News published on Federal Newswire in October 2014

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2014

News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Kelly R. Jackson, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), Alysa D. Erichs, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI)...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2014

News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, has returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.

By Commerce Newswire | Oct 8, 2014

News Release: PALO ALTO, CA -Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden and executives from Dropbox, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft today said immediately ending dragnet surveillance will provide an economic booster shot to the U.S. tech sector and make America more competitive in the global digital economy.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2014

News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Today, ANTHONY RAY SACKETT, 35, of Norman, Oklahoma, was sentenced by United States District Judge Joe Heaton to serve 40 years in federal prison for producing child pornography, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.

By Interior Newswire | Oct 8, 2014

News Release: It's apple season and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) will be hosting an Antique Apples Special Program on Oct. 18, from noon to 3:00 p.m., in the Port Oneida Rural Historic District. Park rangers and volunteer experts will be on hand for this apple bonanza. Apples played...

By Interior Newswire | Oct 7, 2014

News Release: Burn is scheduled for Taft Toe Area in Yosemite Valley.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2014

News Release: Fourth Conviction for Failing to Register.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2014

News Release: Federal Weapon Possession Charge. CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE - CONCORD, N.H. - Myron Armstrong, 38, an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in Berlin, New Hampshire, has entered a guilty plea in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to one count of possessing a weapon...

By DOE Newswire | Oct 7, 2014

News Release: Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected four research projects that will provide educational and research training opportunities for minority students while advancing key technical areas in fossil fuel utilization.

By USDA Newswire | Oct 7, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 7, 2014 —Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has released a comprehensive report synthesizing current literature that explores opportunities in the emerging bioeconomy. The report, entitled Why Biobased?, was created as a precursor for a more comprehensive economic study to be released in the coming months by the USDA BioPreferred program on the economic impacts of the biobased products industry.

By USDA Newswire | Oct 7, 2014

News Release: Changes Increase Eligibility and Financing Options for Hard Working Families WASHINGTON, Oct. 7, 2014 – Agriculture Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will improve farm loans by expanding eligibility and increasing lending limits to help more ...

By USDA Newswire | Oct 7, 2014

News Release: WILBERFORCE, OHIO, October 7, 2014 — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack today gave remarks at an event celebrating Central State University's designation as an 1890 Land-Grant Institution. Central State University received the designation in the 2014 Farm Bill, signed in February.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2014

News Release: The United States filed a civil injunction suit in Memphis, Tennessee, to bar three individuals from owning or operating a tax return preparation business or preparing tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2014

News Release: A former Police of Puerto Rico (POPR) sergeant and a civilian have pleaded guilty for their involvement in a July 2012 robbery in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, and an additional POPR officer has pleaded guilty to lying to federal agents, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez of the District of Puerto Rico.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2014

News Release: DRS Technical Services Inc. (DRS) has agreed to pay $13.7 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly overbilling the government for work performed by DRS personnel who lacked the job qualifications required by the contract, the Justice Department announced today. DRS is located in Herndon, Virginia, and is a subsidiary of DRS Defense Solutions LLC.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2014

News Release: A former driver for a national trucking company pleaded guilty today to bribery charges, admitting that he bribed employees in the Traffic Office at the Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany (MCLB-Albany) in order to obtain lucrative freight hauling business, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Michael J. Moore of the Middle District of Georgia.

By Fed Newswire | Oct 7, 2014

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of the following enforcement action: Fayette County Bank (PDF), St. Elmo, Illinois Prompt Corrective Action Directive dated Oct. 2, 2014 The Federal Reserve Board also announced the termination of the enforcement actions listed below: First ...

By Labor Gazette | Oct 7, 2014

News Release: ATLANTA — The U.S. Department of Labor filed a petition for a temporary restraining order and obtained a consent order in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia enjoining Atlanta business Antico Foods LLC and its owner from intimidating and retaliating against any of their employees who are cooperating in a federal investigation.

By Labor Gazette | Oct 7, 2014

News Release: JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — An ongoing enforcement initiative conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division that focused on the agricultural industry in northern and central Florida has uncovered widespread violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural ...

By Labor Gazette | Oct 7, 2014

News Release: NEW YORK — Citations issued to MB Consultants Ltd., doing business as Murray's Chickens, for health and safety violations were affirmed by an administrative law judge from the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, upholding an earlier decision by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The violations occurred at the company's South Fallsburg chicken processing plant.