News from April 2009
By State Newswire | Apr 30, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Several countries’ failure to enforce legal protections for copyrighted works, as described in a U.S. government report released today, are harming U.S. creative industries and the economy as a whole, said Congressman Howard L. Berman (D-CA), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 30, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 “I am proud to announce President Obama’s intent to nominate Alejandro Mayorkas as U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director. Alejandro comes to the Department of Homeland Security with broad experience as the ...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 30, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reached the first of four 30-day targets outlined in its Department-wide Efficiency Review this week, marking the initial implementation of four major initiatives set forth by Secretary Janet Napolitano in the plan announced on March 27.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 30, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact 202-282-8010 Washington, D.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON— Christopher Neil Gauntt, the former supervisor of the Fort Gibson Water Treatment Plant in Fort Gibson, Okla., pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Muskogee, Okla., to falsifying a monthly operating report that certified the safety of drinking water from the facility, the Justice Department announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2009
News Release: A federal grand jury in Florence, S.C., indicted three men from Marlboro County, S.C., on charges relating to their attack on an African-American man and two white men in December 2007.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2009
News Release: The Department announced a settlement that, if approved by the court, will resolve its lawsuit filed on behalf of David D. Sweatt, a Michigan Army National Guard member currently serving in Iraq, against his former employer, Americraft Carton Inc. (Americraft).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2009
News Release: The Department announced an agreement with the owners, a manager and a former manager of Cottage Manor Apartments in Lakewood, N.J., to settle allegations of discrimination on the basis of religion, national origin and race. Under the settlement, which must be approved by the U.S. District Court in New Jersey, the defendants must pay a total of $170,000 to identified victims of discrimination and an additional $30,000 to the government as a civil penalty.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2009
News Release: The former director of information technology for a non-profit organ and tissue donation center has entered a guilty plea to intruding into her former employer’s computer network.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON—Three more commercial fishermen were sentenced this week in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Md., for illegally harvesting and under-reporting their catch of striped bass, also known as rockfish, the Justice Department announced. The sentencings are part of the on-going prosecution of individuals ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2009
News Release: Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri, 43, a dual national of Saudi Arabia and Qatar, has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to provide material support to al-Qaeda.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2009
News Release: "A short while ago, in an Illinois courtroom, Ali Saleh Kahlah Al-Marri pleaded guilty to conspiracy to provide material support to the al-Qaeda terrorist network. By entering into this agreement, al-Marri admitted that he worked for and provided material support to al-Qaeda with the intent to further its terrorism objectives and activities here in the United States.
By Fed Newswire | Apr 30, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between Heritage Bank, Topeka, Kansas, a state member bank, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 30, 2009
News Release: Locke to Release $53.1 Million in Disaster Funds to Aid California, Oregon Fishing Communities U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said today he was extending the 2008 West Coast salmon disaster declaration for California and Oregon in response to expected poor salmon returns to the Sacramento River, ...
By Labor Gazette | Apr 30, 2009
News Release: UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending April 25, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 631,000, a decrease of 14,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 645,000. The 4-week moving average was 637,250, a decrease of 10,750 from the previous week's revised average of 648,000.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 30, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $2,047,844 grant to assist approximately 240 workers affected by the closure of Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc. manufacturing plants located in the rural communities of La Grande and Pendleton, Ore.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 30, 2009
News Release: Buffalo, New York – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment prohibiting a former trustee of the Franbilt Inc. 401(k) Plan from serving as a fiduciary to any employee benefit plan covered by the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). Franbilt Inc., now defunct, was a steel fabrication plant located in Lockport, New York.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 30, 2009
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on April 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 30, 2009
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on April 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 30, 2009
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on April 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
