News published on Federal Newswire in March 2015

News from March 2015


Six Defendants Indicted On Federal Firearms Charges

News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury has returned separate indictments against Mikkey Santos, 18; Tyrone Smith, 19; Javier Lamadrid, 33; Humberto Garcia, 23; and Michael Johnson, 35, all of Fresno; and Samuel Zaragoza-Villanueva, 37, of Mexico, for violating federal firearm laws, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today.


Statement from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Departure of Director of Communications Matt Paul

News Release: WASHINGTON, March 5, 2015 - Agriculture Secretary Vilsack today made the following statement on the departure of Director of Communications Matt Paul: "Matt Paul has been a close friend and advisor to me for nearly 20 years. Since he joined my team as Governor of Iowa in 1998 and throughout our work ...


Federal Reserve releases results of supervisory bank stress tests

News Release: The largest U.S.-based bank holding companies continue to build their capital levels and to strengthen their ability to lend to households and businesses during a period marked by severe recession and financial market volatility, according to the results of supervisory stress tests announced by the Federal Reserve on Thursday.


News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today delivered the keynote address at the Investment and Entrepreneurship Conference in Tunis, Tunisia. The conference brought together more than 300 international participants from the business community, civil society and governments to explore the economic potential of North Africa.


News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today delivered the keynote address at the Investment and Entrepreneurship Conference in Tunis, Tunisia. The conference brought together more than 300 international participants from the business community, civil society and governments to explore the economic potential of North Africa.


News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today announced the launch of Regional Investments to Support Entrepreneurship (RISE), a public-private partnership aimed at promoting trade and investment between Tunisia and the United States, increasing market access, improving commercial rule of law and strengthening ...


News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today announced the launch of Regional Investments to Support Entrepreneurship (RISE), a public-private partnership aimed at promoting trade and investment between Tunisia and the United States, increasing market access, improving commercial rule of law and strengthening ...


OSHA News Release: Trench collapse buries and kills local day laborer [03/05/2015]

News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — If his employer had protected him properly as he worked in a 12-foot-deep trench to connect a new home's plumbing to the main sewer line, 31-year-old LeDonte McCruter could have returned home at day's end to spend time with the young nieces and nephews he adored. Instead, a kind man ...


OSHA News Release: Jasper Contractors continues to put roofing workers lives in jeopardy [03/05/2015]

News Release: JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Since 2013, 294 workers have been killed by falls: a deadly fact that one roofing contractor appears willing to ignore as it was found putting the safety of its employees at risk by U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health inspectors once again.


OSHA News Release: Blast badly injures 2 at Chicago Heights, Illinois, manufacturing plant [03/05/2015]

News Release: CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill. — Two temporary workers injured in an explosion at Polychem Services Inc., were unable to return to work for months after being hospitalized with first and second-degree burns after their work site was ignited by a gas-powered forklift.


The US Transportation Department published a five page notice on March 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on March 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on March 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on March 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on March 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on March 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on March 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on March 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on March 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on March 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.