News published on Federal Newswire in December 2014

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2014

News Release: Today, the FBI would like to provide an update on the status of our investigation into the cyber attack targeting Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE). In late November, SPE confirmed that it was the victim of a cyber attack that destroyed systems and stole large quantities of personal and commercial data. ...

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2014

News Release: PacifiCorp Energy, a subsidiary of PacifiCorp, based in Portland, Oregon, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Wyoming today to violating the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) in connection with the deaths of protected birds, including golden eagles, at two of the company’s wind projects in ...

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2014

News Release: All Seven Defendants Charged Have Now Been Convicted Two Colombian nationals pleaded guilty today to second degree murder and conspiracy to kidnap an internationally protected person for their roles in the kidnapping and murder of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent James “Terry” Watson in Bogotá, Colombia, on June 20, 2013.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2014

News Release: COPS Office Releases 42 Findings and Recommendations to Implement Best Practice at the Spokane Police Department The U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) announced today the completion of a Collaborative Reform Review of the Spokane Police Department’s use ...

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2014

News Release: Deputy Assistant Attorney General David Hubbert for the Justice Department’s Tax Division Civil Trial Matters, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara for the Southern District of New York, Commissioner John Koskinen of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams of the Drug ...

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2014

News Release: A Massapequa, New York, man was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Allentown, Pennsylvania, to serve 24 months in prison on charges related to an odometer tampering scheme, the Department of Justice announced today. Edward Capicchioni, 54, was also ordered to pay $412,880 in restitution to victims who ...

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2014

News Release: Iron Mountain Incorporated and Iron Mountain Information Management LLC (collectively Iron Mountain) has paid $44.5 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that Iron Mountain overcharged federal agencies for record storage services under General Services Administration (GSA) contracts, ...

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2014

News Release: Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems (LMIS) has agreed to pay $27.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly overbilling the government for work performed by LMIS employees who lacked required job qualifications. The settlement was announced today by Acting Assistant Attorney General Joyce R. Branda for the Justice Department’s Civil Division and U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman for the District of New Jersey.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2014

News Release: A federal jury today returned a guilty verdict against a civilian employee of the U.S. Navy posted at the Capodichino Navy Base near Naples, Italy, for obstructing an investigation and making false statements, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal ...

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2014

News Release: A federal jury sitting in Los Angeles today convicted two California tax return preparers of one count of conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and two counts of willfully failing to file a Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR) announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney ...

By Fed Newswire | Dec 19, 2014

News Release: The federal bank regulatory agencies today announced the annual adjustment to the asset-size thresholds used to define small bank, small savings association, intermediate small bank, and intermediate small savings association under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulations.

By Commerce News Now | Dec 19, 2014

News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker and U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman, together with Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang, co-chaired the 25th U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) in Chicago, Illinois, on December 16-18, 2014. They were joined by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture ...

By Commerce News Now | Dec 19, 2014

News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker and U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman, together with Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang, co-chaired the 25th U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) in Chicago, Illinois, on December 16-18, 2014. They were joined by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture ...

By Labor Gazette | Dec 19, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury are seeking public comment on proposed rules that would amend the definition of excepted benefits to include certain limited wraparound coverage.

By Fed News Journal | Dec 19, 2014

The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on Dec. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By USDA Wire | Dec 19, 2014

The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Dec. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Commerce News Now | Dec 19, 2014

The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Dec. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Commerce News Now | Dec 19, 2014

The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Dec. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Commerce News Now | Dec 19, 2014

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Commerce News Now | Dec 19, 2014

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.