News published on Federal Newswire in March 2015

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2015

News Release: The owner and operator of a New Orleans-based medical clinic and an accountant pleaded guilty today in federal court in New Orleans for their roles in a $50 million Medicare fraud scheme. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Kenneth ...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2015

News Release: Gilbane Building Company will pay the United States $1.1 million to resolve allegations that W.G. Mills Incorporated – a company with which Gilbane merged in November 2010 – violated the False Claims Act by creating a front company, Veterans Constructors Incorporated (VCI), in order to be awarded a Coast ...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2015

News Release: Following a 14-day trial, a federal jury in Las Vegas returned guilty verdicts yesterday in a case against a Las Vegas attorney and three others for their roles in a scheme to fraudulently take control of homeowners’ associations (HOAs) for the purpose of directing the HOAs’ construction defect litigation and repair work to a law firm and construction company owned by other co-conspirators.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2015

News Release: The Justice Department announced that Darren Douglass-Griffin, Kerry Bolden, Emmett McKenzie and Kadarius Thomas—four former members of the Correctional Emergency Response Team (CERT) at Macon State Prison (MSP) in Oglethorpe, Georgia—were sentenced today for federal offenses related to the beating of MSP inmates in 2010 and the cover-up that followed.

By Fed Newswire | Mar 18, 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 Reserve Board members and Federal Reserve Bank presidents for the March 17-18 meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee.

By Fed Newswire | Mar 18, 2015

News Release: Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in January suggests that economic growth has moderated somewhat. Labor market conditions have improved further, with strong job gains and a lower unemployment rate. A range of labor market indicators suggests that underutilization of labor ...

By Commerce News Now | Mar 18, 2015

News Release: Small firms play an increasingly important role in U.S. manufacturing and now account for almost half of America's manufacturing employment.

By Commerce News Now | Mar 18, 2015

News Release: Opinion Editorial, Inc. Magazine Ketaki put her high-tech skills to work on a project through Carnegie Melon and won an award for leading a team that developed a sustainable and scalable business model for the non-profit One Laptop Per Child, which works with schools across the country to provide students with laptops.

By Commerce News Now | Mar 18, 2015

News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today issued a statement announcing two new Commerce Department actions focused on strengthening American manufacturing. The first is a joint White House supply chain innovation report, which highlights the increasingly important role small and medium sized manufacturers ...

By Commerce News Now | Mar 18, 2015

News Release: More than a decade ago, Ketaki Desai came to the United States from India. She earned her doctorate in biomedical science from Texas A&M before moving to Pittsburgh, where she met her husband Girish, a fellow Indian immigrant.

By Commerce News Now | Mar 18, 2015

News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today issued a statement announcing two new Commerce Department actions focused on strengthening American manufacturing. The first is a joint White House supply chain innovation report, which highlights the increasingly important role small and medium sized manufacturers ...

By Labor Gazette | Mar 18, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez today issued the following statement regarding the release of the 2014 Employment Situation of Veterans report by the department's Bureau of Labor Statistics: "In 2014, the hiring of our nation's heroes rose with an economic tide that consistently ...

By Labor Gazette | Mar 18, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration has announced a direct final rule that provides a two-month grace period for participant-directed individual account plans (e.g., 401(k) plans) to provide annual investment and plan-related information to participants.

By DOE Gazette | Mar 18, 2015

The US Energy Department published a one page notice on March 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOE Gazette | Mar 18, 2015

The US Energy Department published a two page notice on March 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOE Gazette | Mar 18, 2015

The US Energy Department published a one page notice on March 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Fed News Journal | Mar 18, 2015

The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on March 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Fed News Journal | Mar 18, 2015

The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on March 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Commerce News Now | Mar 18, 2015

The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on March 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Commerce News Now | Mar 18, 2015

The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on March 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.