News published on Federal Newswire in January 2014

News from January 2014


News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 “On Feb. 4-6, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson will travel to Krakow, Poland to attend the G6 Ministerial Meeting to discuss collective concern regarding foreign fighter travel to and from Syria, homeland security-related priorities, ...


News Release: The former president and vice president of Osaka, Japan-based Diamond Electric Mfg. Co. Ltd. have agreed to plead guilty for their participation in a global conspiracy to fix prices of ignition coils installed in cars sold in the United States and elsewhere, the Department of Justice announced today. Ignition coils are part of a car’s fuel ignition system and release electric energy suddenly to ignite a fuel mixture.


News Release: Top officers and a salesman for an investment company based in Nashville, Tenn., have pleaded guilty for their roles in an $18 million Ponzi scheme.


News Release: A Queens, N.Y., medical doctor was sentenced today to serve 12 months and a day in prison for his role in a scheme that fraudulently billed Medicare more than $15 million for, among other things, physical therapy and lesion removal services that were medically unnecessary and never provided.


News Release: Joseph Vito Mastronardo Jr., 63, of Meadowbrook, Pa., pleaded guilty today to conspiring to participate in a racketeering enterprise (RICO), conducting an illegal gambling business, four counts of conspiring to launder money, eight counts of interstate travel in aid of racketeering, transmitting wagering information and aggravated structuring of cash deposits.


News Release: The Justice Department, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland and the FBI announced that Josh Hummer, a sergeant at the Roxbury Correctional Institution (RCI) in Hagerstown, Md., was convicted today by a federal jury of obstructing justice during the investigation of an assault against an inmate. Hummer faces a statutory maximum of 20 years when he is sentenced by U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar. The assault against the inmate occurred on March 9, 2008.


News Release: Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker Also Has New, Corresponding Twitter Handle The U.S. Department of Commerce today launched an Instagram account for Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, making her the first-ever Cabinet official to have an Instagram account. The account will be directly tied to the Department’s Facebook page.


News Release: Today, President Obama signed a federal employer commitment addressing the issue of long-term unemployment. This commitment follows the Presidential memorandum for the Secretaries of Commerce, Labor, and Education regarding job-driven training for workers.


News Release: Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker Also Has New, Corresponding Twitter Handle The U.S. Department of Commerce today launched an Instagram account for Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, making her the first-ever Cabinet official to have an Instagram account. The account will be directly tied to the Department’s Facebook page.


News Release: Today, President Obama signed a federal employer commitment addressing the issue of long-term unemployment. This commitment follows the Presidential memorandum for the Secretaries of Commerce, Labor, and Education regarding job-driven training for workers.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Jan. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Jan. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Jan. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a four page notice on Jan. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Jan. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Jan. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.