News published on Federal Newswire in January 2015

By Interior Newswire | Jan 23, 2015

News Release: GUNNISON, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management is implementing supplementary rules for public lands included in the 2010 Gunnison Basin Federal Lands Travel Management Plan. These supplementary rules provide for the improved management of off-road vehicle use and off-route mechanized (non-motorized) use on public lands in Gunnison, Montrose, Hinsdale and Saguache Counties, Colo.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2015

News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - United States Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that a federal grand jury returned a 16-count indictment against eight Anchorage-area individuals charging them with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and heroin, multiple counts of distribution of methamphetamine and...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2015

News Release: (BOSTON - A Boston man was sentenced yesterday to 16 years in federal prison for drug trafficking and firearm charges.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2015

News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announces that Carman Jeffery Johnson, Jr. of Mobile was sentenced, following an October 2014 guilty plea to a charge of being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm. Johnson was previously convicted in Mobile County of...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2015

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Daniel Gomez-Gonzalez, 32, of Mexico, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Troy L. Nunley to three years and one month in prison for growing marijuana in the Lassen National Forest, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2015

News Release: Allegedly Used Official Position To Obtain $4 Million In Bribes And Kickbacks Concealed As Income From Outside Law Practice.

By Homeland Newswire | Jan 22, 2015

News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 The “Secure Our Border First Act of 2015” voted out of the House Homeland Security Committee last night is not a serious effort at legislating border security – and its authors know it. The bill is extreme to the point of being unworkable; ...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2015

News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder announced today the appointment of United States Attorney John F. Walsh for the District of Colorado as chair of the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee of United States Attorneys (AGAC). Attorney General Holder also appointed United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian for the Northern District of New York to serve as vice chair. Both appointments are effective immediately.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2015

News Release: A San Jose, California, woman was sentenced to serve 22 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for committing tax fraud and bank fraud, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo for the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag ...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2015

News Release: A Detroit federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment against an executive of a Japanese manufacturer of automotive parts for his participation in a conspiracy to fix prices of seatbelts, the Department of Justice announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2015

News Release: A federal court in Greenville, Mississippi, has permanently barred Nathaniel Kimble from preparing federal income tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. The civil injunction order, to which Kimble consented, was signed by Judge Debra M. Bowen of the U.S. District Court for the ...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2015

News Release: U.S. District Judge Ronnie Greer sentenced five people to prison terms in federal court in Greeneville, Tennessee, late yesterday for conspiring to commit Clean Air Act offenses in connection with the illegal removal and disposal of asbestos-containing materials at the former Liberty Fibers Plant in ...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2015

News Release: The Department of Justice collected $1.861 billion in criminal fines and penalties resulting from Antitrust Division prosecutions in the fiscal year that ended on Sept. 30, 2014. Contributing in part to one of the largest yearly collections for the division, five of the companies paid in full penalties ...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2015

News Release: The Department of Justice today announced that Judge Amy Totenberg of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia sentenced two defendants, Arturo Rojas-Coyotl, 28, and Odilon Martinez-Rojas, 43, both of Tenancingo, Tlaxcala, Mexico, to 192 months and 262 months in prison, respectively, ...

By Commerce News Now | Jan 22, 2015

News Release: Op-Ed by U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker Opinion Editorial, LinkedIn Influencer, A Stronger Middle Class Begins With All of Us Today, I traveled to Charlotte for a discussion with the local chamber of commerce about the President’s State of the Union address, the state of our economy, and what we can do to support a durable and sustainable American economy.

By Commerce News Now | Jan 22, 2015

News Release: Op-Ed by U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker Opinion Editorial, LinkedIn Influencer, A Stronger Middle Class Begins With All of Us Today, I traveled to Charlotte for a discussion with the local chamber of commerce about the President’s State of the Union address, the state of our economy, and what we can do to support a durable and sustainable American economy.

By Labor Gazette | Jan 22, 2015

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A 22-year-old apprentice ironworker fell more than 30 feet to his death while standing on a 9-inch-wide steel girder on a building under construction in Kansas City. On the job for just a few weeks, the worker was not provided fall protection by his employer, Fastrack Erectors Inc., ...

By Labor Gazette | Jan 22, 2015

News Release: PARSIPPANY, N.J. — "Zimmer TMT is in the business of healthcare and should be aware of the potential health and safety hazards to which its employees could be exposed," said Kris Hoffman, director of OSHA's Parsippany Area Office. "Chlorine gas is poisonous and can cause death. Employers using highly ...

By Labor Gazette | Jan 22, 2015

News Release: BEAR, Del. — A chance to get on-the-job training in construction turned tragic when a Delaware high school student suffered a severe head injury after a one-story fall off an unguarded balcony at a local construction site.

By Labor Gazette | Jan 22, 2015

News Release: Minsa Corp. in Muleshoe, Texas, cited for 33 serious violations and $151,200 in fines LUBBOCK, Texas — The accumulation of combustible grain dust requires more than just wiping surfaces to eliminate them. Grain dust accumulation, in the right combination of particle size, air and an ignition source, ...