News published on Federal Newswire in July 2015

News from July 2015


Buffalo Man Pleads Guilty To Stealing Mail

News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross stated that the defendant, who worked as a mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service, took a letter containing New York State Safety Inspection Certificate stickers and used the stickers on vehicles owned by him or members of his family. Lamacchia did so in order to avoid having the vehicles inspected or repaired to pass inspection.


West Monroe man, New Jersey man sentenced for roles in anabolic steroid distribution ring

News Release: MONROE La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a West Monroe man and a New Jersey man were sentenced Monday for their roles in importing and selling anabolic steroids.


News Release: Defendant Carjacked FedEx Vehicle at Gunpoint, Fled Police, and Initiated Police Shoot-out When Stopped.


News Release: Today, federal authorities in Midland arrested 26-year-old Paul Allen Peters, owner of Jack of All Trades Tactical & Supply, for firearms violations announced Acting United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr. and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Special Agent in Charge Robert R. Champion, Dallas Division.


Cedar Rapids Man Pleads Guilty to Being a Felon and Unlawful Drug User in Possession of a Loaded Handgun

News Release: A two-time felon and unlawful drug user who was found in possession of a loaded handgun during a traffic stop pled guilty today to a firearms offense in federal court in Cedar Rapids.


News Release: AstraZeneca LP has agreed to pay the United States and participating states a total of $46.5 million, plus interest, to resolve allegations that it knowingly underpaid rebates owed under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program, the Justice Department announced today. Of that amount, AstraZeneca will pay roughly $26.7 million, plus interest, to the United States, and the remainder to states participating in the settlement.


News Release: LB&B Associates Inc. and its principals, Lily A. Brandon and F. Edward Brandon, have agreed to pay the government $7.8 million to resolve allegations that they made false statements to obtain contracts through the Small Business Administration’s (SBA’s) 8(a) Business Development Program for Small Disadvantaged Businesses, the Justice Department announced today. LB&B is a North Carolina corporation headquartered in Columbia, Maryland.


Agencies announce EGRPRA outreach meeting in Kansas City focusing on rural banking issues

News Release: The federal banking agencies will hold an outreach meeting on Tuesday, August 4, 2015, at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City as part of their regulatory review under the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996 (EGRPRA). The meeting is the fourth in a series of outreach sessions that the Federal Reserve Board, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) are holding throughout the country.


Agencies post public sections of resolution plans

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) on Monday posted the public portions of annual resolution plans for 12 large financial firms. Each plan must describe the company's strategy for rapid and orderly resolution under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the event of material financial distress or failure of the company.


OSHA News Release: More employee protections against workplace violence, thanks to changes at Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center [07/06/2015]

News Release: NEW YORK — Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center in New York has agreed to implement and maintain a comprehensive program to safeguard its employees better against assaults and other on-the-job violence after a patient assaulted a nurse at the Brooklyn facility in 2014.


EBSA News Release: US Labor Department solicits nominations for 2016 ERISA Advisory Council [07/06/2015]

News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration is soliciting nominations to fill five, 3-year vacancies on the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans, also known as the ERISA Advisory Council. The deadline to submit nominations is July 31.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on July 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on July 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on July 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on July 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on July 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on July 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a four page notice on July 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on July 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on July 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.