News published on Federal Newswire in March 2015

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2015

News Release: Huntington, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that a Kentucky man was indicted on March 25, 2015, by a federal grand jury sitting in Charleston for allegedly defrauding the U.S. Veteran’s Affairs (VA) Disability Compensation Program. The indictment charges Phillip M. Henderson...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2015

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Jahmal Williams, 27, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was charged today by indictment with robbery which interferes with interstate commerce, brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced United States Attorney ...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2015

News Release: DENVER - Candice L. White, age 42, of Centennial, Colorado, is scheduled to appear before a U.S. Magistrate Judge this afternoon after a federal grand jury in Denver indicted her on charges of embezzlement and willful misapplication of funds by a bank officer or employee, reported the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Special Inspector General of Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP).

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2015

News Release: Kevin Bates Of Attleboro Faces Up To Life In Federal Prison For.

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 25, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held the second in a series of congressional forums as part of the Middle Class Prosperity Project launched by the members last month.

By Homeland Newswire | Mar 25, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Sens. Tom Carper (D-Del.), Michael Enzi (R-Wyo.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) introduced bipartisan legislation to combat and prevent waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicare and Medicaid.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2015

News Release: A Minnesota National Guardsman was indicted last week for inducing a 14 year-old girl to send him nude photos over the Internet while he was deployed to Afghanistan, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger of the District of Minnesota.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2015

News Release: Parent Company, Schlumberger Ltd., Also Agrees to Continue Cooperation With U.S. Authorities and To Hire an Independent Consultant to Review Its Sanctions Policies, Procedures and Internal Sanctions Audits Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen ...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2015

News Release: “Wildlife smuggling is a transnational crime that knows no borders and requires an international response,” said Assistant Attorney General Cruden. “Cooperation between the United States and Canadian law enforcement was crucial to cracking this case. The United States greatly appreciates the assistance ...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2015

News Release: A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of New York returned an indictment today charging a Brooklyn, New York, tax return preparer with 31 counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false federal income tax returns, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the ...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2015

News Release: Today, a federal jury convicted a man from Lewis Center, Ohio, and his business partner of Powell, Ohio, of defrauding their company’s investors and diverting investors’ funds for their own personal use. Preston Harrison and his wife, Lovena E. Harrison, 42, were also both convicted of conspiracy to defraud the United States and filing a false income tax return, and Lovena Harrison was convicted of structuring financial transactions to evade currency reporting requirements.

By Commerce News Now | Mar 25, 2015

News Release: In her remarks, Secretary Pritzker highlighted the impact economic development organizations have on local communities and the work the Commerce Department is doing to support these organizations. She also announced the winners of an Innovation Challenge competition funded by the Economic Development Agency and hosted by NADO and the National Association of Counties.

By Commerce News Now | Mar 25, 2015

News Release: A bipartisan group of former Secretaries of Commerce, whose tenures spanned from 1973 to 2012, today released an open letter urging Congress to pass Trade Promotion Authority, a tool that is essential to the completion and implementation of new trade partnerships. Representing past Administrations dating ...

By Commerce News Now | Mar 25, 2015

News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today delivered the keynote address at the National Association of Development Organization’s 2015 Washington Policy Conference in Arlington, Va.

By Commerce News Now | Mar 25, 2015

News Release: While Director of the USPTO's Denver office, which opened on June 30, 2014, Slifer served as the agency's primary liaison with the innovation community in the Rocky Mountain Region. He has been actively engaged in education and outreach initiatives, empowering the USPTO to develop programs, policies, and procedures to meet the needs of the Rocky Mountain West innovation community.

By Commerce News Now | Mar 25, 2015

News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today announced the appointment of Russell Slifer as the next Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Slifer currently serves as the Director of the USPTO's Rocky Mountain Regional Office in Denver and will begin his new role at USPTO headquarters in Alexandria, VA, on March 25, 2015.

By Commerce News Now | Mar 25, 2015

News Release: A bipartisan group of former Secretaries of Commerce, whose tenures spanned from 1973 to 2012, today released an open letter urging Congress to pass Trade Promotion Authority, a tool that is essential to the completion and implementation of new trade partnerships. Representing past Administrations dating ...

By Labor Gazette | Mar 25, 2015

News Release: GUAYNABO, Puerto Rico — Alpha Guards Management Inc. provides security guards to ensure the safety of employees of businesses and government agencies in Puerto Rico. Yet, the San Juan-based employer failed to protect its own employees by violating their right to a fair day's pay for a fair day's work.

By Labor Gazette | Mar 25, 2015

The US Labor Department published a one page proposed rule on March 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOE Gazette | Mar 25, 2015

The US Energy Department published a three page proposed rule on March 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.