News published on Federal Newswire in December 2014

By Homeland Newswire | Dec 16, 2014

News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON – Yesterday, senior officials from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Government of Guatemala met for the first DHS-Ministry of Government Executive Leadership Group (ELG) meeting. The ELG is a step forward by both governments to strengthen the strategic bilateral partnership and enhance collaboration on a range of shared security-related priorities.

By Homeland Newswire | Dec 16, 2014

News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 I thank the Senate for confirming Sarah R. Saldaña as Assistant Secretary for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. As an experienced federal prosecutor and public servant, Sarah is committed to supporting those that enforce our laws, protect the homeland, and promote public safety.

By USDA Newswire | Dec 16, 2014

News Release: 2014 Farm Bill Program Generates Renewable Energy, Helps Reduce Forest Fire Threats WASHINGTON, Dec. 16, 2014 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that more than 200,000 tons of biomass were removed from federal lands through the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP). BCAP, reauthorized ...

By USDA Newswire | Dec 16, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON, Dec 16, 2014—On Dec. 18, 2014, at 11:00am EST, the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will release selected tables from its upcoming USDA Agricultural Projections to 2024 report. USDA will post online tables containing long-term supply, use, and price projections to 2024 for major crops and livestock products, and will include supporting U.S. and international macroeconomic assumptions.

By USDA Newswire | Dec 16, 2014

News Release: Virginia program to serve as model for similar programs across the country WASHINGTON, Dec. 16, 2014 – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy today joined U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary (USDA) Tom Vilsack, Mike Boots of the White House Council on Environmental ...

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2014

News Release: An Eritrean national, who is also a citizen of the United Kingdom, was sentenced today to three years in prison for smuggling up to 99 undocumented migrants from Eritrea and Ethiopia into the United States.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2014

News Release: An Iowa man was sentenced to 20 years in prison today in the District of Massachusetts for enticing a 10-year-old girl to engage in sexually explicit conduct online, which he directed and watched live via a webcam.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2014

News Release: Admits to Soliciting Sexual Favors in Exchange for Potential Lenient Treatment A police officer employed by the City of Salem, Virginia, and assigned to a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) task force pleaded guilty today for soliciting and receiving sexual favors from a cooperating defendant ...

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2014

News Release: On Dec. 15, 2014, a Casper, Wyoming, man was sentenced to serve one year and one day in prison for tax fraud by U.S. District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson in the District of Wyoming.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2014

News Release: City of St. Anthony Village Agrees to Allow Abu Huraira Islamic Center a Permit to Worship in St. Anthony Business Center Acting Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Vanita Gupta and U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota Andrew M. Luger today announced a settlement agreement in principle ...

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2014

News Release: A former employee of a U.S. contractor was indicted today in the Eastern District of Texas for allegedly soliciting and accepting bribes in exchange for his influence in awarding U.S. government-funded contracts in Afghanistan, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney John Malcolm Bales of the Eastern District of Texas.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2014

News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that today in Harrisburg United States District Court Judge John E. Jones III sentenced Wendy Weikal-Beauchat, 46, to 15 years’ imprisonment plus restitution and forfeiture totaling over $12 million for wire fraud and money laundering in connection with the misuse of her clients’ funds.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2014

News Release: An Italian shipping firm based in Genoa, Italy, pleaded guilty to violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships by falsifying required ships’ documents to hide the fact that the ship had illegally discharged oil contaminated waste into the ocean on multiple occasions, announced the Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida, and the U.S. Coast Guard.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2014

News Release: U.S. District Court Judge Susan Richard Nelson sentenced Tieu Tran, 59, of Mankato, Minn., to serve one year and one day in prison followed by 1 year supervised probation upon release, the Justice Department announced today. Tran pleaded guilty to one count of forced labor trafficking on Mar. 25, 2014. Tran is the former owner and manager of Nails By Jordan, a nail salon located in Mankato.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2014

News Release: “I am delighted to welcome John Cruden back to the Department of Justice as Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division.

By Fed Newswire | Dec 16, 2014

News Release: The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency today issued an interim final rule to ensure that the treatment of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives, eligible margin loans, and repo-style transactions under the two agencies' regulatory capital and liquidity ...

By Fed Newswire | Dec 16, 2014

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below: Port Byron State Bank, Port Byron, Illinois Written Agreement issued July 23, 2013 Terminated December 9, 2014 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions. For media inquiries, call 202-452-2955.

By Commerce News Now | Dec 16, 2014

News Release: More than one-quarter of American homes have not adopted internet service, many citing cost as their primary reason. Since market competition can significantly affect consumer prices, we set out to ask: how many Internet service providers (ISPs) are available to consumers at different levels of download speeds?

By Labor Gazette | Dec 16, 2014

News Release: FARGO, N.D. — The U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Attorney for the District of North Dakota sued Bharat I. Patel and alleged his failure to pay 192 workers minimum wage and/or overtime rates at 13 hotels he owns in North Dakota and Montana. An investigation by the Wage and Hour Division found approximately $100,000 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages owed to front-desk clerks, housekeeping staff and other hotel employees.

By Labor Gazette | Dec 16, 2014

News Release: PHOENIX — Uncle Bear's Grill & Bar eateries will pay a total of $115,252 in overtime back wages to 54 employees after an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division. The investigation included locations in Chandler, Mesa, Phoenix, Queen Creek and Surprise.