News published on Federal Newswire in May 2014

By USDA Newswire | May 12, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON, May 12, 2014 - Deputy Agriculture Secretary Krysta Harden announced that USDA's Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) will host an event in Arkansas next month to give small business owners the opportunity to partner with federal agencies. The meeting, in Pine Bluff, supports Obama Administration efforts to put Americans back to work and create an economy built to last.

By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2014

News Release: A former New York-based tax liens company executive pleaded guilty today for his role in a conspiracy to rig bids at auctions conducted by New Jersey municipalities for the sale of tax liens, the Department of Justice announced.

By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2014

News Release: A Minnesota man who worked at Kadena Air Force Base in Okinawa, Japan, was indicted today in the District of Minnesota on charges of sexual abuse, production of child pornography and possession of child pornography.

By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2014

News Release: Three individuals who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud in connection with operating a series of fraudulent business opportunity companies were sentenced in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Robert Gallo (aka Bobby Pace, Vincent Pastone, Joe Barone, ...

By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2014

News Release: A former private security guard was sentenced in the District of Puerto Rico today for his role in providing armed security for a drug transaction.

By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2014

News Release: The Department of Justice Civil Rights Division today released its accomplishments report for 2013. This report supplements the division’s first accomplishments report , issued last year, on the division’s work during the first four years of Attorney General Eric Holder’s leadership. In the division’s ...

By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2014

News Release: Sybil Marshall Coles, 45, of Pamplin, Virginia, was sentenced today to serve five years in prisonfor aggravated identity theft and preparing a false tax return, announced Assistant Attorney General Kathryn Keneally for the Tax Division, U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente for the Eastern District of Virginia ...

By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2014

News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it will monitor elections on May 13, 2014, in Colfax and Douglas Counties, Nebraska, to ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act and other federal voting rights statutes. The Voting Rights Act prohibits discrimination in the election process on the basis of race, color or membership in a minority language group.

By Fed Newswire | May 12, 2014

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced the approval of an application by CaixaBank, S.A., Barcelona, Spain, to establish a representative office in New York, New York.

By Labor Gazette | May 12, 2014

News Release: DECATUR, Ill. — Lincoln Rehabilitation Center has paid 138 employees $66,983 in unpaid wages because of an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division. The investigation found that the company violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by failing to compensate employees for all ...

By Labor Gazette | May 12, 2014

News Release: ANDOVER, Mass. — Workers at a Salisbury manufacturing plant were at risk of being caught in machinery or crushed, based on findings in an inspection by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Andover Healthcare Inc., a maker of coated fabrics and adhesives for the health care industry, faces $93,200 in proposed fines for two repeat and seven serious violations.

By Labor Gazette | May 12, 2014

News Release: CENTRALIA, Ill. — Big 3 Precision Products Inc., which manufactures industrial machine products, has been cited for five safety violations by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The complaint investigation found a willful violation of forklift standards for allowing employees to stand or pass under the elevated portion of forklifts at the Centralia facility. Proposed penalties total $63,000.

By Labor Gazette | May 12, 2014

News Release: CHICAGO — Grand Trunk Western Railroad Co. has been ordered to reinstate a conductor and pay him more than $244,000 in back wages and damages following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration. OSHA found that the company was in violation of the ...

By Labor Gazette | May 12, 2014

News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — A 51-year-old roofer fell 17 feet to his death on Nov. 14, 2013, while performing roofing work on condominium at 57 Main St. in Stockbridge, Mass. An investigation by the Springfield Area Office of the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that his employer, Lee-based Fairview Contractors Inc., failed to provide fall protection and guardrails that would have prevented the fall from occurring.

By Commerce News Now | May 12, 2014

The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on May 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Commerce News Now | May 12, 2014

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on May 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | May 12, 2014

The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on May 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By USDA Wire | May 12, 2014

The US Agriculture Department published a three page rule on May 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | May 12, 2014

The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on May 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | May 12, 2014

The US Transportation Department published a five page proposed rule on May 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.