News published on Federal Newswire in February 2014

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2014

News Release: CHICAGO ― A former Chicago commodities trader was sentenced to 6½ years in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining more than $10 million and misappropriating a substantial portion of the money for his personal commodities futures trading, to make Ponzitype payments to investors, and to benefit himself...

By DOL Newswire | Feb 5, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today welcomed the announcement that CVS Caremark will stop selling tobacco products at its more than 7,600 stores nationwide. In 1998, Harkin introduced the first comprehensive, ...

By USDA Newswire | Feb 5, 2014

News Release: 'Climate Hubs' will provide regional networks on climate science, forecasting impacts as part of President's Climate Action Plan WASHINGTON, Feb. 5, 2014—Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today the creation of the first ever Regional Hubs for Risk Adaptation and Mitigation to Climate Change ...

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2014

News Release: A federal jury in Miami today convicted a South Florida resident for her role in an international fraudulent lottery scheme that targeted U.S. citizens, the Justice Department announced. Charmaine Anne King, 51, of Lauderdale Lakes, Fla. was convicted of one count of conspiracy, three counts of mail fraud and two counts of wire fraud. The case is part of the government’s crackdown on international fraudulent lottery schemes.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2014

News Release: W.R. Grace & Co, based in Columbia, Md., paid over $63 million to the U.S. government under its bankruptcy plan of reorganization to resolve claims for environmental cleanups at approximately 39 sites in 21states, the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2014

News Release: Christopher Eugene Reynolds, 39, a former police officer of the Selmer, Tenn., Police Department (SPD), was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge J. Daniel Breen to serve one year and one day in prison following his conviction for violating the civil rights of an arrestee, the Justice Department announced. Reynolds pleaded guilty Nov. 6, 2013. Judge Breen also sentenced Reynolds to a period of two years supervised release and a $100 special assessment.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2014

News Release: CITGO Petroleum Corporation and CITGO Refining and Chemicals Company LLP (CITGO) were sentenced in U.S. District Court in Corpus Christi for violations of the Clean Air Act related to its illegal operation of two massive tanks at their Corpus Christi East Plant Refinery as oil water separators without ...

By Commerce News Now | Feb 5, 2014

News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker Delivers Remarks at Mexico-United States Entrepreneurship and Innovation Council Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker joined Enrique Jacob Rocha, President of the Mexican National Entrepreneurship Institute (INADEM), to deliver remarks at a breakfast ...

By Commerce News Now | Feb 5, 2014

News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker joined Enrique Jacob Rocha, President of the Mexican National Entrepreneurship Institute (INADEM), to deliver remarks at a breakfast hosted by the Mexico-United States Entrepreneurship and Innovation Council (MUSEIC) and the American Chamber of Commerce. ...

By Labor Gazette | Feb 5, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $1,520,243 National Emergency Grant to assist with cleanup and recovery efforts following the severe winter storm that battered Arkansas on Dec. 5 - 6, 2013. This grant will provide aid to affected communities in North Central, Northwest and Western Arkansas.

By Labor Gazette | Feb 5, 2014

News Release: Date of Action: Jan. 28, 2014 Type of Action: Decision and Order Name(s) of Defendant: Intelligent System Solutions 401(k) Plan Allegations: Intelligent System Solutions, doing business as, Cipher Associates 401(k) plan, based in Albany, N.Y., is an employee defined contribution plan established in 1998. The Plan was sponsored by Intelligent System Solutions, Inc. doing business as Cipher Associates.

By Labor Gazette | Feb 5, 2014

News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. — The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained consent judgments against Robert La Courciere and Pamela Babbish, former trustees of the Fourslides Inc. pension plan; these judgments follow the recovery of $490,594 owed to the plan. A lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern ...

By Labor Gazette | Feb 5, 2014

News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. — The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained consent judgments against Robert La Courciere and Pamela Babbish, former trustees of the Fourslides Inc. pension plan; these judgments follow the recovery of $490,594 owed to the plan. A lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern ...

By Commerce News Now | Feb 5, 2014

The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Feb. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOE Gazette | Feb 5, 2014

The US Energy Department published a two page proposed rule on Feb. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Feb 5, 2014

The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Feb. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Feb 5, 2014

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Feb 5, 2014

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Feb 5, 2014

The US Transportation Department published a seven page notice on Feb. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Feb 5, 2014

The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Feb. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.