News published on Federal Newswire in October 2015

By USDA Newswire | Oct 26, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 26, 2015 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that beginning today, nearly one half of the 1.7 million farms that signed up for either the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) or Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs will receive safety-net payments for the 2014 crop year.

By USDA Newswire | Oct 26, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 26, 2015 – Today at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that with the current school year underway, 97 percent of schools now report successfully meeting updated nutrition standards , and the number of ...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2015

News Release: Under a settlement with the Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Municipality of San Juan has agreed to make substantial upgrades to its storm sewer systems. The upgrades and related cleaning activities are aimed at eliminating or minimizing daily discharges of large ...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2015

News Release: Agencies Submit Joint Statement Regarding Virginia Certificate-of-Need Laws for Health Care Facilities The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission have recommended that Virginia reform its laws regulating the building of hospitals and the process of health care services.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2015

News Release: The Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a proposed settlement with Barton Solvents Inc. that resolves multiple environmental violations at five of the company’s chemical blending and distribution facilities in Iowa, Kansas and Wisconsin.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2015

News Release: Defendant Laundered Millions through Sham Vendors, Generating Cash to Pay Illegal Kickbacks The owner of two medical clinics in Brooklyn, New York, pleaded guilty today to her role in a $55 million health care fraud and money laundering conspiracy.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2015

News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against Pittsfield Charter Township, Michigan, alleging that the township violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA) when it denied zoning approval to allow the Michigan Islamic Academy (MIA) to ...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2015

News Release: Leonard Dreyer, a captain with the DeKalb County, Georgia, Sheriff's Office, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in the Northern District of Georgia on charges of encouraging Dwight Hamilton, a former corrections officer, to use excessive force against an inmate at the DeKalb County Jail and for ...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2015

News Release: Earlier today, after a month-long trial, Alexander Posobilov, Shavkat Abdullaev and Anastasia Diatlova were convicted of all counts, including conspiring to export, and illegally exporting, controlled microelectronics to Russia. Posobilov was also convicted of money laundering conspiracy. These defendants, ...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2015

News Release: The Justice Department today filed a lawsuit against the Kansas City, Kansas, Housing Authority (KCKHA) and its former hearing officer, Victor L. Hernandez. The lawsuit alleges that Hernandez sexually harassed a female public housing applicant and a female public housing tenant, in violation of the Fair Housing Act.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2015

News Release: A former prosecutor for the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office pleaded guilty in federal court today to concealing her knowledge of St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD) officers’ assault upon an arrestee, announced U.S. Attorney Tammy Dickinson of the Western District of Missouri and Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division.

By Commerce News Now | Oct 26, 2015

News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker announced that the Obama Administration intends to work with Congress to move forward with a third, $1 billion loan guarantee for Ukraine. Over the past 18 months, Ukraine has made progress with its ambitious reform agenda and the U.S. remains dedicated ...

By Commerce News Now | Oct 26, 2015

News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker and Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk met with a group of American executives in Kyiv to hear directly from companies on the progress they have seen from Ukraine’s ambitious reform agenda. The U.S. businesses then had an opportunity to share their ...

By Commerce News Now | Oct 26, 2015

News Release: U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Bruce Andrews and Indonesian President Joko Widodo attended a ceremony today to recognize new business deals and commitments worth more than $20 billion between U.S. and Indonesian companies. A number of these projects will help more people benefit from clean electricity, while others will support transportation infrastructure and introduce new financial products.

By Labor Gazette | Oct 26, 2015

News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. — For the kitchen workers at an Alexandria restaurant, making ends meet was a never-ending challenge, and working long, exhausting hours didn't help.

By Labor Gazette | Oct 26, 2015

News Release: DALLAS — Poultry workers are twice as likely to suffer serious injuries and six times more likely to get sick on the job than other private sector workers, facts that are leading federal safety and health inspectors to act in four Southwestern states to reduce musculoskeletal disorders and ergonomic stressors affecting industry workers.

By Labor Gazette | Oct 26, 2015

News Release: ATLANTA — Poultry workers are twice as likely to suffer serious injuries and six times more likely to get sick on the job than other private sector workers, facts that are leading federal safety and health inspectors to act in four Southeastern states to reduce musculoskeletal disorders and ergonomic stressors affecting industry workers.

By Labor Gazette | Oct 26, 2015

News Release: Seven miners die in third quarter of 2015; fewest coal deaths in a fiscal year ARLINGTON, Va. – The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced its summary of U.S. mining deaths from July 1 through Sept. 30, 2015 shows seven fatalities occurred in industry accidents. In the first nine months of 2015, 25 fatalities occurred, eight fewer than in the same period in 2014.

By Labor Gazette | Oct 26, 2015

News Release: ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced its summary of U.S. mining deaths from July 1 through Sept. 30, 2015 shows seven fatalities occurred in industry accidents. In the first nine months of 2015, 25 fatalities occurred, eight fewer than in the same period in 2014.

By DOT News Wire | Oct 26, 2015

The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Oct. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.