News published on Federal Newswire in March 2014

News from March 2014


News Release: Angela Althea Peart was sentenced in connection with her role in a fraudulent international lottery scheme that targeted U.S. citizens, the Justice Department announced today. Peart was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge K. Michael Moore for the Southern District of Florida in Miami to serve 33 months ...


News Release: A Massapequa, N.Y., man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Allentown, Pa., to conspiracy to commit odometer tampering, the Department of Justice announced. The defendant, Edward Capicchioni, 53, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to tamper with odometers and make false odometer certifications. ...


Federal Reserve releases summary results of bank stress tests

News Release: According to the summary results of bank stress tests announced by the Federal Reserve on Thursday, the largest banking institutions in the United States are collectively better positioned to continue to lend to households and businesses and to meet their financial commitments in an extremely severe economic downturn than they were five years ago. This result reflects continued broad improvement in their capital positions since the financial crisis.


Federal Reserve offers seven-day term deposits from its Term Deposit Facility

News Release: On March 24, 2014, the Federal Reserve will conduct a floating-rate offering of term deposits through its Term Deposit Facility (TDF). As noted in the Federal Reserve Board's Feb. 21, 2014, release, this operation will have a term of seven days and the rate will be set equal to the sum of the interest ...


WHD News Release: US Department of Labor seeks a temporary restraining order to protect local workers from retaliation [03/20/2014]

News Release: McALLEN, Texas — The U.S. Department of Labor has filed an action in the U.S. District Court in McAllen seeking a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to protect workers from retaliation and threats of retaliation from some ISPE Produce Inc. officials.


OPA News Release: Statement by US Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez on veterans' employment [03/20/2014]

News Release: WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez today issued the following statement regarding the release of the 2013 Employment Situation of Veterans report by the department's Bureau of Labor Statistics: "Today's veterans' employment report for 2013 from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows an ...


ILAB News Release: Nicaraguan coffee producer Isidro Len-York awarded US Labor Department's Iqbal Masih Award for the Elimination of Child Labor [03/20/2014]

News Release: WASHINGTON — Carol Pier, deputy undersecretary for the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs, today announced Isidro León-York of Nicaragua as the recipient of the department's 2013 Iqbal Masih Award for the Elimination of Child Labor. U.S. Ambassador to Nicaragua Phyllis M. Powers presented the award to Mr. León-York at a ceremony today in Managua.


ETA Press Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report

News Release: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending March 15, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 320,000, an increase of 5,000 from the previous week's unrevised figure of 315,000. The 4-week moving average was 327,000, a decrease of 3,500 from the previous week's unrevised average of 330,500.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on March 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on March 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a three page notice on March 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on March 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on March 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on March 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on March 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on March 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on March 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on March 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on March 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.