News published on Federal Newswire in January 2014

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014

News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - Joseph L. James, 30, of Plummer, Idaho, pleaded guilty today in federal court to assault resulting in serious bodily injury, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. James was indicted by a federal grand jury in Coeur d’Alene on Nov. 20, 2013.

By DOE Newswire | Jan 30, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) this week introduced bipartisan legislation recognizing the important connection between energy and water.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014

News Release: Three Miami residents have been indicted for their alleged participation in a $190 million Medicare fraud scheme.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014

News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has reached an agreement with the city of Waterloo, Iowa, resolving allegations that the city violated the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). The department initiated its investigation after a charge was filed by ...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014

News Release: The Departments of Veterans Affairs, Defense, Education and Justice, along with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission announced today the launch of a new online complaint system designed to collect feedback from veterans, service members and their families who are ...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014

News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder today released the following statement regarding the case of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev: “After consideration of the relevant facts, the applicable regulations and the submissions made by the defendant’s counsel, I have determined that the United States will seek the death penalty in this matter. The nature of the conduct at issue and the resultant harm compel this decision.”

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014

News Release: An Aryan Brotherhood of Texas (ABT) gang member and an ABT associate were sentenced to prison today for their involvement in the May 2008 murder of an ABT prospect member.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014

News Release: The Department of Justice published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking today intended to revise the department’s Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Title II and Title III regulations to implement the requirements of the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA). Congress passed the ADAAA in response to several ...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014

News Release: Jason McGuire of Detroit, Mich., and Delvin Davis of Saint Clair Shores, Mich., were found guilty by a jury sitting in Detroit in the Eastern District of Michigan of conspiracy and filing $3.4 million in false claims in the form of false individual income tax returns and false trust tax returns, the ...

By Fed Newswire | Jan 30, 2014

News Release: The Federal Open Market Committee, at its annual organizational meeting this week, unanimously selected Janet L. Yellen to serve as its Chair, effective Feb. 1, 2014. She is scheduled to be sworn in as Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System at 9 a.m. EST February 3. She will remain as Board Vice Chair over the weekend, with the authority to exercise all the duties of the Chair.

By Commerce News Now | Jan 30, 2014

News Release: The U.S. Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis reported today that realgross domestic product increased at an annual rate of 3.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2013, according to the advance estimate.

By Commerce News Now | Jan 30, 2014

News Release: The U.S. Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis reported today that real gross domestic product increased at an annual rate of 3.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2013, according to the advance estimate.

By Labor Gazette | Jan 30, 2014

News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The City of Providence, the Providence School Board and the Harold A. Birch Vocational Center and School have signed a settlement agreement to pay $250,859 in back wages to 60 student workers with disabilities following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour ...

By Labor Gazette | Jan 30, 2014

News Release: NEW YORK — The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Cooper Tank & Welding Corp., doing business as Cooper Tank Recycling, for eight serious health and safety violations following the heat-related death of a 64-year-old worker at the Brooklyn recycling facility on 222 Maspeth Ave.

By Labor Gazette | Jan 30, 2014

News Release: ARLINGTON, Va. — In a speech before attendees of the West Virginia Coal Association 's 41st Annual Mining Symposium in Charleston, W.Va., today, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health Joseph A. Main discussed actions taken by the Mine Safety and Health Administration and the mining community over the past year to improve mine safety and health.

By Labor Gazette | Jan 30, 2014

News Release: ARLINGTON, Va. — In a speech before attendees of the West Virginia Coal Association 's 41st Annual Mining Symposium in Charleston, W.Va., today, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health Joseph A. Main discussed actions taken by the Mine Safety and Health Administration and the mining community over the past year to improve mine safety and health.

By Labor Gazette | Jan 30, 2014

News Release: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending Jan. 25, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 348,000, an increase of 19,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 329,000. The 4-week moving average was 333,000, an increase of 750 from the previous week's revised average of 332,250.

By Labor Gazette | Jan 30, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $367,956 National Emergency Grant to assist approximately 142 of the 285 workers affected by the closure of two Xerox Commercial Services LLC facilities, located in Coos Bay and North Bend, Ore., respectively.

By Labor Gazette | Jan 30, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $367,956 National Emergency Grant to assist approximately 142 of the 285 workers affected by the closure of two Xerox Commercial Services LLC facilities, located in Coos Bay and North Bend, Ore., respectively.

By DOJ Gazette | Jan 30, 2014

The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Jan. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.