News published on Federal Newswire in January 2015

By Homeland Newswire | Jan 31, 2015

News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 CHICAGO – Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson, joined by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Leon Rodriguez, traveled to Chicago for a series of engagements with Congressman Luis Gutiérrez, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, ...

By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2015

News Release: Arkansas man fined for looting artifacts from Pea Ridge.

By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2015

News Release: Florissant, CO:Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument along with America's 405 other national park units will waive entrance fees from Saturday, February 14th through Monday, February, 16th in honor of Presidents Day Weekend.

By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2015

News Release: Chamizal National Memorial to Host Siglo de Oro Drama Festival Workshop for Teachers on February 7th.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2015

News Release: HONOLULU - After a nine-day trial and less than one day of deliberation in United States District Court, a federal jury on Friday, Jan. 30, found California resident Alan L. Mapuatuli, age 44, guilty of distribution of crystal methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute crystal methamphetamine...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2015

News Release: On Jan. 28, 2015, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned a six-count indictment charging nine individuals for the murder of Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati-Casanas, a correctional officer of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, U.S. Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez Vélez for the District of Puerto Rico announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2015

News Release: The Department of Justice today announced the entry of a consent decree of permanent injunction involving pharmaceutical company, Laclede Inc. and its president, Michael A. Pellico, concerning the distribution of unapproved over-the-counter vaginal drug products made by the company.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2015

News Release: The Department of Justice announced today an agreement with Nueces County, Texas, to resolve issues of accessible entry inside buildings that offer county services and programs, in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This year marks the 25th anniversary of the ADA, which the Civil ...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2015

News Release: An executive of Japan-based Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. (K-Line) pleaded guilty today and was sentenced to 18 months in a U.S. prison for his involvement in a conspiracy to fix prices, allocate customers and rig bids of international ocean shipping services for roll-on, roll-off cargo, such as cars and ...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2015

News Release: Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin and U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger for the District of Minnesota announced today a criminal complaint charging Alagie Barrow, 41, for his role in a recent attempted coup in The Gambia. Barrow is charged with conspiracy to violate the Neutrality Act by making an expedition against a friendly nation from the United States and conspiracy to possess a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2015

News Release: A licensed pharmacist was sentenced today to 78 months in prison for attempting to weaponize the lethal toxins ricin and abrin and for possessing a prohibited flask intending to use it to manufacture illegal narcotics, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman for the District of New Jersey announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2015

News Release: The former information technology manager for Liberty Reserve, a company that operated one of the world’s most widely used digital currency services, was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for conspiring to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of the Southern District of New York made the announcement.

By Commerce News Now | Jan 30, 2015

News Release: The U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis today reported that real gross domestic product increased at an annual rate of 2.6 percent in the fourth quarter of 2014, according to the advance estimate.

By Commerce News Now | Jan 30, 2015

News Release: The U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis today reported that real gross domestic product increased at an annual rate of 2.6 percent in the fourth quarter of 2014, according to the advance estimate.

By Labor Gazette | Jan 30, 2015

News Release: TARRYTOWN, New York — Employees of a Brooklyn-based commercial and residential roofing contractor faced the threat of deadly or disabling falls as they replaced the 20,000-square-foot roof of Westchester County's Bedford Hills Elementary School, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found.

By Labor Gazette | Jan 30, 2015

News Release: NEW YORK — About a year ago, New York Presbyterian-Columbia University Medical Center in Northern Manhattan replaced linen laundry bags with thin plastic bags that broke and needlessly exposed workers to laundry contaminated with blood, bodily fluids and other infectious materials.

By Labor Gazette | Jan 30, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration has announced a final rule implementing the annual funding notice requirements under section 101(f) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 , as amended by the Pension Protection Act of 2006.

By Commerce News Now | Jan 30, 2015

The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Jan. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Jan 30, 2015

The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Jan. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Jan 30, 2015

The US Transportation Department published a six page rule on Jan. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.