News published on Federal Newswire in May 2015

By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2015

News Release: ‘Work From Home’ Jobs Actually Fraudulent Scheme.

By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2015

News Release: Investment Scam Ran From 2006 to 2010, Then Collapsed.

By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015

News Release: HARRISBURG -The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that two Scranton men were indicted on April 28, 2015, by a federal grand jury for sex trafficking of a minor and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minor and related charges.

By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2015

News Release: National Park Service Seeks Public Comments on Invasive Plant Management Plan for 15 National Capital Region Parks Washington.

By USDA Newswire | May 11, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON, May 11, 2015 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is providing more than $100 million in loans to build or improve 1,000 miles of electric transmission and distribution lines for rural electric cooperative utilities in four states.

By USDA Newswire | May 11, 2015

News Release: Nearly 60,000 High-Skilled Agriculture Job Openings Expected Annually in U.S., Yet Only 35,000 Graduates Available to Fill Them WASHINGTON, May 11, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced a new report showing tremendous demand for recent college graduates with a degree in agricultural ...

By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015

News Release: Heather Elizabeth Coffman, 29, of Glen Allen, Virginia, was sentenced today to 54 months in prison for making false statements in an international terrorism investigation.

By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015

News Release: Under a $12 million settlement with the United States and the state of New York, Tonawanda Coke Corp. will pay $2.75 million in civil penalties, spend approximately $7.9 million to reduce air pollution and enhance air and water quality and spend an additional $1.3 million for environmental projects in ...

By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015

News Release: Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch released the following statement on the death of two officers in Hattiesburg, Mississippi: “The shocking assault on law enforcement officers in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, struck at the heart of that great city. The Department of Justice stands ready to offer any possible ...

By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015

News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that the Missoula, Montana, Police Department (MPD) has fully implemented the requirements of its agreement with the department to improve the MPD’s response to reports of sexual assault. The agreement, which was entered into in May 2013, resolved part of the ...

By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015

News Release: Jeffrey A. Sterling, 47, of O’Fallon, Missouri, was sentenced today to 42 months in prison for disclosing national defense information and obstructing justice. Sterling disclosed classified information about a clandestine operational program concerning Iran’s nuclear weapons program to a New York Times reporter in 2003.

By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015

News Release: Scott T. Valente, 58, of Schenectady, New York, pleaded guilty today in Albany before Chief U.S. District Judge Gary L. Sharpe to one count of securities fraud, one count of mail fraud and one count of obstructing and impeding the due administration of the Internal Revenue laws, announced U.S. Attorney ...

By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015

News Release: A Raleigh, North Carolina, man pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to file false claims and identity theft, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Thomas G. Walker of the Eastern District of North Carolina.

By Fed Newswire | May 11, 2015

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced it was barring five former private bankers and senior managers of Credit Suisse, AG, Zurich, Switzerland from employment in the banking industry. The Board announced last May that it would investigate individuals in connection with a civil money penalty and ...

By Fed Newswire | May 11, 2015

News Release: The Federal Open Market Committee on Monday announced its tentative meeting schedule for 2016: January 26-27 (Tuesday-Wednesday) March 15-16 (Tuesday-Wednesday) April 26-27 (Tuesday-Wednesday) June 14-15 (Tuesday-Wednesday) July 26-27 (Tuesday-Wednesday) September 20-21 (Tuesday-Wednesday) November 1-2 ...

By Commerce News Now | May 11, 2015

News Release: The Presidential Ambassadors for Global Entrepreneurship (PAGE) initiative was created to develop the next generation of entrepreneurs both at home and abroad. President Obama launched the initiative last April in the Roosevelt Room at the White House.

By Commerce News Now | May 11, 2015

News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker joined President Obama in celebrating emerging entrepreneurs from across the United States and around the world. During the event, the White House announced the addition of nine new members of the Presidential Ambassadors for Global Entrepreneurship (PAGE) ...

By Labor Gazette | May 11, 2015

News Release: Lloyd Industries Inc., named severe safety violator, defies federal safety inspectors MONTGOMERYVILLE, Pa. – Lloyd Industries Inc. manufacturers the ventilation, duct and fire safety products used at places like New York's Chrysler Building, Philadelphia International Airport, and the stadiums the New York Yankees and Baltimore Ravens call home.

By Labor Gazette | May 11, 2015

News Release: MONTGOMERYVILLE, Pa. — Lloyd Industries Inc. manufacturers the ventilation, duct and fire safety products used at places like New York's Chrysler Building, Philadelphia International Airport, and the stadiums the New York Yankees and Baltimore Ravens call home.

By Labor Gazette | May 11, 2015

News Release: GRANTSBURG, Wis. — For most of his adult life, a 52-year-old man avoided the dangers of working at a Grantsburg feed mill. In November 2014, he was trying to unclog a sump when he was engulfed by corn and died in a grain bin.