News published on Federal Newswire in February 2014

News from February 2014


News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 “On Feb. 20-21, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson will travel to Los Angeles to meet with Department of Homeland Security personnel, visit the Transportation Security Administration Pre✓™ Enrollment Center and the U.S. Customs and ...


USDA to Invest in Prairie Pothole Landscape Effort

News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 14, 2014 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that up to $35 million will be provided during the next three years to help landowners conserve grasslands and wetlands in the Prairie Pothole region. The announcement was made on the Secretary's behalf by Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment Robert Bonnie.


Obama Administration Announces Additional Assistance to Californians Impacted by Drought

News Release: USDA will provide up to $100 million in livestock disaster assistance, additional $10 million for water conservation.


News Release: Irene Tamika Smith, a former professional tax-return preparer, was sentenced yesterday to serve 33 months in prison for conspiring with her co-workers to defraud the United States by filing false tax returns in order to receive fraudulently-inflated refunds for clients, Assistant Attorney General Kathryn ...


News Release: Andrew L. Zarauskas, 60, of Union, N.J., was found guilty today by a federal jury in Bangor, Maine, of illegally trafficking and smuggling narwhal tusks, and associated money laundering crimes, announced Robert G. Dreher, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division.


News Release: Today, the Department of Justice issued a letter of findings describing problems in the Missoula County, Mont., Attorney’s Office’s response to sexual assault, and concluding that there is substantial evidence that the County Attorney’s response to sexual assault discriminates against women. The department ...


News Release: Jose A. Santiago, 36, of Springfield, Mass., was sentenced yesterday in Providence, R.I., to serve 40 years in prison for his role in the September 2010 armed robbery and murder of Woonsocket, R.I., gas station manager David D. Main.


News Release: Three individuals charged in connection with operating a series of fraudulent business opportunity companies pleaded guilty this week in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Mitchell Berman (aka Brian Griffin) of Boca Raton, Fla., and Robert Gallo (aka Bobby Pace, Vincent Pastone, ...


News Release: A member of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas gang (ABT) has pleaded guilty to racketeering charges related to his membership in the ABT’s criminal enterprise, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson of the Southern District of Texas.


News Release: Monajem Hakimijoo, also known as Manny Hakimi, of Beverly Hills, Calif., pleaded guilty on Feb. 13, 2014, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California to filing a false federal income tax return for tax year 2007, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced ...


News Release: Earlier today at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, N.Y., Akbar Ahmad Sherzai, 49, of Centreville, Va., an independent contractor for a trucking company operating in Afghanistan that was responsible for delivering fuel to U.S. Army installations, pleaded guilty to his role in offering a U.S. Army serviceman ...


Federal Reserve Board announces termination of enforcement action with First Security Bank of Malta

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below: First Security Bank of Malta, Malta, Montana Prompt Corrective Action Directive dated June 8, 2012 Terminated February 7, 2014 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions. For media inquiries, call 202-452-2955.


The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on Feb. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page proposed rule on Feb. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page proposed rule on Feb. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a two page proposed rule on Feb. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Feb. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a two page proposed rule on Feb. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.