News published on Federal Newswire in January 2015

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2015

News Release: FBI agents today arrested five of six Jefferson County, Alabama, men indicted by a federal grand jury in November on charges they operated an illegal organization trafficking heroin, cocaine, prescription painkillers and other drugs in the western part of the county. The sixth defendant already was in custody in Jefferson County on state charges related to the drug-trafficking organization.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2015

News Release: Acting Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis for the Southern District of Mississippi announced that John Louis Blalack, 20, and Robert Henry Rice, 24, both from Brandon, Mississippi, pleaded guilty today in U.S. ...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2015

News Release: U.S. Attorney Stephen R. Wigginton of the Southern District of Illinois announced today that 16 people were arrested for offenses relating to the production and distribution of methamphetamine in Marion and Clinton Counties on Jan. 6, 2015, following their indictment by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in ...

By Fed Newswire | Jan 7, 2015

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on December 16-17, 2014. A summary of economic projections made by Federal Reserve Board members and Reserve Bank presidents for the meeting is also included as an addendum to these minutes.

By Labor Gazette | Jan 7, 2015

News Release: SYRACUSE, N.Y. —— Dollar General store employees in Wolcott could not exit the store swiftly during a fire or emergency because of a locked emergency door in the store's back room, an Oct. 24, 2014, inspection by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found. In 2010, OSHA cited the retail chain for the same hazard at a store in Buffalo.

By Labor Gazette | Jan 7, 2015

News Release: Date of Action: Dec. 17, 2014 Type of Action: Complaint Name(s) of Defendant(s): Bryan M. Johns and Rainwire Partners Inc. 401(k) Plan Allegations: Rainwire Partners Inc. 401(k) Plan was established in 1992 by Envirometrics Inc., a Charleston, South Carolina company. Envirometrics subsequently acquired ...

By Labor Gazette | Jan 7, 2015

News Release: Date of Action: Dec. 31, 2014 Type of Action: Complaint Names of Defendants: The Children’s Place Inc., The Children’s Place Inc. Welfare Benefit Plan and Hendrik Johannes Lamprecht based in Bradenton, Florida.

By Labor Gazette | Jan 7, 2015

News Release: Date of Action: Jan. 6, 2015 Type of Action: Consent judgment Name of Defendant: David E. Doll Allegations: Based on an investigation conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefit Security Administration, the Secretary of Labor filed a complaint on Dec. 30, 2013 alleging: David Doll, in ...

By Labor Gazette | Jan 7, 2015

News Release: LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit with the Office of Administrative Law Judges against LRE Royal Electrical Contractors Inc. and its owner, George E. Smith, to recover $345,077 in back wages for 61 electrical workers. The action also seeks to prevent the company and Smith from obtaining federal contracts for three years.

By Labor Gazette | Jan 7, 2015

News Release: Rescue personnel were unable to save a 22-year-old worker after a fatal trench cave-in at Fort Bragg, N.C.

By Labor Gazette | Jan 7, 2015

News Release: PEKIN, Ill. — A 37-year-old worker at Agridyne's Pekin facility climbed down into a rail car to clean out corn steep residue and was overcome by dangerous hydrogen sulfide gas. A 29-year-old tank inspector, who attempted to rescue the first worker, succumbed to the gas exposure as well. Neither worker made it out of the car alive.

By Labor Gazette | Jan 7, 2015

News Release: A material and personnel hoist used at the Florida State University construction site.

By DOJ Gazette | Jan 7, 2015

The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Jan. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Jan 7, 2015

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Jan 7, 2015

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOE Gazette | Jan 7, 2015

The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Jan. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOE Gazette | Jan 7, 2015

The US Energy Department published a four page notice on Jan. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOE Gazette | Jan 7, 2015

The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Jan. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Fed News Journal | Jan 7, 2015

The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Jan. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Fed News Journal | Jan 7, 2015

The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on Jan. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.