News published on Federal Newswire in July 2014

By USDA Newswire | Jul 2, 2014

News Release: Conservation Initiative to Minimize Flooding, Improve Water and Soil Quality, Help Waterfowl, Strengthen Agriculture and Outdoor Recreation Economies MOORHEAD, Minn., July 2, 2014 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson today announced targeted ...

By USDA Newswire | Jul 2, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON, July 2, 2014 – Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that the United States and the Republic of Korea formed a partnership that will recognize the two countries' organic programs as equivalent for processed organic products and streamline access to each other's markets. According to U.S. industry estimates, the United States exported approximately $35 million of processed organic products to Korea in 2013.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2014

News Release: Seven Colombian nationals were extradited to the United States to face charges relating to the kidnapping and murder of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent James Terry Watson.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2014

News Release: Teresa Floyd, of Phenix City, Alabama, was indicted for her alleged involvement in a stolen identity refund fraud scheme, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Ronald A. Cimino of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney George L. Beck Jr. for the Middle District of Alabama announced today following the unsealing of the indictment.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2014

News Release: Josh Jambon, 52, a resident of Grand Isle, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today in front of U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan to two counts of federal civil rights violations, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Jocelyn Samuels for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Allen Polite Jr. for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

By Fed Newswire | Jul 2, 2014

News Release: The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency today issued the host state loan-to-deposit ratios that they will use to determine compliance with section 109 of the Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994. These ratios update data released on July 1, 2013.

By Fed Newswire | Jul 2, 2014

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) on Wednesday released the public portions of annual resolution plans for 17 financial firms. Each plan must describe the company's strategy for rapid and orderly resolution under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the event of material financial distress or failure of the company.

By Labor Gazette | Jul 2, 2014

News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — An employee of Nueces Electrical Co-op in Corpus Christi has received $46,920 in back wages and damages after an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found the company in violation of the Family and Medical Leave Act.

By Labor Gazette | Jul 2, 2014

News Release: BOSTON — Donald Pottern, doing business as Crown Furniture, will pay a former employee $12,500 and take other corrective action to resolve an anti-discrimination lawsuit filed in May by the U.S. Department of Labor. The department sued the West Springfield furniture retailer after an investigation by ...

By Labor Gazette | Jul 2, 2014

News Release: SMYRNA, Ga. — Jose M. Hernandez Cruz, doing business as JA Siding Construction Services LLC, of Marietta, has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration for three repeat and four serious safety violations. Citations were issued to the employer for exposing ...

By Labor Gazette | Jul 2, 2014

News Release: HARTFORD, Conn. — An inspection by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found that workers at the TLD Ace Corp. manufacturing plant in Windsor were exposed to potential falls, burns and electric shock due to missing or inadequate safeguards at the company's manufacturing plant.

By Labor Gazette | Jul 2, 2014

News Release: ARLINGTON, Va. — Although improvements in roof control technology have led to a significant decrease in accidents related to roof and rib (wall) falls, such accidents are still a leading cause of injuries in underground coal mines, according to the U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration.

By Labor Gazette | Jul 2, 2014

News Release: BRAINTREE, Mass. — Employees at the Dollar Tree Stores Inc. location in Boston's Roslindale neighborhood repeatedly faced the dangers of blocked exits and hazardous conditions in the store's stockroom, according to an inspection by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Dollar Tree Stores faces a total of $177,800 in proposed fines following a complaint inspection by OSHA's Braintree Area Office.

By DOT News Wire | Jul 2, 2014

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on July 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Jul 2, 2014

The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on July 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Jul 2, 2014

The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on July 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Jul 2, 2014

The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on July 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Jul 2, 2014

The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on July 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Jul 2, 2014

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on July 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Jul 2, 2014

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on July 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.