News published on Federal Newswire in June 2014

By USDA Newswire | Jun 19, 2014

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on five produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).

By Homeland Newswire | Jun 19, 2014

News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON—The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today released its second Quadrennial Homeland Security Review (QHSR), taking an important foundational step toward one of Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson’s highest priorities: strengthening Departmental unity of effort.

By Homeland Newswire | Jun 19, 2014

News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 On June 20, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson, and senior officials from the White House, Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the Departments of Defense, Justice, and Health and Human Services, will travel to Texas to visit U.S. ...

By USDA Newswire | Jun 19, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON, June 19, 2014 – United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretaries Robert Bonnie and Michael Scuse today pledged up to $5 million to state and local partnerships in six states for accelerating tree planting along the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The pledge was made at a summit in Washington, D.C. attended by leaders of Chesapeake Bay water quality restoration efforts.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2014

News Release: The Department of Justice and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today announced a settlement to resolve allegations that GE Capital Retail Bank, known as of this month as Synchrony Bank, engaged in a nationwide pattern or practice of discrimination by excluding Hispanic borrowers from two ...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2014

News Release: The Justice Department announced today a settlement agreement with the Clay County School District in Alabama. With the district’s cooperation the department conducted a compliance review of the district’s English Language Learner (ELL) program to determine whether the district’s ELL students were receiving services required by the Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974 (EEOA).

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2014

News Release: Kristopher Michael Montemayor, a county commissioner for Precinct 1 of the Webb County Commissioners Court in Texas, pleaded guilty to bribery today.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2014

News Release: A Florida man who was convicted of conspiracy to commit health care fraud was sentenced to serve 27 months in prison today in federal court in Tampa, Florida.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2014

News Release: A former patient recruiter pleaded guilty today in Miami, Florida, for his role in a $205 million Medicare fraud scheme.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2014

News Release: A federal grand jury in Houston, Texas, today indicted Philip Joseph Rivkin, a/k/a Felipe Poitan Arriaga, for offenses involving a federal renewable fuel program that allegedly netted him more than $29 million, the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division announced. The 68-count ...

By Fed Newswire | Jun 19, 2014

News Release: On June 23, 2014, the Federal Reserve will conduct a fixed-rate offering of term deposits through its Term Deposit Facility (TDF). The Federal Reserve will offer seven-day term deposits with an interest rate of 0.28000 percent and a maximum tender amount of $10,000,000,000. As noted in the Federal Reserve ...

By Commerce News Now | Jun 19, 2014

News Release: Op-Ed by Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker Opinion Editorial, The Hill Reinvesting in America Is Strong and Growing For years, companies have engaged in “labor arbitrage,” seeking lower wages outside of the United States. But many firms are looking to reshore or expand U.S. operations because the global ...

By Commerce News Now | Jun 19, 2014

News Release: Op-Ed by Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker Opinion Editorial, The Hill Reinvesting in America Is Strong and Growing For years, companies have engaged in “labor arbitrage,” seeking lower wages outside of the United States. But many firms are looking to reshore or expand U.S. operations because the global ...

By Commerce News Now | Jun 19, 2014

News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, chair of the Obama Administration's Presidential Ambassadors for Global Entrepreneurship (PAGE) initiative, will join the “Rise of the Rest” Road Tour on June 26th to bring attention to the rise of emerging startup economies in communities across the United ...

By Labor Gazette | Jun 19, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor will host two town hall meetings on Tuesday, June 24, and Wednesday, June 25, in Moab, Utah, to provide the public with information about the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act and the medical benefits available under the program. The EEOICPA provides compensation and medical benefits to workers who became ill as a result of working in the nuclear weapons and uranium mining industries.

By Labor Gazette | Jun 19, 2014

News Release: PHILADELPHIA — In 2012, 243 workers nationwide died while engaging in tree trimming and clearing activities. Reversing this statistic is at the heart of a Regional Emphasis Program announced today by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration to reduce workplace fatalities that occur during tree trimming and clearing operations throughout the area covered by OSHA's Wilmington, Del., Area Office, which includes the state of Delaware.

By Labor Gazette | Jun 19, 2014

News Release: PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has launched a "Construction Incident Prevention Initiative" campaign this summer to curb construction fatalities. Compliance officers will focus enforcement effort on construction sites covered by OSHA's Wilmington, Del., Area Office, which includes the state of Delaware.

By Labor Gazette | Jun 19, 2014

News Release: MACON, Ga. — California Cereal Products Inc. was cited by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration for nine serious safety and health violations for exposing full-time and temporary workers to electrical, fall and noise hazards following an inspection at the company's cereal production facility in Macon. The agency initiated the December 2013 inspection because of a complaint. Penalties total $40,600.

By Labor Gazette | Jun 19, 2014

News Release: SANTA ROSA BEACH, Fla. — Sonic Creations Inc., of Destin, has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration for three repeat and two serious safety violations for failing to provide workers who were framing houses with required protection from falls. Falls ...

By Labor Gazette | Jun 19, 2014

News Release: LAMONT, Fla. — On Jan. 16, 2014, David Kimberl, an 18-year-old laborer, was crushed to death when a bridge panel weighing nearly 1,800 pounds fell on him while he was dismantling a section of the old Aucilla River Bridge on U.S. 98 in Lamont. Kimberl was on the job for one week and had never worked in ...