News published on Federal Newswire in February 2009

News from February 2009


News Release: "We appreciate the diligent work of the National Research Council’s committee on forensic science in preparing this report. The Department of Justice’s principal focus in dealing with forensic evidence is on applying it dispassionately to law enforcement challenges, and we regularly use forensics to not only convict the guilty, but also to exonerate the innocent.


News Release: WASHINGTON — The United States has filed a complaint against Louisiana Generating alleging that the company violated the Clean Air Act by operating the Big Cajun 2 Power Plant, a coal-fired power plant in New Roads, La., without also installing and operating modern pollution control equipment after the ...


News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal court in Maine permanently barred Donna L. Hamilton from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. The court also ordered the Maine resident to provide her customer lists to the government and to mail copies of the court order to her customers. Hamilton consented to the civil injunction order.


News Release: WASHINGTON – UBS AG, Switzerland’s largest bank, has entered into a deferred prosecution agreement on charges of conspiring to defraud the United States by impeding the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Justice Department announced today.


News Release: WASHINGTON – Timothy Christenbury, of Charlotte, N.C., pleaded guilty today to possessing child pornography, Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Rita M. Glavin and U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.


Minutes of Federal Open Market Committee, January 16 and January 27-28, 2009

News Release: The Federal Reserve on Wednesday released, for the first time, longer-run economic projections made by Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) participants--the Federal Reserve Board members and Federal Reserve Bank presidents--in connection with their regular quarterly projections.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Feb. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Feb. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Feb. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Feb. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Feb. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Feb. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Feb. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a seven page proposed rule on Feb. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a three page notice on Feb. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.