News from September 2014
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 2, 2014
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON—The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced the expansion of the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office’s (DNDO) Securing the Cities program to the National Capital Region, further building upon the Department’s ongoing ...

By USDA Newswire | Sep 2, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, Sept. 2, 2014 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) today announced that it does not expect to purchase sugar under the Feedstock Flexibility Program in fiscal year 2015. CCC is required to announce quarterly estimates of sugar to be purchased for the Feedstock Flexibility Program in a given crop year. USDA also announced fiscal year 2015 raw and refined sugar tariff-rate quotas.

By USDA Newswire | Sep 2, 2014
News Release: Congressionally Mandated Payment Reductions to Take Effect at Beginning of New Fiscal Year Ranchers Applying for LFP Support Who Have Scheduled Appointments by Sept. 30th Will not be Impacted WASHINGTON, Sept. 2, 2014 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is encouraging producers who have suffered ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2014
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it reached an agreement with Culinaire International, a catering and restaurant management company headquartered in Houston, Texas, resolving a claim that Culinaire engaged in citizenship discrimination during the employment eligibility reverification process in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2014
News Release: Three residents of Montgomery, Alabama, each pleaded guilty during the past week to one count of conspiracy to defraud the government and one count of aggravated identity theft, announced Deputy Assistant Attorney General Ronald A. Cimino of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney George ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2014
News Release: The Department of Justice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) today announced a settlement with Trans Energy Inc., requiring the oil and gas company to restore portions of streams and wetlands at 15 sites in West Virginia ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2014
News Release: A Maryland MS-13 gang member pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise known as the La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, and acknowledged his involvement in attempted murder and extortion in furtherance of MS-13.

By Fed Newswire | Sep 2, 2014
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the termination of the enforcement actions listed below: Ridgestone Financial Services, Inc., Brookfield, Wisconsin Written Agreement issued Nov. 29, 2010 Terminated Aug. 27, 2014 Robertson Holding Company, L.P., Unified Shares, LLC, Commercial Bancgroup, ...
By Commerce News Now | Sep 2, 2014
News Release: 2013: 11.3 million U.S. jobs supported by overall goods and services exports; New data show number of jobs supported by goods exports in each state; Metro areas exported $1.4 trillion in goods
By Commerce News Now | Sep 2, 2014
News Release: The U.S. Department of Commerce today released new data highlighting for the first time the number of jobs supported by goods exports from each of the 50 states, as well as a report on goods [1] exports from the nation’s 387 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA) in 2013. The Commerce Department research ...
![OSHA News Release: BNSF Railway ordered to pay $12K to worker disciplined for taking doctor-ordered leave [09/02/2014]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/jnswire/jns-media/ab/a3/11410058/webp_adobestock_174471984.webp)
By Labor Gazette | Sep 2, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. — BNSF Railway Co. has been found in violation of the Federal Railroad Safety Act by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration for disciplining an employee at its Murray Yard complex for following a physician's treatment plan. The company has been ordered to pay the conductor $12,000 in damages, remove disciplinary information from the employee's personnel record and provide whistleblower rights information to its employees.
![OSHA News Release: Worker fatally injured after fall at Farmers Cooperative [09/02/2014]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/jnswire/jns-media/4e/df/11410061/webp_adobestock_221016184.webp)
By Labor Gazette | Sep 2, 2014
News Release: MCCOOL JUNCTION, Neb. — Following the death of a 73-year-old worker who sustained fatal injuries from falling while loading a tanker truck, Farmers Cooperative has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration for one repeat and two serious safety violations ...

By Labor Gazette | Sep 2, 2014
News Release: Date of Action: Aug. 29, 2014 Type of Action: Complaint Names of Defendant: Perez v. PBI Bank Inc., Michael A. Evans, and AIT Laboratories Employee Stock Ownership Plan Allegations: The suit alleges that the Plan’s trustee, PBI Bank Inc. and the plan sponsor’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Michael A. ...

By Labor Gazette | Sep 2, 2014
News Release: Date of Action: Sept. 2, 2014 Type of Action: Consent Order and Judgment, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, Green Bay Division Names of Defendant: Jane E. Lehman, Teletrans Services Inc., and Teletrans Services Inc. Savings and Retirement Plan Summary: The U.S. District Court ...

By Labor Gazette | Sep 2, 2014
News Release: Date of Action: Aug. 29, 2014 Type of Action: Complaint Name(s) of Defendant(s): World Health Alternatives Inc. and World Health Alternatives Health and Welfare Benefits Plan Allegations: Based on an investigation conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration, ...
By USDA Wire | Sep 2, 2014
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Sept. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 2, 2014
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Sept. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Sep 2, 2014
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Sept. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 2, 2014
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Sept. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 2, 2014
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Sept. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.