News published on Federal Newswire in May 2015

By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2015

News Release: Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) appeared today on C-SPAN’s “Newsmakers" program where he discussed his opposition to the Trade Promotion Authority (“fast-track") legislation, the need for a long-term solution to highway funding, and a bipartisan path to tax reform.

By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015

News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Gerardo Chalke Lopez (a.k.a. “La Loca"), 41, and Sergio Quezada-Lopez (a.k.a. “Cheche", 36, of Nayarit, Mexico, appeared for sentencing on April 28 and April 29, 2015, before U.S. District Judge Michael Simon. The brothers were sentenced to 18 and 15 years prison, followed by five years...

By USDA Newswire | May 10, 2015

News Release: Amman, JORDAN, May 10, 2015 - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack and Jordan Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Imad Fakhoury, today signed an agreement to support agricultural development and trade in Jordan.

By US DOT Newswire | May 10, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Ranking Member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) pushed for a Joint Hearing of the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Transportation...

By USDA Newswire | May 10, 2015

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By USDA Newswire | May 8, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON, May 8 2015 - West-wide snowpack has mostly melted, according to data from the fifth 2015 forecast by the United States Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).

By USDA Newswire | May 8, 2015

News Release: Funding to support beginning, veteran, and socially-disadvantaged farmers and ranchers to expand businesses WASHINGTON, May 8, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is making $30 million available to farmers, ranchers and food entrepreneurs to develop new product lines. Funding will be made available through the Value-Added Producer Grant (VAPG) program.

By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2015

News Release: Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch announced today that the Justice Department has opened a civil pattern or practice investigation into Baltimore Police Department (BPD), pursuant to the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. The department’s investigation of BPD will seek to determine ...

By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2015

News Release: Stephen M. Howells II, 39, of Hermon, New York, pleaded guilty today to all 21 counts of a federal indictment charging him with child exploitation offenses, according to U.S. Attorney Richard S. Hartunian for the North District of New York and Special Agent in Charge Andrew T. Vale of the Albany Division ...

By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2015

News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that Vadian Bank AG (Vadian), located in St. Gallen, Switzerland, reached a resolution under the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Swiss Bank Program.

By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2015

News Release: Defendant Arrested in the Philippines An indictment has been unsealed charging Charles Harvey Eccleston, a former employee of the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), in connection with an attempted email “spear-phishing” attack in January 2015, targeting dozens of Department of Energy employee e-mail accounts.

By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2015

News Release: A former PPG Industries, Inc. employee has been arrested and charged in federal court in Pittsburgh with theft of trade secrets, U.S. Attorney David J. Hickton for the Western District of Pennsylvania announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2015

News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it reached a settlement with The Data Entry Company Inc., a government subcontractor headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland. The settlement resolves a charge filed with the Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices (OSC), claiming ...

By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2015

News Release: The Justice Department announced today that the Housing Authority of the city of Ruston, Louisiana, has agreed to pay $175,000 and adopt comprehensive new policies to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the department. The settlement must still be approved by U.S. District Court Judge Robert ...

By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2015

News Release: A physician who ran a medical house call service business in Dallas, and an employee of that business were arrested this morning on charges related to their alleged participation in a $5.2 million health care fraud scheme.

By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2015

News Release: Two men have been arrested after breaching the computer services of Colorado based Photobucket, a company that operates an image and video hosting website, announced U.S. Attorney John Walsh for the District of Colorado and Special Agent in Charge Thomas Ravenelle for the Denver Division of the Federal ...

By Labor Gazette | May 8, 2015

News Release: Date of Action: April 28, 2015 Type of Action: Complaint Names of Defendants: Law Partners LLC, Milton Bryan Peoples, and the Law Partners LLC 401(k) Salary Reduction Plan Allegations: Law Partners LLC, located in Trussville, Alabama, sponsored the Law Partners LLC 401(k) Salary Reduction Plan in 2003. ...

By Labor Gazette | May 8, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON – With the release of the April 2015 Employment Situation Report today, U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez says there are five things you should know about the numbers: 1. With 223,000 jobs added in April, private-sector employment has grown for 62 consecutive months – the longest streak on record – to the tune of 12.3 million jobs over that time.

By Labor Gazette | May 8, 2015

News Release: Date of Action: April 28, 2015 Type of Action: Complaint Names of Defendants: Law Partners LLC, Milton Bryan Peoples, and the Law Partners LLC 401(k) Salary Reduction Plan Allegations: Law Partners LLC, located in Trussville, Alabama, sponsored the Law Partners LLC 401(k) Salary Reduction Plan in 2003. ...

By Interior Newswire | May 8, 2015

The US Interior Department published a one page notice on May 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.