News published on Federal Newswire in February 2015

By US DOT Newswire | Feb 11, 2015

News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration has authorized unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to fly in a wide area of North Dakota, a move that will give industry more opportunities for research that could help the agency integrate UAS into the nation’s airspace.

By Commerce Newswire | Feb 11, 2015

News Release: Dear Secretaries Burwell and Lew, Attorney General Holder, and Commissioner Koskinen...

By Interior Newswire | Feb 11, 2015

News Release: A beach hazard statement has been issued by the National Weather Service and remains in effect from Thursday morning, February 12 through Saturday afternoon, February 14.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON - Vice President Joe Biden and United States Attorney General Eric Holder today awarded the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor to Retired Lieutenant Brian Murphy and Officer Sam Lenda of the Oak Creek Police Department, both outstanding law enforcement officers who, along with others locally...

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2015

News Release: AstraZeneca LP, a pharmaceutical manufacturer based in Delaware, has agreed to pay the government $7.9 million to settle allegations that it engaged in a kickback scheme in violation of the False Claims Act, the Justice Department announced today. AstraZeneca markets and sells pharmaceutical products in the United States, including a drug sold under the trade name Nexium.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2015

News Release: Recognizing that wildlife trafficking is an urgent conservation and national security threat, the Departments of Justice, State and the Interior today unveiled the implementation plan for the U.S. National Strategy for Combating Wildlife Trafficking. The agencies are co-chairs of the president’s Task Force on Combating Wildlife Trafficking which comprises seventeen federal agencies and offices.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2015

News Release: On Feb. 10, two former tax return preparers pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia to conspiring to defraud the United States by filing fraudulent tax returns, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Department of Justice’s Tax Division.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2015

News Release: Two sergeants with the U.S. Army have pleaded guilty for accepting bribes from Afghan truck drivers at Forward Operating Base Gardez, Afghanistan (FOB Gardez), in exchange for allowing the drivers to take thousands of gallons of fuel from the base for resale on the black market, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Michael J. Moore of the Middle District of Georgia.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2015

News Release: A former U.S. Postal Service contracting officer, along with a mail delivery contractor, were indicted today for engaging in a scheme to defraud the Postal Service through bribery and kickbacks in connection with the awarding of contracts to deliver the mail.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2015

News Release: A Springdale, Arkansas, man was convicted by a jury today in the U.S. District Court located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, of tax crimes, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Conner Eldridge of the Western District of Arkansas.

By Fed Newswire | Feb 11, 2015

News Release: On Feb. 12, 2015, the Federal Reserve will conduct a floating-rate offering of term deposits with an early withdrawal feature through its Term Deposit Facility (TDF). The Federal Reserve will offer 21-day term deposits with a rate set equal to the sum of the interest rate paid on excess reserves ...

By Commerce News Now | Feb 11, 2015

News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker delivered remarks on the leadership of the Department of Commerce and the entire Obama Administration in promoting entrepreneurship across the United States at the 2015 State of Entrepreneurship Address, hosted by the Kauffman Foundation. The remarks were delivered to various business leaders, experts, non-profits, and government officials to address the impact and importance of America’s entrepreneurs in our country’s economy.

By Commerce News Now | Feb 11, 2015

News Release: Council Advises Commerce Secretary on Policies to Strengthen U.S. Manufacturing U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today announced the appointment of 30 private sector leaders to the Manufacturing Council (the Council) for the 2015-2016 charter term. The Council was established in 2004 to serve as the principal private sector advisory body to the Secretary of Commerce on matters relating to the U.S. manufacturing industry.

By Commerce News Now | Feb 11, 2015

News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker delivered remarks on the leadership of the Department of Commerce and the entire Obama Administration in promoting entrepreneurship across the United States at the 2015 State of Entrepreneurship Address, hosted by the Kauffman Foundation. The remarks were delivered to various business leaders, experts, non-profits, and government officials to address the impact and importance of America’s entrepreneurs in our country’s economy.

By Commerce News Now | Feb 11, 2015

News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today announced the appointment of 30 private sector leaders to the Manufacturing Council (the Council) for the 2015-2016 charter term. The Council was established in 2004 to serve as the principal private sector advisory body to the Secretary of Commerce on matters relating to the U.S. manufacturing industry.

By Labor Gazette | Feb 11, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor and other federal agencies will host two town hall meetings on Feb. 25 in Carlsbad, New Mexico, to inform current and former nuclear weapons workers, including those employed at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant , about the benefits available to them under the ...

By Labor Gazette | Feb 11, 2015

News Release: UNION, Mo. — Workers were exposed to amputation and other serious hazards while operating presses at Gateway Extrusions' aluminum parts manufacturing facility, an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found. OSHA cited one repeated and eight serious safety and health violations at the Union facility, with proposed penalties of $63,000.

By Fed News Journal | Feb 11, 2015

The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on Feb. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Fed News Journal | Feb 11, 2015

The US Federal Reserve System published a three page notice on Feb. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Commerce News Now | Feb 11, 2015

The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Feb. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.