News published on Federal Newswire in March 2018

News from March 2018


News Release: GREENVILLE - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that yesterday in federal court, Senior United States District Judge Malcolm J. Howard sentenced GENESIS LEE WHITTED, JR., 28, of Fayetteville to 420 months of imprisonment followed by 5 years of supervised release.


Architects with Sperry Chalet, Next 100 Years Project to Present Next Steps in Community Program

News Release: WEST GLACIER, MT. - The Glacier National Park Conservancy, in partnership with Glacier National Park will host a public open house on March 13 at the Cedar Creek Lodge Grand Ballroom in Columbia Falls, MT from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm with Anderson Hallas Architects.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) sent a letter to Business Roundtable Chairman Jamie Dimon encouraging companies to help their workers weather the United States’ retirement crisis and invest savings they received from Republicans’ $2.3 trillion tax law in their...


Violent Crime Federal Prosecution Update

News Release: February 1 - Feb. 28, 2018.


News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A suburban Kansas City man was sentenced in federal court Friday to 10 years in prison for distributing child pornography via the internet.


Report Shows Urgent Challenges for Next Generation’s Retirement Security

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) -Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee released the following statement on a new report from the National Institute on Retirement Security (NIRS), Millennials and Retirement: Already Falling Short, that looks at the retirement security barriers facing people between the ages of 21 and 32...


Rochester Man Arrested On Child Pornography Charges

News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy Jr. announced today that Michael Krepp, 58, of Rochester, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with receipt and distribution of child pornography. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 40 years in prison.


Secretary Perdue Administers Oath of Office to Bill Northey

News Release: (Des Moines, IA, March 6, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today administered the oath of office to Bill Northey at the Annual Iowa Ag Leaders Dinner. Until yesterday, Northey had served as Iowa’s Secretary of Agriculture, a position he had held for more than eleven years. Northey will serve as the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Service (FFAS)* at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).


News Release: The Justice Department today announced the filing of a lawsuit against Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, alleging that the County discriminated against Ms. Barnell Williams, a former nursing assistant at the Lasata Care Center, on the basis of religion, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Lasata Care Center is a County-owned nursing home.


News Release: Federal and state agents arrested 23 leaders, members and associates of the Ghostface Gangsters prison gang pursuant to a 21-count indictment returned on Feb. 8 and unsealed today. The crimes alleged in the indictment include conspiracy to commit racketeering, conspiracy to commit drug trafficking, carjacking, four counts of attempted murder, kidnapping, maiming, assault, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, and firearms offenses.


News Release: A Nebraska man was sentenced yesterday to six years in prison for accessing with an intent to view child pornography, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Joseph P. Kelly of the District of Nebraska. Dick Wollman, 60, ...


Federal Reserve Board requests comments on amendments to simplify Regulation J and make it conform more closely with Regulation CC

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday requested comment on amendments to simplify Regulation J (Collection of Checks and Other Items by Federal Reserve Banks and Funds Transfers through Fedwire) and to make it conform more closely with Regulation CC (Availability of Funds and Collection of Checks).


Federal Reserve Board announces termination of enforcement action with Trinity Capital Corporation

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below: Trinity Capital Corporation, Los Alamos, New Mexico Written Agreement dated Sept. 26, 2013 Terminated Feb. 27, 2018 The enforcement action from September 2013 can be found here and other enforcement actions can be searched for here.


U.S. Department of Labor Announces New Program To Expedite Payment to American Workers

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor is announcing a new pilot program, the Payroll Audit Independent Determination (PAID) program, which expedites resolution of inadvertent overtime and minimum wage violations under the Fair Labor Standards Act.


U.S. Department of Labor Investigation Results in Trustee Being Sentenced for Theft of Employee Benefit Plan Funds in California

News Release: SAN FRANCISCO, CA – After a U.S. Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) investigation, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, Oakland Division, has ordered a former pension benefit plan trustee to pay $234,271 in restitution and to serve one year ...


The US State Department published a one page notice on March 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a one page notice on March 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a one page notice on March 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on March 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on March 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.