News published on Federal Newswire in March 2014

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2014

News Release: In testimony delivered before the U.S. Sentencing Commission Thursday, Attorney General Eric Holder endorsed a proposed change to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines that would reserve the harshest penalties for the most serious drug offenders.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2014

News Release: John Bryan Villegas, 23, of Kittery, Maine, was sentenced today in federal court in New Hampshire to serve 33 months in prison for engaging in a type of cyber stalking known as “sextortion,” announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney John P. Kacavas of the District of New Hampshire.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2014

News Release: A licensed psychiatrist formerly employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) was sentenced today to serve 18 months in prison for falsely claiming to provide at-home services to Medicare beneficiaries.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2014

News Release: George Despotopoulos and Steve Tepelidis pleaded guilty to tax evasion today in the District Court for the Eastern District of New York, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2014

News Release: A U.S. Army soldier was sentenced to serve 12 months and one day in prison for his role in stealing fuel at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Fenty near Jalalabad, Afghanistan.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2014

News Release: Dustin Norris and Ryan Lohr, former officers at Roxbury Correctional Institution (RCI) in Hagerstown, Md., were sentenced today for conspiring with other RCI officers on March 9, 2008, in connection with the assault of an inmate at the state prison, identified as K.D. Lohr and Norris were the first two former RCI officers to enter guilty pleas in the federal investigation of the assault and ensuing cover up.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2014

News Release: The Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today that construction company owner Tomas Olazabal, of Fresh Meadows, N.Y., was convicted of two counts of filing false corporate tax returns for his corporation, Tupac Construction Corporation. Olazabal was convicted by a jury sitting in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2014

News Release: Memorial Hospital (Memorial), an Ohio nonprofit corporation that operates an acute care hospital in Fremont, Ohio, has agreed to pay $8.5 million to settle claims that it violated the False Claims Act, the Anti-Kickback Statute and the Stark Statute by engaging in improper financial relationships with referring physicians, the Justice Department announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2014

News Release: Christopher Davis, of Montgomery, Ala., was sentenced today to serve 60 months in prison, announced Assistant Attorney General Kathryn Keneally of the Justice Department's Tax Division and U.S. Attorney George L. Beck Jr. for the Middle District of Alabama. Davis was also ordered to forfeit $300,559, which represented the proceeds of his offenses. Davis previously pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2014

News Release: A former correctional officer in Puerto Rico was sentenced to serve 37 months in prison for attempting to smuggle heroin into state prison by delivering it to an inmate in the parking lot of the Medical Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

By Fed Newswire | Mar 13, 2014

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the termination of the enforcement actions listed below: CoastalSouth Bancshares, Inc., Hilton Head, South Carolina Written Agreement dated Feb. 2, 2012 Terminated March 10, 2014 Community West Bancshares, Goleta, California Written Agreement dated ...

By Fed Newswire | Mar 13, 2014

News Release: On March 17, 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 0.26000 percent and a maximum tender amount of $1,250,000,000. As noted in the Federal Reserve ...

By Labor Gazette | Mar 13, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy and the National Council on Disability invite the public to participate in a virtual town hall dialogue, "Advancing Accessibility and Inclusion in Social Media — The User Experience," which will examine the accessibility ...

By Labor Gazette | Mar 13, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the availability of approximately $44 million in grants through the Face Forward program to provide work-based learning opportunities and support services for youth ages 14 to 24 who have been through the juvenile justice system.

By Labor Gazette | Mar 13, 2014

News Release: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending March 8, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 315,000, a decrease of 9,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 324,000. The 4-week moving average was 330,500, a decrease of 6,250 from the previous week's revised average of 336,750.

By Commerce News Now | Mar 13, 2014

The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on March 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Commerce News Now | Mar 13, 2014

The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on March 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Commerce News Now | Mar 13, 2014

The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on March 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOE Gazette | Mar 13, 2014

The US Energy Department published a one page notice on March 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOE Gazette | Mar 13, 2014

The US Energy Department published a two page notice on March 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.