News published on Federal Newswire in December 2014

By Homeland Newswire | Dec 2, 2014

News Release: (Washington) - Today, Committee on Homeland Security Ranking Member Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) delivered the following opening statement for the full Committee hearing entitled Open Borders: The Impact of Presidential Amnesty on Border Security...

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2014

News Release: PHOENIX - On Dec. 1, 2014, Micah Sobori Moquino, 20, of Scottsdale, Ariz., a member of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow to 240 months in federal prison. Moquino pleaded guilty on Sept. 18, 2014, to one count of assault with intent to commit murder and one count of assault with a dangerous weapon.

By Commerce Newswire | Dec 2, 2014

News Release: NIST scientists have devised an experimental photon-detection system for communications with error rates far below even the most ideal conventional designs.

By DOL Newswire | Dec 2, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Ranking Member Lamar Alexander (R-TN) today applauded unanimous Senate passage of the Adding Ebola to the FDA Priority Review Voucher Program Act. The bill was unanimously approved by the HELP Committee in November and now goes to the House.

By USDA Newswire | Dec 2, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON, Dec. 2, 2014 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that USDA is making $5.6 million in grants to 220 producers across the nation to support the production of advanced biofuels, and is awarding more than $4 million in additional grants that will advance the bioeconomy and reduce the nation's dependence on foreign oil.

By USDA Newswire | Dec 2, 2014

News Release: Farm to School Grants Help Schools get Healthy Local Food, Strengthen Local Economies PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2, 2014 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced more than $5 million in grants for 82 projects spanning 42 states and the U.S. Virgin Islands that support the U.S. Department of Agriculture's ...

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2014

News Release: A Florida owner and operator of multiple physical therapy rehabilitation facilities was sentenced in federal court in Tampa today to serve 11 years in prison for his role in organizing a $28.3 million Medicare fraud scheme involving physical and occupational therapy services.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2014

News Release: A Northern California real estate investor has agreed to plead guilty for his role in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern California, the Department of Justice announced.

By Fed Newswire | Dec 2, 2014

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the termination of the enforcement actions listed below: Metro North Bancshares, Inc., Elk River, Minnesota Written Agreement issued July 23, 2010 Terminated Nov. 24, 2014 United Security Bancshares, Inc., and United Security Bank, both of Fresno, California Written Agreement issued March 23, 2010 Terminated Nov. 19, 2014 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions. For media inquiries, call 202-452-2955.

By Fed Newswire | Dec 2, 2014

News Release: On Dec. 1, 2014, the Federal Reserve conducted a fixed-rate offering of term deposits through its Term Deposit Facility. The operation offered seven-day term deposits at an interest rate of 0.30000 percent. Following are the results of the operation: TDF Operation ID: F54 Total Amount Awarded: $402,152,500,000 ...

By Fed Newswire | Dec 2, 2014

News Release: Pace University won the 11th annual national College Fed Challenge on Tuesday, a competition that encourages students to learn about the U.S. economy, monetary policymaking, and the role of the Federal Reserve System. The team, from New York, N.Y., represented the New York Federal Reserve District and included Kelsey Berro, Katherine Craig, Jordan Jhamb, Julia Mikhailova, Lauren Price, and faculty adviser Gregory Colman.

By Commerce News Now | Dec 2, 2014

News Release: Thank you, Mayor Emanuel, for your introduction, for your friendship, and for your outstanding service to this city and to our country.

By Commerce News Now | Dec 2, 2014

News Release: New Commercial Service Officer Class to Support U.S. Economic Prosperity through Exports U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today announced the opening of the 2014-2015 application process for U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service Officer (Commercial Service Officer) positions. This new class of ...

By Commerce News Now | Dec 2, 2014

News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today announced the opening of the 2014-2015 application process for U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service Officer (Commercial Service Officer) positions. This new class of officers will support the ongoing expansion of the Commercial Service’s global footprint. In April, Secretary Pritzker unveiled plans to open new Commercial Service offices in Angola, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Tanzania, Tunisia, China, and Burma.

By Labor Gazette | Dec 2, 2014

News Release: MINOT, N.D. — An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that load operators at three Watco Terminal & Port Services' locations in Belfield, Stanley and Tioga were not paid for pre-shift work, as required by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. Watco will pay 261 workers a total of $304,094 in overtime back wages.

By Labor Gazette | Dec 2, 2014

News Release: MILFORD, Ill. — A Wagner's LLC employee didn't expect to spend his 25th birthday in the hospital, but that happened on May 31, 2014. The employee cleared birdseed from an industrial mixing tank at the Milford facility and had his left hand and arm severely injured after they were caught in a moving piece of machinery. He had been on the job for two months.

By Labor Gazette | Dec 2, 2014

News Release: PLEASANT PRAIRIE, Wis. — A 24-year-old temporary maintenance employee suffered severe burns from electrical shock while on assignment for Parallel Employment Group of Wisconsin Inc. Working at the Arvato Digital Services LLC distribution center in Pleasant Prairie, the employee came in contact with an ...

By Labor Gazette | Dec 2, 2014

News Release: EVERGREEN, Ala. — Guyoung Tech USA Inc. was cited by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration for 14 safety and health violations. A July 2014 inspection of the company's Evergreen facility found the company exposed workers to potentially fatal hazards, including amputations ...

By Labor Gazette | Dec 2, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez today announced the Honorable Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa as the recipient of the department's 2014 Iqbal Masih Award for the Elimination of Child Labor. Secretary Perez presented the award to Sen. Harkin at a ceremony today at the department.

By DOE Gazette | Dec 2, 2014

The US Energy Department published a three page notice on Dec. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.