News published on Federal Newswire in August 2015

News from August 2015


Statement from Secretary Tom Vilsack on Updated 2015 U.S. Farm Income Forecast

News Release: WASHINGTON, Aug. 25, 2015 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack today made the following statement: "Today's farm income forecast is heartening for all Americans. The past several years have seen unprecedented highs in farm income, and despite the fact that farm income is forecast to be down from ...


News Release: A federal jury in Miami late yesterday convicted the former medical director of, and three therapists employed by, a now-defunct health care provider of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and related charges for their roles in a scheme to fraudulently bill Medicare and Florida Medicaid more than $63 million.


News Release: An indictment was unsealed yesterday charging an Alabama man with multiple tax-related crimes, including one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States, three counts of wire fraud, four counts of stealing U.S. Treasury funds and four counts of aggravated identity theft, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Department of Justice’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney George L. Beck Jr. of the Middle District of Alabama.


News Release: A leader of a human trafficking ring pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to charges that he lured Guatemalan minors and adults into the United States on false pretenses, then used threats of physical harm to compel their labor at egg farms in Ohio. The guilty plea was announced by Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Civil Rights Division, and U.S. Attorney Steven M. Dettelbach of the Northern District of Ohio.


News Release: An analyst with J.P. Morgan Securities and two longtime friends were taken into custody this morning after being charged in a federal grand jury indictment that alleges they participated in an insider trading scheme that netted more than $600,000 in illicit profits.


News Release: A husband and wife residing in Lewis Center, Ohio, were sentenced to prison in U.S. District Court today for their roles in a fraud scheme related to the company Imperial Integrative Health Research and Development LLC (Imperial) and its product, OXYwater, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Carter M. Stewart of the Southern District of Ohio.


Minutes of the Board's discount rate meeting for July 27, 2015

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday released the minutes of its discount rate meeting on July 27, 2015.


News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker spoke at the inauguration of the West Rail Bypass International Bridge in Brownsville, Texas. The bridge is the first new international rail crossing between the U.S. and Mexico since 1910 and connects Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros, Tamaulipas.


News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker and Mexican Secretary of Finance and Public Credit Luis Videgaray Caso, Secretary of Communications and Transport Gerardo Ruiz Esparza, Secretary of Foreign Affairs José Antonio Meade Kuribreña, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner R. Gil ...


MSHA announces results of July impact inspections

News Release: ARLINGTON, Va. The Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced that federal inspectors issued 225 citations and six orders during special impact inspections at 15 coal mines and six metal and nonmetal mines in July.


MSHA News Release: MSHA announces results of July impact inspections [08/25/2015]

News Release: Hazards cited at Nebraska operation mirror those found following March fatality ARLINGTON, Va. — The Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced that federal inspectors issued 225 citations and six orders during special impact inspections at 15 coal mines and six metal and nonmetal mines in July.


The US Transportation Department published a five page notice on Aug. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Aug. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Aug. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Aug. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Aug. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a seven page notice on Aug. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a three page notice on Aug. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Aug. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Aug. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.