News published on Federal Newswire in September 2014

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2014

News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Oscar Rodriguez, 31, of Sanger, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill to four years and one month in prison.

By Homeland Newswire | Sep 29, 2014

News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 On Oct. 2, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson will travel to Glynco, Ga., where he will be joined by Senator Saxby Chambliss to visit the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) to discuss FLETC’s important role in training ...

By USDA Newswire | Sep 29, 2014

News Release: Richmond, VA, Sept. 29, 2014 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is making up to $31.5 million in funding available to help participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) more easily afford healthy foods like fruits and vegetables. Secretary Vilsack made the announcement with Virginia First Lady Dorothy McAuliffe in Richmond.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2014

News Release: An administrator of a Miami home health care company, Professional Medical Home Health LLC, was sentenced to serve 68 months in prison and ordered to pay $6,257,142 million in restitution today for her participation in a $6 million health care fraud scheme. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell ...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2014

News Release: Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd., an automotive parts manufacturer based in Aichi, Japan, has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a $26 million criminal fine for its role in conspiracies to fix prices and rig bids for automotive hoses, airbags and steering wheels sold to automobile manufacturers, the Department of ...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2014

News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder and Director Ron Davis of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) today announced the department's latest effort to strengthen community policing through hiring grants that will fund nearly 950 officers at 215 law enforcement agencies in cities and communities ...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2014

News Release: A Pakistani man has been indicted in the Eastern District of Virginia for allegedly conspiring to advertise and sell StealthGenie, a spyware application (app) that could monitor calls, texts, videos and other communications on mobile phones without detection. This marks the first-ever criminal case concerning ...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2014

News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has reached an agreement with Milwaukee Montessori School, a private day school serving over 400 children from 18 months old through eighth grade, to remedy alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The agreement resolves allegations ...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2014

News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder and Assistant Attorney General Karol V. Mason for the Office of Justice Programs today launched the Violence Reduction Network (VRN), a national comprehensive approach to reduce violent crime in communities around the country. The Justice Department’s ability to provide intensive ...

By Commerce News Now | Sep 29, 2014

News Release: At a breakfast meeting hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce in Poland, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker delivered remarks on U.S. efforts to promote a broader economic partnership with Poland. She noted that the United States is committed to working with Poland to expand our commercial ...

By Commerce News Now | Sep 29, 2014

News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker issued the following statement on today’s announcement of the winners of $450 million in job-driven training grants that are part of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) competitive grant program.

By Commerce News Now | Sep 29, 2014

News Release: Thank you, Ursula Burns, for your introduction and for your strong leadership as Vice Chair of the President’s Export Council. You and fellow PEC members are demonstrating the vital importance of an effective partnership between the public and private sectors in advancing America’s global leadership.

By Commerce News Now | Sep 29, 2014

News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker issued the following statement on today’s announcement of the winners of $450 million in job-driven training grants that are part of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) competitive grant program.

By Labor Gazette | Sep 29, 2014

News Release: FULTON, Miss. — A Graham Lumber Co. employee was killed after he became entangled in a conveyor belt at the company's lumber mill in Fulton. The worker, employed at the company for less than two weeks, was cleaning up sawdust and bark around an unguarded conveyor when the entanglement occurred. The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Graham Lumber for one willful and one serious safety violation following the April 2014 fatality.

By Labor Gazette | Sep 29, 2014

News Release: KEARNY, N.J. — While applying brick to the exterior of a new residential construction site located at 33 Emerald Road in Robbinsville, workers employed by Y.V. General Construction Corp. based in Kearny were exposed to scaffold and fall hazards. After the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety ...

By Labor Gazette | Sep 29, 2014

News Release: HILLSIDE, Ill. — A complaint investigation found that Transport Tech LLC failed to provide employees with an effective training program, including information on appropriate handling and safe use of hazardous chemicals at its Hillside repair facility. The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited the company for five repeat safety violations, carrying proposed penalties of $66,400.

By Labor Gazette | Sep 29, 2014

News Release: DECATUR, Ga. — Plaid Enterprises Inc. was cited by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration for six safety violations that involved amputation, electrical and other safety hazards following an April 2014 inspection at the company's craft paint production facility located on Mellon Court in Decatur. OSHA initiated the inspection in response to a complaint. Proposed penalties total $84,500.

By Labor Gazette | Sep 29, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy today announced $2,007,322 in grants to Onondaga Community College in Syracuse, New York, and Pellissippi State Community College in Knoxville, Tennessee, as part of the Pathways to Careers: Community Colleges for Youth and Young Adults with Disabilities Demonstration Project.

By Labor Gazette | Sep 29, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration today announced a proposed regulation that would require electronic filing of "top hat" plan statements, and apprenticeship and training plan notices.

By State News Post | Sep 29, 2014

The US State Department published a two page notice on Sept. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.