News published on Federal Newswire in March 2014

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 31, 2014

News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) wrote to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius calling into question the Administration’s claims that they do not know how many individuals have paid their first month’s premium in the new health care Exchanges.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2014

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y - - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Jason Zaifert, 33, of Buffalo, N.Y., was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession of child pornography. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2014

News Release: The Department of Justice filed a civil lawsuit today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada to stop Bill Sunga Modina, who allegedly does business as 5M Financial and 6M Financial, from preparing federal tax returns. According to the complaint, Modina has prepared over 2,200 tax returns since 1992.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2014

News Release: Seven individuals have been indicted in the Southern District of Florida for their alleged participation in a mortgage fraud scheme in the Miami area.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2014

News Release: A federal grand jury in Mobile, Ala., returned a one-count indictment against a former real estate investor, charging him with conspiracy to commit mail fraud as part of a scheme related to public real estate foreclosure auctions held in southern Alabama, the Department of Justice announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2014

News Release: A Los Angeles physician assistant pleaded guilty today to defrauding Medicare by signing fraudulent prescriptions for durable medical equipment while working at two separate medical clinics in California.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2014

News Release: An Iowa man pleaded guilty today in the District of Massachusetts to federal child exploitation charges moments before his jury trial was scheduled to begin this morning.

By Fed Newswire | Mar 31, 2014

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced its approval of the application under section 3 of the Bank Holding Company Act for Community & Southern Holdings, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, to merge with Verity Capital Group, Inc. and to acquire its subsidiary bank, Verity Bank, both of Winder, Georgia.

By Commerce News Now | Mar 31, 2014

News Release: Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker Opinion Editorial, Forbes "The New 'Economic Census' Will Help Unleash the Economic Magic of U.S. Government Data" “If you go back a few hundred years, what we take for granted today would seem like magic – being able to talk to people over long distances, to transmit ...

By Commerce News Now | Mar 31, 2014

News Release: Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker Opinion Editorial, U.S. News and World Report "Making Manufacturing Cool" This is an open letter to parents across America.

By Commerce News Now | Mar 31, 2014

News Release: “If you go back a few hundred years, what we take for granted today would seem like magic – being able to talk to people over long distances, to transmit images, flying, accessing vast amounts of data like an oracle. These are all things that would have been considered magic a few hundred years ago” — Elon Musk , the founder of Tesla, SpaceX and Paypal.

By Commerce News Now | Mar 31, 2014

News Release: This is an open letter to parents across America.

By Labor Gazette | Mar 31, 2014

News Release: GARFIELD, N.J. — The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Garfield-based East Coast Stucco & Construction Inc. for fall and scaffolding hazards found at a work site in North Brunswick, where a two-story restaurant was under construction. OSHA's November 2013 ...

By Labor Gazette | Mar 31, 2014

News Release: ROCKFORD, Ill. — The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Fischer Excavating Inc. for four safety violations, including one willful, for exposing workers to trenching hazards at a work site in Rockford. Proposed penalties total $58,100. OSHA initiated the November 2013 inspection under the National Emphasis Program for trenching and excavation.

By Labor Gazette | Mar 31, 2014

News Release: BROWNTOWN, Wis. — The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Grede Wisconsin Subsidiaries LLC for three violations, including one repeat, for failing to evaluate worker exposure to respirable crystalline silica dust and other hazards at the Browntown iron foundry. ...

By Labor Gazette | Mar 31, 2014

News Release: TUCKER, Ga. – The U.S. Department of Labor has sued Distribution by Datagen Inc., formerly known as Depawix Health Resources Inc. of Tucker, and several companies and individuals involved in the imprudent marketing and operation of a Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangement, in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

By Labor Gazette | Mar 31, 2014

News Release: Date of Action: March 20, 2014 Type of Action: Consent Judgment and Order Name(s) of Defendant: Louis & Riparetti Inc., Darrel Louis, and the Louis & Riparetti Retirement Plan Allegations: The U.S. Department of Labor filed a lawsuit on April 10, 2012, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District ...

By DOT News Wire | Mar 31, 2014

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

By DOT News Wire | Mar 31, 2014

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

By DOT News Wire | Mar 31, 2014

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