News published on Federal Newswire in August 2014

News from August 2014


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today continued the process of seeking public input ahead of a #CommActUpdate by releasing a white paper focused on the Universal Service Fund. The...


News Release: Search teams from Grand Teton National Park and Teton County Search and Rescue found the body of Aleksandr "Sasha" Sagiev, 20, of Nizhny Novgorod Russia on Friday, August 22. Sagiev was located on Friday afternoon in Grand Teton National Park below a steep traverse, known locally as Cache Couloir, in Glacier Gulch. Sagiev was the subject of a three-day search effort conducted by Grand Teton National Park and Teton County.


Nevada Man Sentenced To 5 Years Probation After Guilty Plea To Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (BP) Fraud

News Release: The United States Attorney, Kenyen R. Brown, announces that Teborius Gaines, a 31 year old resident of Las Vegas, Nevada was sentenced today. Mr. Gaines pled guilty on May 16, 2014, to participation in a mail fraud scheme. Mr. Gaines received a five year probationary sentence and was ordered to serve the first six months of the sentence on home confinement, to maintain employment, and to pay restitution in the amount of $13,400.00.


National Park Service Turns 98 on Monday, August 25

News Release: On Aug. 25, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed a bill establishing the National Park Service (NPS) as an agency within the Department of the Interior. Traditionally known as Founder's Day, August 25 offers a chance to reflect on the impact of that signing by President Wilson, fully 98 years ago.


News Release: SAN JOSE - Elena Moreno pleaded guilty on Aug. 20, 2014, to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States by impeding and impairing the IRS, and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud, United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Deputy Assistant Attorney General Ronald Cimino of the Justice Department's Tax Division announced.


Lansing Area Doctor Sentenced To Prison For Accepting Kickbacks For Medical Referrals And Not Reporting Cash Income From Signing Medical Marijuana Certifications

News Release: Dr. Shannon Wiggins also ordered to forfeit her two medical offices, a 2009 Jaguar, and a 2006 Cadillac Escalade.


News Release: United States Attorney James L. Santelle of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that Verita Hines-Flagg (age: 54) of Belleville, MI and Benjamin Hines (age: 29) of Detroit, MI were both sentenced to federal prison for their role in an identity theft ring which operated out of Michigan. On August...


Harkin, Murray Announce Release of New GAO Report on Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, Senators Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Patty Murray (D-WA), a senior member of the HELP Committee, announced the release of a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on the Education for...


August Grand Jury

News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced the federal Grand Jury for the District of Nebraska has returned 26 indictments charging 31 defendants. Indictments are charging documents that contain one or more individual counts that are merely accusations, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.


News Release: A Tennessee Bloods gang member was sentenced today to serve 10 years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release for his role in a violent racketeering conspiracy.


News Release: A federal court has permanently barred William Naes of St. Charles, Missouri, from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. The permanent injunction order, to which Naes consented, was entered by U.S. District Judge E. Richard Webber of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.


News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder and Associate Attorney General Tony West announced today that the Department of Justice has reached a $16.65 billion settlement with Bank of America Corporation – the largest civil settlement with a single entity in American history ­— to resolve federal and state claims ...


OSHA News Release: 2 workers injured following explosion at Indianhead Biomass Services; willful and serious safety violations cited  [08/21/2014]

News Release: ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — Two employees were injured following an explosion at Indianhead Explorations LLC, doing business as Indianhead Biomass Services, permanently disabling one employee and causing the other to suffer a leg injury. Following the March 2014 incident, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited the employer with two willful and seven serious safety violations.


OSHA News Release: 2 workers injured by machine hazards in separate incidents at Hicksville, Ohio, telecommunication tower manufacturing plant [08/21/2014]

News Release: HICKSVILLE, Ohio — FWT LLC has been cited for one repeat and one serious safety violation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration after two employees were injured in separate incidents at the company's Hicksville facility, which manufactures telecommunication towers. ...


MSHA News Release: MSHA announces $8.3M in state grant funding [08/21/2014]

News Release: ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration announced today that it has allocated $8,348,423 in health and safety training grants for 46 states and the Navajo Nation in fiscal year 2014.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Aug. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a three page notice on Aug. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Aug. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Aug. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a three page notice on Aug. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.