News published on Federal Newswire in January 2015

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2015

News Release: HONOLULU -Matson Terminals, Inc., a Hawaii corporation, was sentenced by U.S. Magistrate Judge Richard L. Puglisi today to pay a $400,000 fine plus restitution of $600,000 based on previously entered guilty pleas to two criminal charges of unlawfully discharging molasses into Honolulu Harbor. By the...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2015

News Release: United States Attorney Michael J. Moore announced today that a federal grand jury returned a multiple count indictment in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, Valdosta Division, charging Raymond Lee Hendrix (a/k/a “Georgia Lee" and “Lee"), of Echols County, Georgia; Willie...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2015

News Release: Contact: Steve Young. A man who was employed by a pork processing plant and oversaw the facility’s wastewater treatment lagoons pled guilty on Dec. 16, 2014, in federal court in Sioux City to knowingly discharging a pollutant thereby resulting in a fish kill. Michael J. Wolf, age, 57 from Remsen...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2015

News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced today that Judge Shelly D. Dick sentenced JASON LOUIS OWENS, age 34, of Gonzales, Louisiana, to 15 years in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release. The Court also ordered OWENS to pay $2,000 in restitution to one of his victims.

By Interior Newswire | Jan 28, 2015

News Release: MEDORA, ND: Theodore Roosevelt National Park has received approval to implement proposed entrance and campground fee increases beginning February 1. In order to lessen the impact of the fee increases, the park chose to phase the changes in over three years.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2015

News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Joplin, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine in Jasper County, Mo., and for illegally possessing firearms.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2015

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Alejandro Soto-Silva, 22, a Mexican national, pleaded guilty today to cultivation of marijuana and depredation of public lands and resources, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.

By Homeland Newswire | Jan 28, 2015

News Release: Announces re-launch of the “If You See Something, Say Something™” Campaign, First time ever in-app ads PHOENIX— Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson was in Arizona to meet with local law enforcement officials and oversee the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) security operations surrounding ...

By USDA Newswire | Jan 28, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON, Jan. 28, 2015—Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the selection of 30 university students to attend USDA's 2015 Agricultural Outlook Forum titled "Smart Agriculture in the 21st Century" to be held Feb. 19-20, 2015, at the Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel in Arlington, Va. Twenty ...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2015

News Release: Attorney General-Designate Loretta E. Lynch released the following statement today at the opening of the U.S. Senate confirmation hearing: “Thank you, Chairman Grassley, Senator Leahy, and distinguished members of the Committee. I am honored to appear before you in this historic chamber, among so many ...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2015

News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs’ (OJP) Diagnostic Center and the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) released the final assessment and implementation plans to support the MPD’s accountability procedures. The Diagnostic Analysis will allow MPD to implement changes that ...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2015

News Release: Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez for the District of New Mexico, Assistant Director Randall C. Coleman of the FBI’s Counterintelligence Division and Special Agent in Charge Carol K.O. Lee of the FBI’s Albuquerque Division announced that ...

By Fed Newswire | Jan 28, 2015

News Release: Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in December suggests that economic activity has been expanding at a solid pace. Labor market conditions have improved further, with strong job gains and a lower unemployment rate. On balance, a range of labor market indicators suggests ...

By Labor Gazette | Jan 28, 2015

News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. — Sierra Construction Co. Inc. has agreed to pay $87,239 in back wages to 39 employees who worked on The Prescott apartment building, a federally financed construction project in Portland. U.S. Department of Labor investigators found that Sierra and two of its subcontractors failed to pay the prevailing wages required by the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts.

By Labor Gazette | Jan 28, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a proposal to clarify federal contractors' requirements to prohibit sex discrimination. The recommended changes would revise the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs' guidelines to align with laws, court decisions and societal changes since they were originally issued in 1970.

By DOT News Wire | Jan 28, 2015

The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Jan. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Jan 28, 2015

The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Jan. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Jan 28, 2015

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Jan 28, 2015

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Jan 28, 2015

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.