation of Title VII of ...


News Release: Two former correctional officers at Roxbury Correctional Institution (RCI) in Hagerstown, Md., were sentenced today in connection with the March 9, 2008, assault of Kenneth Davis, an inmate. U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Jeremy McCusker to serve 21 months in prison. Walter Scott Steele ...


News Release: Macon Openshaw, 21, pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah today to a federal civil rights crime relating to a bias-motivated weapons discharge aimed at a local synagogue and to two unlawful gun possession charges.


News Release: Today, President Obama and Vice President Biden announced new federal investments to support efforts to train workers with the skills needed for the positions employers want to fill. These job-driven training efforts will use existing funds, and will expand partnerships between industry, businesses, unions, community colleges, and training organizations to prepare workers with in-demand skills.


News Release: Today, President Obama and Vice President Biden announced new federal investments to support efforts to train workers with the skills needed for the positions employers want to fill. These job-driven training efforts will use existing funds, and will expand partnerships between industry, businesses, unions, community colleges, and training organizations to prepare workers with in-demand skills.


ETA News Release: $450M in US Labor Department grants available to expand job-driven training partnerships between community colleges and employers [04/16/2014]

News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the availability of the final $450 million in grants under the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training initiative. Over the last three years, these unprecedented investments have helped expand the capacity of the American ...


The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on April 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on April 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a four page rule on April 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on April 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on April 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page proposed rule on April 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on April 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a six page rule on April 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a three page notice on April 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.