News published on Federal Newswire in October 2014

By Homeland Newswire | Oct 16, 2014

News Release: When first responders from around the nation recently gathered in Washington D.C., they saw firsthand the technologies that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) developed based on issues they had previously identified. This highlighted the importance of their participation in the First Responder Resource Group (FRRG) 2014 Annual Meeting to identify high-priority capability gaps to prepare them for future success.

By Homeland Newswire | Oct 16, 2014

News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 I thank John S. Pistole for his four and a half years’ service as Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and 31 years of service to the nation.

By USDA Newswire | Oct 16, 2014

News Release: Funding Includes $110 million for Renewable Energy and Smart Grid Improvements WASHINGTON, Oct. 16, 2014 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced $1.4 billion in USDA loan guarantees to improve the delivery of electric power to rural communities in 21 states.

By USDA Newswire | Oct 16, 2014

News Release: DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 16, 2014 – Iowa is home to more top 100 agricultural cooperatives than any other state, according to recently released USDA data. The number of top 100 co-ops in Iowa, 16, is up from 11 a decade ago.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014

News Release: A Romanian man was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for his role in receiving and sending overseas approximately $320,000 in illicit proceeds derived from an international fraud scheme involving online marketplace websites.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014

News Release: A Cincinnati federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment against a former executive of a Japanese manufacturer of automotive parts for his participation in a conspiracy to allocate markets and fix prices of pinion-assist type electric powered steering assemblies, the Department of Justice announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014

News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it reached an agreement with Constructor Services Inc. (CSI), a construction company headquartered in the Atlanta, Georgia metropolitan area. The agreement resolves a claim that the company engaged in discriminatory documentary practices during the employment ...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014

News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that it has filed its complaint in intervention in a case against defendants Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation and two of its subsidiaries, Sikorsky Support Services Inc. and Derco Aerospace Inc., for violating the False Claims Act. Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation ...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014

News Release: Two former Coöperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A. (Rabobank) derivative traders – including the bank’s former Global Head of Liquidity & Finance in London – have been charged in a superseding indictment for their alleged roles in a scheme to manipulate the U.S. Dollar (USD) and Yen London ...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014

News Release: Under a settlement agreement with the United States, ATP Infrastructure Partners LP (ATP-IP) will pay a $1 million civil penalty and perform corrective measures to resolve claims by the U.S. under the Clean Water Act and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) of unauthorized discharges of oil ...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014

News Release: Ten alleged members of the violent Almighty Imperial Gangsters Nation gang have been indicted by a federal grand jury in the Southern District of Florida for their roles in various murders in Miami, Chicago, and East Chicago. Fifteen alleged members of the gang have now been charged by the Justice Department in this case.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014

News Release: Grand Jury Returns Superseding Indictment as Investigation Continues A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned a superseding indictment today charging Omar Gonzalez with three additional offenses stemming from a recent incident in which he ran into the White House while armed with a folding knife.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014

News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder released the following statement Thursday after Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole announced his plans to depart the Justice Department in the coming months: “Over the past four years, Jim Cole has been my indispensable partner in leading the U.S. Department of Justice ...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014

News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder announced on Thursday Lisa Foster as the Director of the Access to Justice Initiative (ATJ). Founded in 2010 by Attorney General Holder, ATJ seeks to address the access-to-justice crisis in the criminal and civil justice system by working within the department, across federal ...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014

News Release: Akba Jihad Jordan, 22, of Raleigh, North Carolina, pleaded guilty before United States Magistrate Judge Robert B. Jones to conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists. Jordan and co-defendant Avin Marsalis Brown, 21, also of Raleigh, were arrested on Mar. 19, 2014, and charged initially in a criminal complaint. On Apr. 1, 2014, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Jordan and Brown with conspiring to provide material support to terrorists.

By Fed Newswire | Oct 16, 2014

News Release: On Oct. 20, 2014, the Federal Reserve will conduct a fixed-rate offering of term deposits through its Term Deposit Facility (TDF) that will incorporate an early withdrawal feature. This feature will allow depository institutions to obtain a return of funds prior to the maturity date subject to an early withdrawal penalty. The Federal Reserve will offer seven-day term deposits with an interest rate of 0.26000 percent and a maximum tender amount of $10,000,000,000.

By Labor Gazette | Oct 16, 2014

News Release: TOLEDO, Ohio — Toledo area restaurant owner Nicholas Tokles has paid 69 cooks, bartenders and servers a total of $38,425 in back wages after an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act's minimum wage, overtime and record-keeping provisions at his restaurants. A consent judgment, entered in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Western Division, ordered the payment.

By Labor Gazette | Oct 16, 2014

News Release: BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — New Haven roofing contractor employees were exposed to potentially fatal falls at a Bridgeport work site due to their employer's deliberate failure to supply required fall protection.

By Labor Gazette | Oct 16, 2014

News Release: EAU CLAIRE, Wis. — The Samuels Group and the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration have renewed a strategic partnership to protect and educate workers on construction hazards during the Sacred Heart Hospital Curtail Wall Replacement Project in Eau Claire.

By Labor Gazette | Oct 16, 2014

News Release: GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A 39-year-old tree trimmer was killed when the mechanical arm supporting the bucket of an aerial lift suddenly collapsed, striking the cab of the truck and ejecting the worker onto the pavement. As a result of the fatality, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health ...