News published on Federal Newswire in November 2007

News from November 2007


Finishing Touches Continue on the California Trail Interpretive Center

News Release: CALIFORNIA TRAIL CENTER FINISHING TOUCHES CONTINUE.


Grassley Seeks Information from Six Media-based Ministries

News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, has asked six media-based ministries for information regarding expenses, executive compensation, and amenities given to executives. The inquiry is part of Grassley’s long-standing interest in making sure tax-exempt organizations are accountable to donors.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV JMD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Thank you Chairman Davis and members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Two men from the Philippines have been charged in connection with a $16 million scheme to defraud the Export-Import Bank of the United States (the Ex-Im Bank), Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and United States Attorney Jeffrey A. Taylor of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia announced today.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV TAX (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Durham Woman Allegedly Claimed Bogus Fuel Tax Credits for Customers WASHINGTON - A federal judge in Durham, North Carolina has permanently barred Nicole Baine from preparing federal income tax returns ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Executives Agree to Serve Jail Time WASHINGTON — Two executives of Trelleborg Industrie S.A.S., a manufacturer of marine hose located in Clermont-Ferrand, France, agreed to plead guilty to participating in a conspiracy to rig bids, fix prices and allocate market shares of marine hose in the United States and elsewhere, the Department of Justice announced today.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV TAX (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Randy L. Bragg, the operator of employee leasing company Consolidated Human Resources Arizona, Inc. (CHRA), pled guilty to two counts of willfully making and subscribing a false income tax return at the federal courthouse in Phoenix, Ariz., the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced a $350,000 settlement to resolve a lawsuit alleging sexual harassment of female borrowers and loan applicants by a former vice president of the First National Bank of Pontotoc in Mississippi. The lawsuit was the first sexual harassment case brought by the Justice Department under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON - Acting Assistant Attorney General Rena J. Comisac and U.S. Attorney Dunn Lampton announced the sentencing of nine former corrections officers from Harrison County Adult Detention Center in ...


News Release: Thank you. Good morning everyone. Let me begin by thanking our hosts: the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the Vietnam-USA Society. I’m honored to be here and to be leading the first U.S. Cabinet-level business development mission to Vietnam. In September ...


News Release: HANOI, VIETNAM—U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez today presented 450 helmets, made by the non-profit Protec Helmet Factory, a U.S. firm, to six-year-old school children and teachers to advocate better road safety for all Vietnamese and to promote mandatory helmet wearing. The helmets were donated by Protec, the Seattle Rotary Club and Kids Without Borders, as a demonstration of American corporate citizenship on the part of American companies.


News Release: HO CHI MINH CITY—U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez released the following statement on the release of the Interagency Working Group on Import Safety Action Plan delivered to President George W. Bush this afternoon.


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


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


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


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


The US Interior Department published a three page rule on Nov. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


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


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


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