News published on Federal Newswire in April 2015

By EPA Newswire | Apr 28, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY), Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-VA), and Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN) today introduced H.R. 2042, the Ratepayer Protection Act. The bipartisan legislation would empower states to protect families and businesses...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2015

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Ronald Lee Gore, 30, of Las Cruces, N.M. entered a guilty plea yesterday in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to methamphetamine trafficking and firearms charges. The guilty plea was entered without the benefit of a plea agreement.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2015

News Release: The Defendant Used Stolen Identities And Harbored Illegal Alien Workers To Carry Out The Scheme.

By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2015

News Release: Visitors and residents are reminded that elevated fire danger exists due to cured and dead vegetation in portions of the Lake Clark and Iliamna Lake region. These conditions mean that given an ignition source, new fires may readily start and spread quickly. Wildland fire managers ask visitors and residents to please use caution with all activities that could start a wildfire.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2015

News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Timothy, Wayne Ferrell, Jr., 33, of Fairmont, West Virginia, was sentenced today for his role in manufacturing methamphetamine, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2015

News Release: TALLAHASSE, Fla. - Walter Eric Holmes, 44, of Quincy was sentenced by United States District Judge Mark Walker to 180 months in prison for distributing cocaine and crack cocaine. Holmes, who pleaded guilty earlier this year, had a lengthy history of convictions, including seven drug felony offenses and an aggravated battery involving a shooting.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2015

News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today, Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced JAMES DINO WILLS, 45,of Wilson, North Carolina, to 102 months in prison and 3 years of supervised release. Additionally, WILLS was ordered to forfeit $733,882.34. WILLS also agreed to file amended federal income tax returns for the tax years 2008 through 2013 and to pay any taxes owed.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2015

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By USDA Newswire | Apr 27, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON, April 27, 2015 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced more than $3.8 million in funding to support grants focused on using nanotechnology to find solutions to societal challenges such as food security, nutrition, food safety, and environmental protection. The awards were made through NIFA's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), which is authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill.

By USDA Newswire | Apr 27, 2015

News Release: $285 million to be distributed to 41 States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico WASHINGTON, April 27, 2015 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that $285 million will go to 41 states and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico this year in support of local schools and roads as part of the Congressional two-year reauthorization of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2015

News Release: Applied Materials Inc. and Tokyo Electron Ltd. abandoned their plans to merge after the Department of Justice informed the companies that their remedy proposal failed to resolve the department’s competitive concerns.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2015

News Release: The Medical Center of Central Georgia (MCCG) has agreed to pay $20 million to settle allegations that the hospital violated the False Claims Act by billing Medicare for more expensive inpatient services that should have been billed as less costly outpatient or observation services, the Justice Department announced today. MCCG is located in Macon, Georgia, and is the second largest hospital in the state.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2015

News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has reached an agreement with Compass Career Management L.L.C. (Compass Career College) of Hammond, Louisiana, to remedy violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Compass Career College is a private provider of vocational education and career training.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2015

News Release: Medical device manufacturer Medtronic Corporation and two of its top executives have agreed to resolve allegations that they violated various provisions of the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) with regard to the company’s SynchroMed infusion pump. At the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2015

News Release: A Palm Beach County, Florida, man and company were sentenced for violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), as well as the terms of a denial order issued by the U.S. Department of Commerce.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2015

News Release: On Thursday, Apr. 23, a federal jury convicted a naturalized U.S. citizen and former Iranian national of violations of U.S. export and money laundering laws, arising from his involvement in a scheme to purchase marine navigation equipment and military electronic equipment for illegal export to, and end-use in, Iran, announced Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin and U.S. Attorney Laura E. Duffy of the Southern District of California.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2015

News Release: Franklin Brown, 35, and Eric Walters, 39, both former police officers with the city of Marion Police Department in Marion County, South Carolina, were sentenced to serve 18 months and one year and one day in prison, respectively, today in federal court in Florence, South Carolina, by U.S. District Court ...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2015

News Release: Attorney General Loretta Lynch released the following statement on the situation in Baltimore, Maryland: “I condemn the senseless acts of violence by some individuals in Baltimore that have resulted in harm to law enforcement officers, destruction of property and a shattering of the peace in the city ...

By Commerce News Now | Apr 27, 2015

News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker and Aspen Institute President and CEO Walter Isaacson today launched the Communities that Work Partnership, a brand new joint project aimed at accelerating industry-led workforce development and training efforts.

By Labor Gazette | Apr 27, 2015

News Release: ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced that federal inspectors issued 188 citations and two orders as a result of special impact inspections conducted at 13 coal mines and seven metal and nonmetal mines in March.