News published on Federal Newswire in March 2015

By State Newswire | Mar 29, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, urged the Obama administration and negotiators for other P5-plus-one nations not to “rush headlong" into a nuclear deal with Iran just to meet a March 31 target date for a political framework agreement. Negotiations will continue until June 30, which is the final deadline for a comprehensive agreement.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2015

News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced the federal Grand Jury for the District of Nebraska has returned 27 indictments charging 30 defendants. Indictments are charging documents that contain one or more individual counts that are merely accusations, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

By Homeland Newswire | Mar 27, 2015

News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 Today I visited with our Transportation Security Administration (TSA) personnel in New Orleans, including three who were at the scene of the attack, last Friday night, by a deranged man with a machete and other dangerous items.

By USDA Newswire | Mar 27, 2015

News Release: Farmers Have Until April 7 to Update Yields, Reallocate Base Acres, and Make Final Selections WASHINGTON, March 27, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today provided farm owners and producers one additional week, until April 7, 2015, to choose between Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC), the safety-net programs established by the 2014 Farm Bill. The final day to update yield history or reallocate base acres also will be April 7, 2015.

By USDA Newswire | Mar 27, 2015

News Release: Landowners gain greater regulatory certainty under innovative, voluntary program; Nearly all Oregon's greater sage-grouse habitat on private, state and federal lands now have conservation agreements BEND, Ore., March 27, 2015– Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today joined Oregon Governor Kate Brown ...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2015

News Release: A federal grand jury late Thursday indicted a city of Madison, Alabama, police officer for using unreasonable force against a man he was attempting to question in February 2015, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta of the Civil Rights Division, U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance of the Northern District of Alabama and Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton of the FBI.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2015

News Release: A former employee of a Las Vegas casino company was sentenced yesterday to serve 12 months and one day in federal prison, three years of supervised release and ordered to pay $351,039 in restitution to the United States for tax evasion, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo ...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2015

News Release: Acting Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, U.S. Attorney Felicia C. Adams of the Northern District of Mississippi and Special Agent in Charge Donald Alway of the FBI Jackson Office announced today that a man was charged with federal civil rights ...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2015

News Release: Defendants Used Law Enforcement Credentials to Obtain Military-Grade Assault Rifles, Sniper Rifles and Other High-Powered Weapons for Smuggling to the Philippines U.S. Attorney Loretta E. Lynch of the Eastern District of New York, Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, Special ...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2015

News Release: A registered sex offender was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison today for accessing an Omaha-based child pornography website with the intent to view graphic images and videos depicting child pornography, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Deborah R. Gilg of the District of Nebraska and Special Agent in Charge Thomas R. Metz of the FBI’s Omaha Division.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2015

News Release: The former chief executive officer and former managing director of a U.S. broker-dealer (the Broker-Dealer), were sentenced to prison today for their roles in a scheme to pay bribes to a senior official in Venezuela’s state economic development bank, Banco de Desarrollo Económico y Social de Venezuela (Bandes), in return for trading business that generated more than $60 million in commissions.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2015

News Release: Acting Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney Tammy Dickinson of the Western District of Missouri announced that a federal grand jury has returned a four-count indictment against former Independence, Missouri, police officer Timothy Runnels for violating the constitutional rights of a minor who was in his custody and obstructing the subsequent investigation into the incident.

By Labor Gazette | Mar 27, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON — Dehydration, dizziness, headaches and vomiting are just a few of the symptoms of nicotine poisoning, also known as "green tobacco sickness." Workers who plant, cultivate and harvest tobacco are particularly at risk. U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez today announced the release of a recommended practices bulletin with guidance on reducing the hazards for tobacco workers.

By Labor Gazette | Mar 27, 2015

News Release: JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Since 2013, 294 workers have been killed by falls, the leading cause of death in the construction trade. These incidents can often be prevented when employers use proper safety protections. Unfortunately for its employees, Great White Construction Inc. has repeatedly put the safety of its workers at risk, the U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors found.

By Labor Gazette | Mar 27, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez issued the following statement on today's announcement by Senator Harry Reid of his intention to retire: "From his roots in a mining community, to the boxing ring, to his work as an officer with the Capitol Police, to the top position in the United States Senate, few public servants in America embody the values of hard work, humility and sacrifice better than Senator Harry Reid.

By Labor Gazette | Mar 27, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor has announced a two-week extension of the comment period for its proposed rule governing the obligations of federal contractors and subcontractors not to discriminate on the basis of sex in their employment practices.

By Interior Newswire | Mar 27, 2015

The US Interior Department published a three page notice on March 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Interior Newswire | Mar 27, 2015

The US Interior Department published a two page notice on March 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Interior Newswire | Mar 27, 2015

The US Interior Department published a three page notice on March 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Gazette | Mar 27, 2015

The US Justice Department published a one page notice on March 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.