News published on Federal Newswire in June 2015

News Release: U.S. Attorney Michael W. Cotter for the District of Montana announced today the culmination of a federal operation that found nine Montanans engaged in Social Security fraud. Dubbed “Operation Save our Social Security,” Operation S.O.S. uncovered approximately a half-million dollars in fraudulent payments ...

Arkansas Man Sentenced to Prison for Federal Tax Fraud

News Release: A Springdale, Arkansas, man was sentenced today in the U.S. District Court in Fayetteville, Arkansas, for multiple tax crimes, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Conner Eldridge of the Western District of Arkansas.

Two U.S. Bureau of Prisons Corrections Officers Charged with Assaulting Prison Inmate and Obstructing Justice

News Release: Vanita Gupta, head of the Civil Rights Division, and U.S. Attorney A. Lee Bentley III of the Middle District of Florida announced today the indictment by a federal grand jury of U.S. Bureau of Prison (BOP) Correction Officers (COs) William Houghton and Eddie Rodas-Castro. The indictment charges CO Houghton ...

United States Files Suit against Spectrum Brands for Failing to Report Safety Hazard in Defective Coffeemakers

News Release: Dozens of Burns Reported When Coffee Pot Handle Repeatedly Broke The Department of Justice and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) jointly announced today the filing of a complaint against Spectrum Brands Inc., alleging that the company and its former subsidiary, Applica Consumer Products, ...

Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement

By Fed Newswire | Jun 17, 2015

News Release: Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in April suggests that economic activity has been expanding moderately after having changed little during the first quarter. The pace of job gains picked up while the unemployment rate remained steady. On balance, a range of labor market ...

Federal Reserve Board and Federal Open Market Committee release economic projections from the June 16-17 FOMC meeting

By Fed Newswire | Jun 17, 2015

News Release: The attached table and charts released on Wednesday summarize the economic projections and the target federal funds rate projections made by Federal Open Market Committee participants for the June 16-17 meeting.

OSHA News Release: Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway must reinstate injured conductor and pay $536K in damages for retaliation [06/17/2015]

News Release: SEATTLE — North America's second-largest freight railroad, Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC, must reinstate a train conductor and pay the man $536,063 in back pay, damages and attorney's fees after a federal investigation found the rail operator retaliated against its employee after reporting a knee injury.

OSHA News Release: Open-flame heater likely cause of Coalgate oil rig fire; 3 deaths and serious injuries to 2 others, OSHA finds [06/17/2015]

News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY — An open-flame heater on the floor of a rig likely sparked the fire that killed three natural gas drillers and seriously injured two others in a December 2014 drilling rig fire in Coalgate, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has concluded.

OFCCP News Release: Baltimore staffing agency allegedly harassed, discriminated against and allowed assault and abuse of Hispanic employees [06/17/2015]

News Release: BALTIMORE — A Baltimore staffing agency for federal contractors allegedly hired Hispanic construction laborers, and then harassed and discriminated against them. It also allowed supervisors of other federal contractors to assault them physically, make racial slurs, and threaten them with deportation. The allegations were made in a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs.

OFCCP News Release: Baltimore staffing agency allegedly harassed, discriminated against and allowed assault and abuse of Hispanic employees [06/17/2015]

News Release: BALTIMORE — A Baltimore staffing agency for federal contractors allegedly hired Hispanic construction laborers, and then harassed and discriminated against them. It also allowed supervisors of other federal contractors to assault them physically, make racial slurs, and threaten them with deportation. The allegations were made in a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs.

What did Federal Reserve System publish on June 17?

By Fed News Journal | Jun 17, 2015

The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on June 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Notice published by Federal Reserve System on June 17

By Fed News Journal | Jun 17, 2015

The US Federal Reserve System published a three page notice on June 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Notice published on June 17 by Transportation Department

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on June 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

What did Transportation Department publish on June 17?

The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on June 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Notice published by Transportation Department on June 17

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on June 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Transportation Department publishes notice on June 17

The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on June 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Notice published on June 17 by Transportation Department

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on June 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

What did Transportation Department publish on June 17?

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on June 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Notice published by Transportation Department on June 17

The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on June 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Transportation Department publishes notice on June 17