News published on Federal Newswire in April 2008

News from April 2008


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, Apr. 23, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Daniel Curran, 53, of Boynton Beach, Fla., was sentenced to 41 months in prison in connection with a $30 million scheme to defraud the Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank) of the United States, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Jeffrey A. Taylor of the District of Columbia announced today.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, Apr. 23, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON - Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Grace Chung Becker and U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma Sheldon J. Sperling announced today that Jarrod Anthony Yates, a former Sequoyah County, Okla., corrections officer, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Muskogee, Okla., for violating the civil rights of an inmate.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, Apr. 23, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV OTJ (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey today awarded the high honor of the Attorney General’s Medallion to Lawrence Baca, former Deputy Director of the Department’s Office of Tribal Justice, for his dedicated service related to the Civil Rights of American Indians.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, Apr. 23, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV OPA (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Today Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey announced a new strategy in the fight against international organized crime that will address this growing threat to U.S. security and stability. ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, Apr. 23, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV NSD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON - Rodolfo Wanseele Paciello, 40, one of five foreign nationals accused of acting and conspiring to act as an agent of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ("Venezuela") within the United States ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, Apr. 23, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice announced today that the former senior vice president of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMS), Andrew Bodnar, was indicted for his role in lying to the federal government ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, Apr. 23, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON - Co-owners of a New Jersey-based computer service provider have agreed to plead guilty to participating in a conspiracy to defraud the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) E-Rate program, the Department of Justice announced today.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, Apr. 23, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Former Florida Department of Corrections Supervisory Corrections Officer Wilton Joseph Fontenot was sentenced today in federal court in Jacksonville, Fla., for the felony offense of falsifying an official report related to a civil rights investigation. Fontenot was sentenced to 15 months in prison and 24 months of post-incarceration supervised release.


News Release: It is our pleasure to host the third annual U.S.-Mongolia Business Forum.


News Release: Ceremony Marks 20th Year of Award and First Awards to Nonprofit Organizations WASHINGTON—Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez today presented five U.S. organizations with the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s highest honor for organizational innovation and performance excellence. ...


News Release: WASHINGTON—U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez today issued the following statement marking 300 days until the nation makes the switch to digital broadcasting on Feb. 17, 2009.


News Release: WASHINGTON—U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez released the following statement regarding news reports the forcible removal of the Ladies in White for peacefully gathering in support of the unconditional release of 55 imprisoned political dissidents in Havana: “On Monday, the Raul Castro regime ...


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on April 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on April 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on April 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a three page notice on April 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on April 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on April 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on April 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on April 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.