News published on Federal Newswire in August 2014

By Interior Newswire | Aug 21, 2014

News Release: (Richmond, CA)-Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park is pleased to announce the opening of a new exhibit, "Quilts About the Home Front" at the park's Visitor Education Center. A total of 45 quilts, as well as the personal stories which accompany the artworks, will be displayed on a rotating basis in the basement gallery between August 30 through Dec. 31, 2014.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON - On Friday the U. S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) will publish in the Federal Register the Final Rule moving hydrocodone combination (HCPs) from Schedule III to the more-restrictive Schedule II, as recommended by the Assistant Secretary for Health of the U.S. Department of Health and Human (HHS) ...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2014

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was convicted in federal court today of illegally possessing a controlled substance and firearms.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2014

News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that BOBBY GENE SMITH, age 43, of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 3 years of probation for Theft Of Government Funds, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 641. As a condition of probation, SMITH was ordered to pay $19,076.00 in restitution.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2014

News Release: Also Used the Personal Information of Former Clients to Falsely Claim Them as Dependents on Current Clients’ Returns.

By DOL Newswire | Aug 21, 2014

News Release: On Thursday, September 4, at 10:00 a.m., Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Chairman Phil Roe (R-TN) will hold a field hearing entitled, “The Effects of the President’s Health Care Law on Indiana’s Classrooms and Workplaces." The hearing will take place at Greenfield City Hall, 10 South State Street, Greenfield, Indiana.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2014

News Release: Charleston, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that Bobby Evans, 29, of Delaware, entered a guilty plea in federal court in Charleston to distributing heroin. Evans admitted that on May 28, 2014, he met a confidential informant (CI) at Tudors Biscuit World on Washington Street...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2014

News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. David Lee Martin, 57, of St. Louis, Missouri, was sentenced on Aug. 20, 2014, in federal district court, in East St. Louis, Illinois, on one count of Failure to Register as a Sex...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2014

News Release: St. Louis, MO - MARSHA HARRINGTON,CALVIN SHAW and LARRY CORNER, all of the St. Louis area, have entered guilty pleas to one felony count of conspiracy to commit identity theft and one felony count of identity theft. Corner appeared in court Tuesday afternoon, Harrington and Shaw entered their pleas in...

By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2014

News Release: Tucson, AZ - Saguaro National Park has reopened trails and campgrounds in the Rincon Mountains after the Deer Head and Jackalope Fires. Hikers are cautioned to stay on trails, especially in the burned areas.

By Homeland Newswire | Aug 20, 2014

News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON—Two weeks ago the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that the numbers of unaccompanied children and adults with children apprehended at the Southwest border had declined significantly in the month of July. At the current ...

By USDA Newswire | Aug 20, 2014

News Release: Other Forest Programs, Including Efforts to Help Prevent and Mitigate Fire Damage Have Shrunk; Secretary Vilsack Renews Call to Better Protect Public Forests from Wildfire Threats WASHINGTON, Aug. 20, 2014—Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced a new report showing that as the cost of fighting ...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2014

News Release: A greater Detroit-area owner of three home health agencies pleaded guilty today for his role in a $22 million home health care fraud scheme.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2014

News Release: The Justice Department today announced that it has reached an agreement with the city of Baltimore, Maryland, to end hiring practices that discriminate against people with disabilities. The agreement, filed as a consent decree along with a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, ...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2014

News Release: Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has agreed to pay an $896,000 civil penalty to settle charges that it violated premerger reporting and waiting requirements when it acquired voting securities of USG Corp., the Department of Justice announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2014

News Release: The United States has asked a federal court in Miami to permanently bar a South Florida man and his two Miami businesses, Ebenezer Tax Services Inc. and Primo Tax Service Inc., from preparing federal income tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. He is alleged to have defrauded the government out of more than $20 million.

By Fed Newswire | Aug 20, 2014

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on July 29-30, 2014.

By Labor Gazette | Aug 20, 2014

News Release: CONCORD, N.H. — The U.S. Department of Labor has secured a preliminary injunction against Nashua painting contractor Kevin Corriveau Painting Inc., and its officers and agents, to prevent them from intimidating, retaliating or discriminating against current or former employees involved in a federal investigation and lawsuit.

By Labor Gazette | Aug 20, 2014

News Release: AUBURN, Ala. — Based in Auburn, Gonzalez Stucco & Stone LLC has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration for four repeat and one serious safety violation following an inspection at a residential construction site at 283 Bentley Court. The agency initiated the June 2014 inspection as part of its National Emphasis Program on Falls. Proposed penalties total $54,120.

By Labor Gazette | Aug 20, 2014

News Release: SEATTLE — A contractor for the U.S. Department of Energy's Hanford nuclear facility in Washington state has been ordered to reinstate an environmental specialist and pay more than $220,000 in back wages and other expenses after it fired the employee for voicing nuclear and environmental safety concerns, a violation of federal whistleblower provisions.