News published on Federal Newswire in April 2015

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2015

News Release: Defendants Allegedly Plotted to Construct an Explosive Device for Use in a Terrorist Attack on U.S. Soil U.S. Attorney Loretta E. Lynch of the Eastern District of New York, Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, Assistant Director in Charge Diego G. Rodriguez of the FBI’s New ...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2015

News Release: Defendant Allegedly Supported a Conspiracy to Kill Americans and Carry Out Attacks Against U.S. Military U.S. Attorney Loretta E. Lynch of the Eastern District of New York, Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, Assistant Director in Charge Diego G. Rodriguez of the FBI’s New ...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2015

News Release: The Justice Department announced today that Medtronic plc and affiliated Medtronic companies, Medtronic Inc., Medtronic USA Inc., and Medtronic Sofamor Danek USA Inc., have agreed to pay $4.41 million to the United States to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by making false ...

By Fed Newswire | Apr 2, 2015

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below: Orrstown Financial Services, Inc. and Orrstown Bank, both of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania Written Agreement issued March 22, 2012 Terminated April 1, 2015 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions. For media inquiries, call 202-452-2955.

By Commerce News Now | Apr 2, 2015

News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker issued the following statement today on the release of the February 2015 U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services data. The goods and services trade deficit improved by 17 percent to $35.4 billion in February. This is the lowest monthly trade deficit since October 2009.

By Commerce News Now | Apr 2, 2015

News Release: The U.S. Department of Commerce today officially launched the Startup Global initiative, delivering the first in a series of pilot program educational events. The event took place at 1776, a local business incubator in Washington, D.C., which is one of four such locations to be selected as pilot sites. ...

By Labor Gazette | Apr 2, 2015

News Release: HONOLULU — A federal electrical contractor, Lighting Services Inc. will pay 38 electricians/technicians more than $1.2 million in back wages after U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division investigators determined the company did not pay required prevailing wages to workers at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe Bay. The division also found the employer submitted falsified payrolls and told workers to provide false information to investigators.

By Labor Gazette | Apr 2, 2015

News Release: SEATTLE — U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez today announced that the labor department's Wage and Hour Division will begin to exercise its authority to certify applications for trafficking victims seeking "T" visas. The division will also certify "U" visa requests when it detects three additional ...

By Labor Gazette | Apr 2, 2015

News Release: HONOLULU — A federal electrical contractor, Lighting Services Inc. will pay 38 electricians/technicians more than $1.2 million in back wages after U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division investigators determined the company did not pay required prevailing wages to workers at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe Bay. The division also found the employer submitted falsified payrolls and told workers to provide false information to investigators.

By Labor Gazette | Apr 2, 2015

News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio — Millions of pounds of merchandise and materials are moved each year by forklift drivers, thousands of whom suffer severe injuries while navigating narrow aisles, fellow workers with heavy, sometimes shifting loads. The dangers facing those who drive or work around forklifts were on display at a Kroger Co. supermarket in Columbus, Ohio which now faces $130,900 in fines for several violations.

By Labor Gazette | Apr 2, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON — In 2013, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported more than 23,000 significant injuries due to assault at work. More than 70 percent of these assaults were in healthcare and social service settings. Health care and social service workers are almost four times as likely to be injured as a ...

By Labor Gazette | Apr 2, 2015

News Release: Custom Alloy Sales 34P faces more than $160K in fines for 31 safety and health violations PRESCOTT, Kan. — Workers risked exposure to dangerous chlorine gas while forging blocks of metal material at an aluminum foundry in Prescott because their employer did not train them on how to handle and store the gas, U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors found. Improperly used, chlorine gas can cause severe respiratory damage.

By DOJ Gazette | Apr 2, 2015

The US Justice Department published a one page notice on April 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Gazette | Apr 2, 2015

The US Justice Department published a two page notice on April 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Interior Newswire | Apr 2, 2015

The US Interior Department published a five page notice on April 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Gazette | Apr 2, 2015

The US Justice Department published a one page notice on April 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Gazette | Apr 2, 2015

The US Justice Department published a two page notice on April 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Gazette | Apr 2, 2015

The US Justice Department published a two page notice on April 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Gazette | Apr 2, 2015

The US Justice Department published a one page notice on April 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Gazette | Apr 2, 2015

The US Justice Department published a one page notice on April 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.