News published on Federal Newswire in October 2014

By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2014

News Release: Join us on Saturday, Oct. 11, as the Obed Wild and Scenic River presents a ranger program about three famous people who once visited the Obed. Both legend and evidence combine to show that Andrew Jackson, John Muir, and Daniel Boone each trekked across the environs of Morgan County and what is now...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2014

News Release: In a federal drug case, Judge William H. Steele imposed a sentence of 121 months imprisonment on Michael Lamar Sweat, 38, of Wilmer, who was convicted of conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine and possession of a List I chemical with knowledge it would be used to manufacture a controlled substance.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2014

News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal grand jury today indicted the owner of an Orange County manufacturing business on a federal charge related to the illegal manufacture and sale of lower receivers for AR-15-type rifles, as well as completed firearms.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2014

News Release: CHICAGO ― A Bolingbrook man pleaded guilty today to violating U.S. export laws, admitting that he shipped carbon fiber and microwave laminates, and attempted to ship a thermal imaging camera, from his company in Schaumburg to Pakistan without obtaining licenses from the U.S. Commerce Department, federal law enforcement officials announced today.

By Homeland Newswire | Oct 2, 2014

News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced yesterday the beginning of National Cyber Security Awareness Month 2014, an effort to increase the American public’s understanding of basic cybersecurity practices and the role ...

By Homeland Newswire | Oct 2, 2014

News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON — Yesterday, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson met with Malaysian Minister of Home Affairs Dato’ Seri Ahmad Zahid Bin Hamidi to discuss the shared security interests of Malaysia and the United States and to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on immigration security.

By Homeland Newswire | Oct 2, 2014

News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 GLYNCO, Ga.— Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson traveled to Glynco, Ga. to visit the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center and present Senator Saxby Chambliss with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Distinguished Public ...

By USDA Newswire | Oct 2, 2014

News Release: Audio MIAMI, Fla, Oct. 2, 2014 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced nearly $118 million in grants to strengthen markets for specialty crops, such as fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, horticulture and nursery crops. The grants were authorized through the 2014 Farm Bill as part of an effort to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops and provide resources to strengthen American agriculture. The Secretary made the announcement in Florida.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2014

News Release: A Florida managing member of a shell company pleaded guilty today in federal court in Tampa for his role in a multi-million dollar health care fraud and money laundering scheme. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney A. Lee Bentley III ...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2014

News Release: John P. Carlin, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, Ronald C. Machen Jr., U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, and Eric L. Hirschhorn, U.S. Department of Commerce Under Secretary for Industry and Security announced today that Robbins & Myers Belgium S.A., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Robbins & Myers Inc., pleaded guilty today to four counts of violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the Export Administration Regulations.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2014

News Release: An Alabama tax return preparer was sentenced to serve 36 months in prison for aiding in the preparation of false tax returns, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. Russell Burroughs was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $211,960.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2014

News Release: Today, Tamika Floyd pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and one count of aggravated identity theft for her involvement in a Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Scheme (SIRF), announced Deputy Assistant Attorney General Ronald A. Cimino for the Justice Department's Tax Division and U.S. Attorney George L. Beck Jr. for the Middle District of Alabama.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2014

News Release: A former deputy director of the Arkansas Department of Human Services (ADHS), a multi-billion dollar state agency, pleaded guilty today for providing official assistance in exchange for bribes from the owner of two mental health companies.

By Labor Gazette | Oct 2, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON — Officials of the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division and the Alabama Department of Labor today signed a memorandum of understanding to protect the rights of employees by preventing their misclassification as something other than employees, such as independent contractors. The ...

By Labor Gazette | Oct 2, 2014

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In the past five years, 15 percent of all workplace fatalities investigated by the Kansas City Regional Office of the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration have involved vehicle accidents that struck employees in the workplace.

By Labor Gazette | Oct 2, 2014

News Release: SOMERVILLE, N.J. — Custom-order cabinetry company Choice Cabinetry LLC exposed employees to safety and health hazards, many involving methylene chloride , according to the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Initiated as part of its Site-Specific Targeting Program ...

By Labor Gazette | Oct 2, 2014

News Release: MIAMISBURG, Ohio — A 48-year-old supervisor was fatally injured when he was struck by a metal door while performing maintenance at Certified Heat Treating Inc. in Miamisburg. The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited the company for 10 serious violations, many involving OSHA's confined space and lockout/tagout standards for the control of machinery and moving parts.

By Labor Gazette | Oct 2, 2014

News Release: HARTFORD, Conn. — The death of a 28-year-old worker who fell 18 feet from a roof could have been prevented if proper fall protection safeguards had been used by M&M Roofing, of Wolcott, an inspection by the Hartford Area Office of the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found.

By Labor Gazette | Oct 2, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON — The pattern of violations reforms undertaken by the U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration have been "a game changer in mine safety and health culture," Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health Joseph A. Main said as the reforms near their second anniversary.

By DOT News Wire | Oct 2, 2014

The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Oct. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.