News published on Federal Newswire in March 2015

By Homeland Newswire | Mar 3, 2015

News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 I congratulate Barbara Mikulski for her years of outstanding service to our Nation. Her retirement from public life is well earned, though I will miss her in the Senate.

By Homeland Newswire | Mar 3, 2015

News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Science & Technology Press Office Contact: John Verrico (202) 254-2385 Washington, DC – Today, the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) announced the Department’s first crowdsourced prize competition in support of the nation’s first responder community.

By Homeland Newswire | Mar 3, 2015

News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 Several hours ago the House voted to enact a clean, full-year appropriations bill for the Department of Homeland Security. The Senate did the same last Friday. A bill funding the Department for the entire Fiscal Year 2015 is now on its way to the President for signature. It is a good bill, which provides $39.7 billion to fund vital homeland security missions.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2015

News Release: Bernhard Laufer, 58, a resident of Rego Park, Queens, New York, pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in the Eastern District of New York, to sending threatening communications from New York to an employee of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) located in Washington, D.C. CAIR is a civil ...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2015

News Release: Settlement Addresses Robo-Signing and Other Improper Practices in Bankruptcy Cases The Department of Justice’s U.S. Trustee Program (USTP) has entered into a national settlement agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. (Chase) requiring Chase to pay more than $50 million, including cash payments, mortgage ...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2015

News Release: Justice Department Spokesman Marc Raimondi released the following statement Tuesday: “Three documents – a criminal Information, a plea agreement, and a statement of facts – were filed today in the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina’s Charlotte Division in the case ...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2015

News Release: Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara for the Southern District of New York and Assistant Director-in-Charge Andrew G. McCabe of the FBI’s Washington, D.C. Office announced today the extradition of Minh Quang Pham, aka “Amin,” from the United Kingdom. ...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2015

News Release: A federal jury in Oklahoma City convicted three Florida men and a Florida corporation today for their participation in an illegal international gambling and money laundering enterprise, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Sanford C. Coats of the Western District of Oklahoma.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2015

News Release: Two former civilian employees at the Marine Corps Logistics Base (MCLB) in Albany, Georgia, and one military contractor were convicted by a federal jury today of bribery and fraud charges related to military trucking contracts, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Michael J. Moore of the Middle District of Georgia.

By Commerce News Now | Mar 3, 2015

News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker will lead a delegation of U.S. government officials to the Investment and Entrepreneurship Conference in Tunis, Tunisia this week.

By Commerce News Now | Mar 3, 2015

News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker will lead a delegation of U.S. government officials to the Investment and Entrepreneurship Conference in Tunis, Tunisia this week.

By Labor Gazette | Mar 3, 2015

News Release: PR Drywall of Hillsboro, Oregon, underpays 7 workers in wages and overtime PORTLAND, Ore. — Seven "tapers" working for PR Drywall LLC of Hillsboro will receive more than $98,000 in back wages after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found their employer failed to pay prevailing wages and overtime ...

By Labor Gazette | Mar 3, 2015

News Release: Employer underpays staff, denies employment to qualified domestic workers PHOENIX — Westin Kierland Resort & Spa has paid 104 housekeepers and two job applicants more than $47,300 in back wages after a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigation uncovered wage and employment violations ...

By Labor Gazette | Mar 3, 2015

News Release: DALLAS — Living on the minimum wage is tough enough when workers are paid for all hours worked and harder still for employees who work off the clock and are not paid fully for their labor. Unpaid wages leave workers and their families to confront difficult choices, like buying medicine for a sick child or purchasing food.

By Labor Gazette | Mar 3, 2015

News Release: Company ignores fall safety with 41 citations since 2011 LANSDOWNE, Pa. — Imagine working three-and-a-half stories off the ground with no fall protection and on unsafe scaffolding that could easily topple with one strong wind gust. This reality was frighteningly familiar for employees of JC Stucco and ...

By Labor Gazette | Mar 3, 2015

News Release: GUNTOWN, Miss. — Raymond Marvin Reece was a husband and father who enjoyed pleasures like family boating trips, camping and stock-car racing. Tragically, the 46-year-old maintenance worker at H.M. Richards Inc. was fatally electrocuted on Oct. 1, 2014, as he disconnected wiring on a saw at the company's temporary facility on Towery Road in Guntown.

By Labor Gazette | Mar 3, 2015

News Release: NEW YORK — All a receptionist at Salon Zoë hair salon wanted to do was make her fellow employees aware of health hazards associated with products containing formaldehyde that were regularly used by haircutters and stylists at the business in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. Her employer responded by firing her.

By DOT News Wire | Mar 3, 2015

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on March 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Mar 3, 2015

The US Transportation Department published a four page notice on March 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2015

The US Interior Department published a four page notice on March 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.