News from November 2008
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today pressed the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) Special Inspector General (IG) nominee Neil M.Barofsky on Barofsky’s preparedness to assume the responsibility of overseeing taxpayer dollars allocated from the financial rescue...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 17, 2008
News Release: Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have released a new early-ripening rabbiteye blueberry cultivar that, when grown with other blueberry varieties, will extend the growing and harvesting season in the U.S. Gulf Coast region.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2008
News Release: (Munising, Mich.) Two men from downstate Michigan were recognized for their selfless and heroic actions related to a near drowning incident at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore earlier this summer.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2008
News Release: WEST BRANCH, IOWA- On Dec. 1, 2008 the Visitor Center at Herbert Hoover National Historic Site will close while the heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system is replaced. The Visitor Center will reopen when the work is completed. The project will be completed within 180 days.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2008
News Release: The Bureau of Reclamation has published the interim final rule which establishes the criteria for the Rural Water Supply Program, a new program at Reclamation. The Program was authorized by the Rural Water Supply Act of 2006 which authorizes Reclamation to participate in projects to develop and deliver potable water supplies to rural communities in the Western United States.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2008
News Release: Saturday, October 25 was a rainy, bluster day, but the weather did not keep people away from the first of UPDE’s two 30th Anniversary celebrations. More than 300 people, many parents with young children braved the elements to attend the event that featured live animal programs and displays and exhibits...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2008
News Release: Over 600 educational technology leaders who serve the K-12 education community throughout the State of California will interact with divers underwater at Channel Islands National Park (CINP) in southern California during a live broadcast at the California Educational Technology Professionals Association (CETPA) conference this Wednesday in Sacramento.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, Nov. 14, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Divestiture Preserves Competition for Beer in Upstate New York WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice announced today that it will require InBev N.V./S.A. to divest subsidiary Labatt USA, along with a license ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, Nov. 14, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV TAX (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Allegedly Falsified Customers Returns Causing Loss to Treasury Exceeding $700,000 WASHINGTON – A Texas federal court has permanently barred a Houston man from preparing federal tax returns for others, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, Nov. 14, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – The former Special Assistant to the Associate Director of Minerals Revenue Management, Minerals Management Service, at the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) was sentenced today for a felony violation of the criminal conflict of interest law, Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, Nov. 14, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – A former employee of the Defense Logistics Agency, an agency within the Department of Defense (DoD), was sentenced today to two years of probation for committing one count of making a false ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, Nov. 14, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CIV (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – The United States is seeking a permanent injunction to bar Actavis Totowa LLC, and Actavis Inc. and two of their officers, from the manufacturing and distribution of generic drug products until they demonstrate compliance with the Good Manufacturing Practice requirements of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDCA), the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, Nov. 14, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice announced today that it has filed a lawsuit on behalf of James Myles, an Army Reservist, against the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, Nov. 14, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV TAX (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Court Also Affirms Nine-Year Prison Sentence for Telecommunications Entrepreneur Walter C. Anderson WASHINGTON – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled that Walter C. Anderson, a local telecommunications ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, Nov. 14, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV TAX (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Following a one-week trial in Toledo, Ohio, a federal jury convicted Winfield Thomas, a resident of Carey, Ohio, and Jeanne Herrington, a resident of Parma, Mich., of conspiracy to impede ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, Nov. 14, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – A member of La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, was sentenced today to 14 years in prison and five years of supervised release for his participation in a racketeering enterprise, Acting Assistant ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, Nov. 14, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV TAX (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Tax Elimination Strategy Allegedly Resulted in Loss to the Treasury Exceeding $100 Million WASHINGTON – John B. Ohle III, a former member of the tax shelter promotion group at a national bank, has been ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, Nov. 14, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON - The Justice Department filed a motion today in federal court seeking to intervene in a private lawsuit compelling Virginia election officials to take steps to ensure that qualified overseas voters have a reasonable chance to participate in the Nov. 4, 2008 general federal election.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 14, 2008
News Release: Final rule brings two-year public process to close with common sense reforms for modern workforce WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor will publish a final rule on Nov. 17 to update its regulations under the 15-year-old Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) — a measure that will help workers and their employers better understand their rights and responsibilities, and speed the implementation of a new law that expands FMLA coverage for military family members.
By State News Post | Nov 14, 2008
The US State Department published an eight page notice on Nov. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
