News from December 2009
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON— A Washington, D.C., fish wholesaler and two of its employees have been charged in U.S. District Court in Maryland for the purchase of illegally harvested striped bass, commonly referred to as rockfish, from the Potomac River from 1995 through 2007, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department today announced an agreement with the city of Atlanta to improve access to all aspects of civic life for persons with disabilities. The agreement was reached under Project Civic Access (PCA), the department’s wide-ranging initiative to ensure that cities, towns and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON—Clement Calhoun of Cherokee, N.C., pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Asheville, N.C., to federal charges for unlawfully trafficking in bear gall bladders, the Justice Department announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2009
News Release: Curtis Whiteford, a former colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves, was sentenced today to five years in prison for his participation in a wide-ranging bribery conspiracy in Al-Hillah, Iraq. U.S. District Court Judge Mary L. Cooper for the District of New Jersey, Trenton Division, also ordered Whiteford to pay $16,200 in restitution and to serve two years of supervised release following his prison term.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON -- Robert Corp, a mortgage underwriter in Syracuse, N.Y., has agreed to pay the United States close to $679,000 to settle allegations that he defrauded the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Justice Department announced today. This settlement resolves Corp’s liability under the False Claims Act, a federal statute that imposes triple damages and penalties for false claims made in connection with federal government programs.
By Fed Newswire | Dec 8, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between River Valley Bancorp, Inc., Davenport, Iowa, a registered bank holding company, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 8, 2009
News Release: Deputy Secretary of Commerce Dennis F. Hightower Remarks at U.S.-India Aviation Partnership Summit Washington, D.C.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 8, 2009
News Release: Wage and Hour Divisions investigation covered 7 health care facilities ST. LOUIS — SSM Health Care, a medical corporation comprised of seven health care centers and hospitals in the St. Louis area, has paid more than $1.7 million in back wages following a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 8, 2009
News Release: Chicago – The U.S. Department of Labor has sued the trustees of the employee stock ownership plans and eligible individual account plans of DirecTECH Holding Co. Inc. and its former subsidiaries, DirecTECH Inc., Michigan Microtech Inc., JBM Inc. and DirecTECH Southwest Inc., the companies’ boards of directors and the parties who sold stock at inflated prices to the plans for alleged violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).
By Labor Gazette | Dec 8, 2009
News Release: Boston - The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit asking the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire to appoint an independent fiduciary to oversee the abandoned 401(k) plan of Media Solutions Inc. of Merrimack, New Hampshire, a defunct corporation.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 8, 2009
The US Interior Department published a five page proposed rule on Dec. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Dec 8, 2009
The US State Department published a two page notice on Dec. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 8, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Dec. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Dec 8, 2009
The US State Department published a one page notice on Dec. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 8, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Dec 8, 2009
The US Energy Department published a four page rule on Dec. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 8, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a seven page notice on Dec. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 8, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a six page notice on Dec. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 8, 2009
The US Interior Department published a three page rule on Dec. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Dec 8, 2009
The US Agriculture Department published a three page notice on Dec. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
