News published on Federal Newswire in September 2014

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2014

News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder released the following statement Thursday announcing Joyce Branda as Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division: “I am pleased that Joyce Branda, a dedicated public servant whom I’ve known for years, will serve as Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2014

News Release: The former head of a Virginia-based defense contracting company was sentenced today to serve 18 months in prison for failing to collect and pay more than $2.2 million in employee payroll taxes and engaging in theft of more than $186,000 from an employee pension plan.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2014

News Release: The former chief technology officer of Liberty Reserve, a company that operated one of the world’s most widely used digital currency services and allegedly laundered billions in suspected criminal proceeds, pleaded guilty today in the Southern District of New York in connection with his role in designing and maintaining the technological infrastructure for Liberty Reserve.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2014

News Release: A man formerly of Raleigh, North Carolina, and now of Miami, was sentenced today to serve 135 months in prison for tax fraud, healthcare fraud and money laundering crimes in two separate cases in federal court, announced Deputy Assistant Attorney General Ronald A. Cimino of the Justice Department’s Tax ...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2014

News Release: ZAO Hewlett-Packard A.O. (HP Russia), an international subsidiary of the California technology company Hewlett-Packard Company (HP Co.), pleaded guilty today to felony violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and was then sentenced for bribing Russian government officials to secure a large technology contract with the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2014

News Release: Jeremy Heath Higgins, 28, a resident of Quinton, Alabama, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Madeline Haikala to two counts of federal civil rights violations, announced the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Alabama.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2014

News Release: On Jan. 15, 2009, the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review (FISC-R) published an unclassified version of its opinion in In Re: Directives Pursuant to Section 105B of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, 551 F.3d 1004 (Foreign Intel. Surv. Ct. Rev. 2008). The classified version ...

By Fed Newswire | Sep 11, 2014

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of the following enforcement actions: Portage Community Bank (PDF), Ravenna, Ohio Order of assessment of civil money penalty dated September 9, 2014 Settlers Bank (PDF), Marietta, Ohio Order of assessment of civil money penalty dated September 9, 2014 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions. For media inquiries, call 202-452-2955.

By Fed Newswire | Sep 11, 2014

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced its approval of the applications under section 18(c) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and section 9 of the Federal Reserve Act by ANB Bank, Denver, Colorado, to merge with Capital West Bank, Laramie, Wyoming, and to establish branches at the locations of Capital West Bank.

By Commerce News Now | Sep 11, 2014

News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today issued a statement on the 13th anniversary of the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.

By Commerce News Now | Sep 11, 2014

News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today issued a statement on the 13th anniversary of the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.

By Labor Gazette | Sep 11, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced a final rule requiring employers to notify OSHA when an employee is killed on the job or suffers a work-related hospitalization, amputation or loss of an eye. The rule, which also updates the list of employers partially exempt from OSHA record-keeping requirements, will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2015, for workplaces under federal OSHA jurisdiction.

By Labor Gazette | Sep 11, 2014

News Release: BRUNDIDGE, Ala. — Supreme Oil Co.-South was cited by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration for 14 safety and health violations following a March 2014 inspection at the company's oil production facility on North Main Street in Brundidge. OSHA initiated the inspection ...

By Labor Gazette | Sep 11, 2014

News Release: ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — Central Transport LLC has been cited for five, including three repeat, one willful and one serious safety violation, at its trucking terminal in Rock Island following a formal complaint. OSHA's inspection in March 2014 found repeat and willful violations that involved defective powered industrial vehicles and lack of fall protection. Proposed penalties total $108,020.

By Labor Gazette | Sep 11, 2014

News Release: HAMMOND, Wis. — After an unguarded laminating machine crushed a worker's hand and partially amputated his thumb, Loparex LLC has been cited for one willful safety violation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration. OSHA initiated the inspection May 8, 2014, after receiving information about the injury at the Hammond facility, a manufacturer of polycoated and silicone-coated papers and films. Proposed penalties total $70,000.

By Labor Gazette | Sep 11, 2014

News Release: Agreement includes $537K for 102 female applicants BUCYRUS, Ohio — GE Lighting LLC has agreed to settle allegations of hiring discrimination following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. Under the terms of the agreement, the federal contractor ...

By Labor Gazette | Sep 11, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy today announced a total of $8,422,574 in continued funding for organizations that develop models, provide technical assistance and share best practices to improve employment opportunities for people with disabilities.

By Labor Gazette | Sep 11, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $953,415 National Emergency Grant incremental award so that approximately 405 workers affected by the closure of a Cargill Meat Solutions beef processing plant located in Plainview, Texas, can continue receiving re-employment services. These funds are being awarded to the Texas Workforce Commission.

By Labor Gazette | Sep 11, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $953,415 National Emergency Grant incremental award so that approximately 405 workers affected by the closure of a Cargill Meat Solutions beef processing plant located in Plainview, Texas, can continue receiving re-employment services. These funds are being awarded to the Texas Workforce Commission.

By DOT News Wire | Sep 11, 2014

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Sept. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.