News published on Federal Newswire in January 2014

By State Newswire | Jan 11, 2014

News Release: NEWARK, NJ - U.S. Senator and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Robert Menendez (D-NJ) issued the following statement after meeting with representatives from several prominent Salvadorian-American organizations to discuss the upcoming 2014 Presidential elections in El Salvador.

By Interior Newswire | Jan 11, 2014

News Release: This year, schools around the country gear up for radically new tests designed to assess not just student knowledge, but skills like critical thinking or the ability to interpret primary sources of information. "When you think of it, national parks really are the ultimate primary sources," said Superintendent Bob Love. "The adobe bricks, the old mission records, even the tortilla-makers at Tumacácori are valuable resources for teachers and their students.".

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2014

News Release: Assistant Attorney General Bill Baer in charge of the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division made the following statement today after the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California found that Bazaarvoice Inc. violated Section 7 of the Clayton Act by acquiring its primary rival, PowerReviews ...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2014

News Release: Michael R. Barr, former chief executive officer of Louisville, Kentucky-based HealthEssentials Solutions Inc., has agreed to pay $1 million to resolve allegations that he knowingly caused HealthEssentials to submit false claims to Medicare between 1999 and 2004, the Justice Department announced today. ...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2014

News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder issued the following statement today on the status of same-sex marriages performed in the state of Utah: “Last June, the Supreme Court issued a landmark decision – in United States v. Windsor – holding that Americans in same-sex marriages are entitled to equal protection ...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2014

News Release: The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced appointments to a newly created National Commission on Forensic Science.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2014

News Release: Michael Morgan, formerly an officer at Roxbury Correctional Institution (RCI) in Hagerstown, Md., pleaded guilty today to assaulting an inmate on March 9, 2008, announced the Justice Department and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland. Morgan is the 12th former RCI officer to enter ...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2014

News Release: Michael Slattery Jr., an Irish national, was sentenced in federal court in Brooklyn, N.Y., today to serve 14 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act in relation to illegal rhinoceros horn trafficking, announced Acting Assistant Attorney ...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2014

News Release: Today, the Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia announced that Kerry Bolden, a former employee of the Correctional Emergency Response Team (CERT) at Macon State Prison (MSP) in Oglethorpe, Ga., pleaded guilty to civil rights and conspiracy charges. Bolden is the fifth former MSP officer to enter a guilty plea in connection with the ongoing federal investigation into a series of staff assaults of MSP inmates.

By Fed Newswire | Jan 10, 2014

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) on Friday made available the public portions of resolution plans for 116 institutions that submitted plans for the first time in December 2013, the latest group to file resolution plans with the agencies.

By Fed Newswire | Jan 10, 2014

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday announced preliminary unaudited results indicating that the Reserve Banks provided for payments of approximately $77.7 billion of their estimated 2013 net income to the U.S. Treasury. Under the Board's policy, the residual earnings of each Federal Reserve Bank are distributed to the U.S. Treasury, after providing for the costs of operations, payment of dividends, and the amount necessary to equate surplus with capital paid-in.

By Fed Newswire | Jan 10, 2014

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday requested comment on proposed revisions to the Regulation HH risk-management standards for certain financial market utilities that have been designated as systemically important by the Financial Stability Oversight Council, including those for which the Board is the ...

By Labor Gazette | Jan 10, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON — Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez issued the following statement about the December 2013 Employment Situation report released today: "The U.S. economy closed out 2013 by adding 74,000 jobs, bringing the 2013 total to nearly 2.2 million new jobs. With 87,000 new private-sector jobs in December, that makes 8.2 million jobs created by the private sector over the last 46 straight months. The December unemployment rate fell to 6.7 percent.

By Fed News Journal | Jan 10, 2014

The US Federal Reserve System published a five page notice on Jan. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOE Gazette | Jan 10, 2014

The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Jan. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOE Gazette | Jan 10, 2014

The US Energy Department published an eight page notice on Jan. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Fed News Journal | Jan 10, 2014

The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Jan. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Fed News Journal | Jan 10, 2014

The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on Jan. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Fed News Journal | Jan 10, 2014

The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Jan. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Fed News Journal | Jan 10, 2014

The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Jan. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.