News from August 2009
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 27, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano delivered remarks today to 2,500 first responders and emergency managers at the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) 2009 Fire-Rescue International Conference in Dallas, Texas, stressing preparedness as a shared responsibility between all levels of government, the private sector, communities and individuals.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced an agreement with the owner of College Square Apartments, in Davie, Fla., to settle allegations of discrimination against African Americans. Under the consent decree, approved today in U.S. District Court in Miami, the defendants must pay a total of up to $140,000 to victims of discrimination and a civil penalty of $74,000 to the government.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON—The United States and the state of Illinois have filed a civil complaint against Midwest Generation LLC, alleging that the company violated, and continues to violate, the Clean Air Act, announced the Justice Department, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Illinois Attorney General’s office.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – Rodney K. Justin, a medical doctor from Woodleaf, N.C., was convicted yesterday of obstructing the internal revenue laws and of failing to file tax returns for several years, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. After trial in Winston-Salem, N.C., a federal ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2009
News Release: James M. Davis, 60, the former chief financial officer of Houston-based Stanford Financial Group (SFG), pleaded guilty today to fraud and obstruction charges related to a $7 billion scheme to defraud investors.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2009
News Release: Former New York State Supreme Court Justice Thomas J. Spargo was convicted today by a federal jury in Albany, N.Y., of attempted extortion and soliciting a bribe.
By Fed Newswire | Aug 27, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and among LegacyTexas Group, Inc., a registered bank holding company, LegacyTexas Bank, a state chartered member bank, both of Plano, Texas, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, and the Texas Department of Banking.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 27, 2009
News Release: Hello everyone. I am very happy to be here, but at the same time saddened by yesterday's news of the passing of Sen. Edward Kennedy. Perhaps the greatest tribute one can pay to this man is that is impossible to tell the story of America’s progress without telling the story of Teddy Kennedy. For a half-century ...
By Commerce News Now | Aug 27, 2009
News Release: The U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis today released the second estimate of gross domestic product (GDP) for the second quarter of 2009. Real GDP declined at a 1.0-percent annual rate, unchanged from the advance estimate. Most analysts had expected a larger drop of 1.5 percent.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 27, 2009
News Release: UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending Aug. 22, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 570,000, a decrease of 10,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 580,000. The 4-week moving average was 566,250, a decrease of 4,750 from the previous week's revised average of 571,000.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 27, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that approximately 3,200 workers from specific companies in 14 states – Arizona, Florida, Indiana, Maine, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas and Wisconsin – are eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 27, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today certified for release $89,289,386 in unemployment insurance (UI) modernization incentive funds to the state of Wisconsin. Wisconsin qualified for the remaining two-thirds of its share of the funds available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) by updating its UI program to reflect the 21st century workforce.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 27, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a four page notice on Aug. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 27, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Aug. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 27, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Aug. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | Aug 27, 2009
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Aug. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | Aug 27, 2009
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Aug. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2009
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Aug. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2009
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Aug. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Aug 27, 2009
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Aug. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
