News published on Federal Newswire in March 2014

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 11, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., March 11, 2014 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement on President Obama’s designation of the Point Arena-Stornetta Public Lands as a part of the Coastal California National Monument.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2014

News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of First Degree Burglary and Sexual Abuse of a Minor was sentenced on March 11, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2014

News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2014

News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - An Ocean County, N.J., attorney was sentenced today to six months in prison and six months of home confinement for evading federal income taxes after hiding assets in an attorney trust account in his wife’s name when he was already in debt to the IRS, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

By USDA Newswire | Mar 11, 2014

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced that Pickseed USA, Tangent, Ore., has paid $700 to settle alleged violations of the Federal Seed Act.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2014

News Release: Pharmaceutical manufacturer Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. and a subsidiary, IVAX LLC, have agreed to pay the government and the state of Illinois $27.6 million for allegedly violating the False Claims Act by making payments to induce prescriptions of an anti-psychotic drug for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. ...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2014

News Release: Halifax Hospital Medical Center and Halifax Staffing Inc. (Halifax), a hospital system based in the Daytona Beach, Fla., area, have agreed to pay $85 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims to the Medicare program that violated the Physician Self-Referral ...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2014

News Release: A federal inmate pleaded guilty today for the murder of United States Correctional Officer Jose Rivera, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Benjamin Wagner for the Eastern District of California.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2014

News Release: Richard Castle, 47, a resident of the United Kingdom, has been sentenced to serve 192 months in prison in connection with a trip he made to Ohio from his home in the United Kingdom to have illicit sexual activity with a minor in June 2011.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2014

News Release: Anthony Merrell Tyler, 33, pleaded guilty in federal court today to violating the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act for his role in a 2011 racially motivated attack on a white man and an African-American woman in Marysville, Calif. Tyler’s co-defendants, Billy James Hammett, 30, and Perry Sylvester Jackson, 28, pleaded guilty to the same offense on Dec. 17, 2013.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2014

News Release: A Dominican national was sentenced today for his leading role in trafficking the identities and corresponding identity documents of Puerto Rican U.S. citizens.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2014

News Release: Two Northern California real estate investors pleaded guilty for their roles in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern California, the Department of Justice announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2014

News Release: The Justice Department today announced a settlement under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with Blair County, Pa., to greatly improve physical accessibility at the county’s polling places for individuals who use wheelchairs and other mobility aids and for individuals who are blind ...

By Fed Newswire | Mar 11, 2014

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of the following enforcement action: Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. ( PDF), Monett, Missouri Written Agreement dated December 4, 2013 The Federal Reserve Board also announced the termination of the enforcement actions listed below: Northfield ...

By Fed Newswire | Mar 11, 2014

News Release: On March 10, 2014, the Federal Reserve conducted a fixed-rate offering of term deposits through its Term Deposit Facility. The operation offered seven-day term deposits at an interest rate of 0.26000 percent. Following are the results of the operation: TDF Operation ID: F36 Total Amount Awarded: $15,183,010,000 ...

By Commerce News Now | Mar 11, 2014

News Release: President Obama will visit Saudi Arabia later this month to meet with His Majesty King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud and discuss Gulf security and peace in the Middle East. Ahead of the President’s visit, Secretary Pritzker is in Riyadh to underscore the close commercial and economic relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia.

By Commerce News Now | Mar 11, 2014

News Release: As part of her trade mission to the Middle East this week, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker delivered remarks today in Riyadh, Saudia Arabia at a luncheon hosted by the U.S.-Saudi Arabian Business Council (USSABC). Those in attendance at the luncheon included His Royal Highness Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, His Royal Highness Prince Abdulaziz bin Ahmed, the U.S. business delegation, and more than 300 business people from the United States and the Gulf region.

By Labor Gazette | Mar 11, 2014

News Release: LYONS, Ill. — Employees of Celtic Environmental Inc. were exposed to lead paint hazards while conducting abrasive blasting operations on a viaduct located at Richards and Herkimer Streets in Joliet in October 2013. The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited the ...

By Labor Gazette | Mar 11, 2014

News Release: CANTON, Ohio — Gaspar Inc., a boiler manufacturer, has been cited for two willful violations by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Proposed penalties total $112,000. OSHA's investigation found the company was requiring employees to operate two press brakes and a horizontal boring machine where the machine guards had been removed. Machine guarding protects workers from lacerations, caught-in and amputation hazards.

By Labor Gazette | Mar 11, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that it has entered into a conciliation agreement to address allegations of disability discrimination by a person with hearing impairments against the Colorado Department of Labor & Employment. The U.S. Labor Department's Civil Rights Center investigated ...