News published on Federal Newswire in May 2014

By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2014

News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, and Jose A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), announce the filing...

By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2014

News Release: The United States Attorneys Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that five Monroe County residents and two California men have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Scranton for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine in the Monroe County area in 2013 and 2014.

By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2014

News Release: - 452 pounds of processed marijuana recovered at his Elkton home.

By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2014

News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Two men pleaded guilty today in federal court to distributing heroin in Huntington, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. Demetrius D. Taylor, 33, and Loveil L. Wade, 31, pleaded guilty to heroin distribution before Judge Robert C. Chambers, United States Chief Judge for the Southern...

By Commerce Newswire | May 5, 2014

News Release: The web-based observations are now available for the Chesapeake and San Francisco Bays in areas vital for marine navigation, with additional locations to follow. The product was made possible by NOAA’s Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) using data from the NOAA-led U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS ®).

By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2014

News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Joseph Lee Church, 36, of Columbus, Ohio, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Charleston to possessing various controlled substances with the intent of selling them in the Rand, West Virginia area. Church admitted that a backpack seized from him by Kanawha County Deputy Sheriff...

By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2014

News Release: SAN JUAN, PR - U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez announced the indictment and arrest of 48 defendants charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and distribution of controlled substances. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) the Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD) are the agencies in charge of the investigation.

By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente for the Eastern District of Virginia announced today that they had reached an agreement with Penske Truck Leasing Co. resolving claims that Penske violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment...

By Homeland Newswire | May 4, 2014

News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 VILONIA, Ark. — Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson today joined former President Bill Clinton, Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe, Senator Mark Pryor, Congressman Tim Griffin, and Red Cross President and CEO Gail McGovern to survey the damage ...

By DOT News Wire | May 4, 2014

News Release: Statement of Transportation Secretary Anthony R. Foxx Regarding the Passing of Transportation Committee Chairman Jim Oberstar

By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2014

News Release: Wilton and Ridgefield, Connecticut: Artist Julian Alden Weir was a 19th century rockstar in the world of Impressionist painting. He also had a stylish flair for interior design that will inspire you to you rethink your own living room. How do we know? We've seen inside the wildly artistic Weir House, Weir Studio, and Young Studio. Now it's your turn to join us for the "big reveal" on the Grand Opening Weekend, Saturday May 24 and Sunday May 25 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.

By US DOT Newswire | May 3, 2014

News Release: The following is the statement of U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA), Chairman of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, on the passing of former Congressman and Chairman of the Committee Jim Oberstar...

By Homeland Newswire | May 2, 2014

News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 PORT HURON, Mich.—Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson, joined by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner R. Gil Kerlikowske, traveled to Michigan today where he met with Senator Debbie Stabenow, Congressman Gary Peters, and Congresswoman Candice Miller to tour CBP operations in Detroit and Port Huron, Mich. and discussed our shared economic and security interests along the Northern border.

By USDA Newswire | May 2, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON, May 2, 2014 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of the Interior today announced that farmers, ranchers and landowners implementing Farm Service Agency (FSA) Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) practices intended to protect and increase lesser prairie-chicken populations will not be subject to additional regulations as a result of the species' listing as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

By USDA Newswire | May 2, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON, May 2, 2014 — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack made the following statement on the updated 2012 Census of Agriculture data: "The Census results reiterate the continued need for policies that help grow the rural economy from the middle out. The data illustrate the power of USDA efforts to ...

By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2014

News Release: Two alleged members of the Almighty Imperial Gangsters Nation have been indicted for their alleged roles in a 2007 murder in the Southern District of Florida.

By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2014

News Release: Two Aryan Brotherhood of Texas (ABT) gang members pleaded guilty this week to racketeering charges related to their membership in the ABT’s criminal enterprise, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General David A. O’Neil of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson of the Southern District of Texas.

By Commerce News Now | May 2, 2014

News Release: “The fact is we live in a globally-connected world in which 95 percent of America’s consumers live outside our borders. More and more American companies are seeing the value of selling their goods and services all over the world, but there are still many businesses that focus solely on the domestic market. ...

By Commerce News Now | May 2, 2014

News Release: U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker today kicked off World Trade Month 2014 by reiterating the government’s commitment to making international trade an integral part of the DNA of U.S. businesses. U.S. exports reached a record high for a fourth consecutive year in 2013, totaling $2.3 trillion and ...

By Labor Gazette | May 2, 2014

News Release: EL PASO, Texas — As part of its continuing effort to keep workers safe and healthy by improving working conditions for construction workers, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has renewed its 2007 strategic partnership with the El Paso Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America.