News published on Federal Newswire in April 2008

News from April 2008


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, Apr. 30, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV OPA (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Justice announced that Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Alice S. Fisher will end her current service to the Department on May 23, 2008. Ms. Fisher has served in the position for nearly three years, making her one of the longest serving Assistant Attorneys General in recent Criminal Division history.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, Apr. 30, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV NSD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Patrick Rowan, Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security, today announced the formal launch of the Office of Intelligence within the Justice Department’s National Security ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, Apr. 30, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV ENRD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Esteban Lopez Estrada, a Mexican national, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Denver to 24 months in prison for his participation in the sale and smuggling of sea turtle and other exotic skins and skin products into the United States from Mexico, the Justice Department announced today.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, Apr. 30, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Ninth Trial Conviction for Medicare Fraud Strike Force WASHINGTON – A federal jury in Miami convicted dermatologist Ana Caos, M.D., late yesterday of Medicare fraud, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney R. Alexander Acosta of the Southern District of Florida announced today.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, Apr. 30, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Former Grant County Detention Center (GCDC) Deputy Jailer Jack Powell of Covington, Ky., pleaded guilty today to conspiring with another former GCDC employee to obstruct a federal investigation ...


FOMC statement

News Release: The Federal Open Market Committee decided today to lower its target for the federal funds rate 25 basis points to 2 percent.


Approval of the discount rate action of the Federal Reserve Banks of Chicago, Kansas City, and St. Louis

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday approved actions by the Boards of Directors of the Federal Reserve Banks of Chicago and Kansas City, decreasing the discount rate at the Banks from 2-1/2 percent to 2-1/4 percent, effective immediately.


News Release: WASHINGTON—Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez today released the following statement on the estimate of real gross domestic product (GDP), which showed that the American economy grew at a rate of 0.6 percent in the first quarter of 2008: “As expected first quarter growth was slow. The numbers reaffirm ...



The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on April 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on April 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on April 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on April 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on April 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on April 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on April 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on April 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on April 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on April 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on April 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.