News published on Federal Newswire in October 2014

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2014

News Release: TEXARKANA, Texas - U.S. Attorney John M. Bales and Colonel Brandon Grubbs, Red River Army Depot Installation Commander, announced today that seven individuals have been indicted on federal charges involving conspiracy to commit an offense and to defraud the U.S. government and theft of government property or money in the Eastern District of Texas.

By Interior Newswire | Oct 1, 2014

News Release: Ventura, CA -On Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014, Channel Islands National Park rangers recovered the body of a deceased diver near Frenchys Cove on Anacapa Island.

By State Newswire | Oct 1, 2014

News Release: NEWARK, NJ - U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sent the following letter to Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela regarding his intent to invite Cuba to the April 2015 Summit of the Americas.

By Interior Newswire | Oct 1, 2014

News Release: The Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act allows federal land management agencies to utilize recreation fee funds to provide quality recreation experiences for hundreds of millions of visitors every year to some of America's most scenic, iconic, awe-inspiring, historical, and culturally rich lands...

By Homeland Newswire | Oct 1, 2014

News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 Today Julia Pierson, the Director of the United States Secret Service, offered her resignation, and I accepted it. I salute her 30 years of distinguished service to the Secret Service and the Nation.

By USDA Newswire | Oct 1, 2014

News Release: Support Expands Opportunities for Producers Across the Country WASHINGTON, Oct. 1, 2014 - Agriculture Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden today awarded 17 grants in 12 states to help small, socially disadvantaged agricultural producers expand their operations and create jobs.

By USDA Newswire | Oct 1, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 1, 2014 - Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman announced that the United States and Brazil have reached agreement to settle the longstanding Cotton dispute in the World Trade Organization (WTO). Under the terms of the agreement, Brazil ...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2014

News Release: Flakeboard America Ltd. abandoned its plan to acquire one medium-density fiberboard (MDF) and two particleboard mills from SierraPine after the Department of Justice expressed concerns about the transaction’s likely anticompetitive effects in MDF. The department said that the transaction likely would have substantially lessened competition in the market for the production of MDF sold to customers in the west coast states of California, Oregon and Washington.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2014

News Release: The United States filed a civil injunction suit against a Hixson, Tennessee, man to enjoin him from preparing federal income tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2014

News Release: A Florida man was sentenced today to serve 27 months in prison for attempting to purchase sensitive, detailed personal identifying information, known as PII – including Social Security numbers and bank account numbers – to open credit card accounts and file fraudulent tax returns.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2014

News Release: Four retired and one active-duty Army National Guard officials and one civilian have been charged for their alleged participation in bribery schemes related to the awarding of millions of dollars of Army National Guard marketing, retention and recruitment contracts. Two of the retired Army National Guard officials and the civilian pleaded guilty for their roles in the schemes.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2014

News Release: A federal jury in Detroit late yesterday convicted the operator of an adult day care center and two individuals who owned and operated a network of home health care companies for their participation in a $29 million Medicare fraud scheme.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2014

News Release: A former FBI special agent and a conspirator pleaded guilty in the District of Utah yesterday and today to participating in a bribery scheme to obstruct a grand jury investigation in exchange for the promise of cash and multimillion dollar business contracts offered by a businessman under investigation.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2014

News Release: PORTLAND, Oregon. – Mohamed Osman Mohamud, 23, who was convicted in 2013 of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction (explosives) in connection with a plot to detonate a vehicle bomb at an annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Portland, was sentenced today to serve 30 years in prison, followed by a lifetime term of supervised release.

By Labor Gazette | Oct 1, 2014

News Release: CONCORD, N.H. — Employees of Ken Stanley, doing business as A+ Roofing, were exposed to potentially fatal falls of up to 25 feet at a Somersworth job site due to their employer's failure to ensure the use of required fall protection. The Milton-based roofing contractor, who has been cited five times previously for the same hazard, faces $61,600 in proposed fines from the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

By Labor Gazette | Oct 1, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury today published a final rule that adjusts regulations originally issued under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 regarding dental and vision benefits. The new rule also expands the definition of excepted benefits to include employee assistance programs.

By Labor Gazette | Oct 1, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON — Upholding President Obama's promise to make 2014 a year of action to expand opportunity, reward work and grow the middle class, U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez today announced a final rule that raises the minimum wage for workers on federal service and construction contracts to $10.10 per hour. The final rule implements Executive Order 13658 , which was announced by the president on Feb. 12, and it will benefit nearly 200,000 American workers.

By Labor Gazette | Oct 1, 2014

News Release: NEW YORK — The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a temporary restraining order in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York enjoining a Poughkeepsie business and its owners from intimidating and retaliating against any of their employees who are cooperating in a federal investigation.

By Labor Gazette | Oct 1, 2014

News Release: DENVER — Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC retaliated against a Mandan, North Dakota, worker in December 2013 after he reported a work-related injury and submitted a physician's treatment plan, according to an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration. OSHA has ordered Fort Worth, Texas-based BNSF to pay more than $30,000 in back wages and damages and to take other corrective action.

By Labor Gazette | Oct 1, 2014

News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio — A Columbus Castings worker suffered a broken back, a collapsed lung and partial paralysis of his left leg after becoming pinned in a machine at the steel foundry on April 22, 2014. An investigation into the incident has resulted in the issuance of two repeat and two serious safety violations ...