News published on Federal Newswire in March 2014

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2014

News Release: Huntington, W.Va. - A Illinois felon who illegally possessed four firearms in February of 2013 was sentenced today to six years and six months in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin announced. Thomas Ray III, 44, of Will County, Illinois, previously pleaded guilty in December 2013 to possessing a firearm after having been convicted of a felony offense.

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 10, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, welcomed the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Marilyn Tavenner decision to rollback its plans to overhaul the Medicare prescription drug program.

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 10, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, welcomed the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Marilyn Tavenner decision to rollback its plans to overhaul the Medicare prescription drug program.

By Homeland Newswire | Mar 10, 2014

News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON— Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson today met with Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh to underscore the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) important partnerships with cities and communities across the nation— including Boston —and discuss the continuing collaboration between DHS with local first responders and law enforcement partners.

By USDA Newswire | Mar 10, 2014

News Release: SANTE FE, N.M., March 10, 2014 –Today in remarks at the National Farmers Union National Convention, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced new and expanded efforts to connect small- and mid-sized farmers and ranchers with USDA resources that can help them build stronger businesses, expand to reach new and larger markets, and grow their operations.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2014

News Release: Calling the rise in overdose deaths from heroin and other prescription pain-killers an “urgent public health crisis,” Attorney General Eric Holder vowed Monday that the Justice Department would combat the epidemic through a mix of enforcement and treatment efforts. As an added step, the Attorney General is also encouraging law enforcement agencies to train and equip their personnel with the life-saving, overdose-reversal drug known as naloxone.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2014

News Release: The Department of Justice announced that this morning John W. Ng, 58, of Albuquerque, N.M., made his initial appearance in federal court on a criminal complaint charging him with a hate crime offense. This charge is related to anti-Semitic threats Ng made against a Jewish woman who owns and operates the Nosh Jewish Delicatessen and Bakery in Albuquerque.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2014

News Release: Frederic Cilins, 51, a French citizen, pleaded guilty today in the Southern District of New York to obstructing a federal criminal investigation into whether a mining company paid bribes to win lucrative mining rights in the Republic of Guinea.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2014

News Release: Lanny Harris, a former sergeant at Roxbury Correctional Institution (RCI) in Hagerstown, Md., and Philip Mayo, a former correctional officer at RCI, were sentenced today for conspiring with other RCI officers on March 8-9, 2008, to assault an inmate at the prison, identified as K.D. Both Mayo and Harris ...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2014

News Release: The United States has sued The Tax Helper Corp, a tax preparation business with a store located in Chicago, and seeks to permanently bar the company and its alleged co-owner, Johnnie Pernell Jr., from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. According to the complaint, ...

By Labor Gazette | Mar 10, 2014

News Release: PATERSON, N.J. — On Jan. 16, Paterson-based F&G Sons Contractors Inc., doing business as F&G Stucco and Stone Contractors Inc., was cited by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration for two repeat and two serious safety violations for failing to provide required protective ...

By Labor Gazette | Mar 10, 2014

News Release: CLEVELAND — New Wave Plastics has been cited for 13 safety violations after the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found a lack of training and personal protective equipment at the Cleveland facility, a recycler and plastic products supplier. After receiving a complaint in November 2013, OSHA initiated an inspection of the facility. Proposed penalties total $51,800.

By Labor Gazette | Mar 10, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON — The Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans, also known as the Employee Retirement Income Security Act Advisory Council , will hold its first meeting of 2014 on Wednesday, March 26 in Washington, D.C., at the U.S. Department of Labor , 200 Constitution Ave. NW, Room ...

By DOE Gazette | Mar 10, 2014

The US Energy Department published a two page notice on March 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOE Gazette | Mar 10, 2014

The US Energy Department published a two page notice on March 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOE Gazette | Mar 10, 2014

The US Energy Department published a two page notice on March 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOE Gazette | Mar 10, 2014

The US Energy Department published a three page notice on March 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOE Gazette | Mar 10, 2014

The US Energy Department published a two page notice on March 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOE Gazette | Mar 10, 2014

The US Energy Department published a two page notice on March 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOE Gazette | Mar 10, 2014

The US Energy Department published a one page notice on March 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.