News published on Federal Newswire in October 2008

News from October 2008


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Divestitures in 100 Cellular Marketing Areas Will Preserve Competition for Consumers of Mobile Wireless Services Throughout 22 States WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice announced today that it will ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Conviction Is First Under Torture Statute WASHINGTON – A federal jury in Miami today convicted Roy M. Belfast Jr. of crimes related to the torture of people in Liberia between April 1999 and July 2003, the Department of Justice and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that former Atlanta Police Department (APD) Officer Arthur Bruce Tesler pleaded guilty in federal district court to conspiring to violate the civil ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice announced today that its Civil Rights Division plans to deploy more than 800 federal observers and Department personnel to 59 jurisdictions in 23 states for the Nov. 4, 2008, general election.


Written agreement with State Holding Company

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between State Holding Company, Thermopolis, Wyoming, a registered bank holding company, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.


Approval of the discount rate action of the Federal Reserve Banks of Philadelphia, Richmond, Minneapolis, and Dallas

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday approved actions by the Boards of Directors of the Federal Reserve Banks of Philadelphia, Richmond, Minneapolis, and Dallas, decreasing the discount rate at the Banks from 1-3/4 percent to 1-1/4 percent, effective immediately.


Board approves fee schedule for Federal Reserve Bank priced services

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the approval of fee schedules for payment services the Federal Reserve Banks provide to depository institutions (priced services), effective Jan. 2, 2009.


News Release: WASHINGTON—U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez today released the following statement on the advance third quarter real gross domestic product (GDP), which showed that the U.S. economy decreased at an annual rate of 0.3 percent in the third quarter of 2008: “While not unexpected, the third quarter ...


Virginia information technology company to pay nearly $1.7 million in back wages to H-1B non-immigrant workers following U.S. Labor Department investigation

News Release: STERLING, Va. — GlobalCynex Inc., a Sterling information technology company, has agreed to pay $1,683,584 to 343 non-immigrant workers after a U.S. Labor Department investigation found the company violated the H-1B visa provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act.


U.S. Labor Department sues to protect participants of abandoned New Jersey 401(k) plan

News Release: Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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