News published on Federal Newswire in February 2009

News from February 2009


Shirley McKinney Named Manhattan Sites Superintendent

News Release: New York, NY - Shirley McKinney has been named superintendent for Manhattan Sites, which includes Federal Hall National Memorial, Castle Clinton National Monument, Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site, General Grant National Memorial and Hamilton Grange National Memorial in the Borough of Manhattan, and Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site, located in Mount Vernon, New York.


News Release: Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site will commemorate 100 years of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009. Distinguished speakers will join park staff for a panel discussion -A Lasting Legacy: Maggie L. Walker and 100 Years of the NAACP - beginning at 1 p.m. in the park’s education building located at 112 E. Leigh Street. The program is free. For more information visit www.nps.gov/mawa or call (804) 771-2017 x24.


March 2009 Science and Education Center Lecture Series

News Release: Petrified Forest, AZ―Petrified Forest National Park’s Fossil Preparator Kenneth Bader will be providing a presentation and demonstration on techniques used to mold fossil bones for research and display.


News Release: WASHINGTON– APL Limited has agreed to pay the government $26.3 million to resolve allegations that it submitted false claims to the United States in connection with contracts to transport cargo in shipping containers to support U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Justice Department announced today. ...


News Release: WASHINGTON — The United States has sued a Clive, Iowa, couple to bar them from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. According to the government complaint, Jill Schwartz-Musin, her husband Howard Musin, and their business, SSC Services, prepare fraudulent federal income tax returns for small business owners.


News Release: WASHINGTON – Tai Khiem Tran, 47, pleaded guilty today in San Diego to conspiring to participate in a racketeering enterprise, the "Tran Organization," in a scheme to cheat casinos across the United States and Canada, Acting Assistant Attorney General Rita M. Glavin of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney ...


News Release: WASHINGTON – Six Miami-Dade County residents have been indicted in connection with an alleged $10 million Medicare fraud scheme operated out of Midway Medical, a Miami clinic that purported to specialize in treating HIV/AIDS patients, Acting Assistant Attorney General Rita M. Glavin of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney R. Alexander Acosta of the Southern District of Florida announced.


News Release: WASHINGTON – The United States has sued a Sacramento, Calif., tax preparer, Chris Elmer, his firm – Associated Tax Planners Inc. (ATP) – and several members of his family associated with ATP, seeking to bar them all permanently from the tax-preparation business, the Justice Department announced today. The civil injunction suit was filed in Sacramento with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.


News Release: WASHINGTON – AT&T Technical Services Corp. (AT&T-TSCO) has agreed to pay $8,266,414.33 as part of a civil settlement relating to allegations that the company violated the False Claims Act in connection with the Federal Communication Commission's E-Rate program, the Justice Department announced today. ...


News Release: WASHINGTON—Gunther Wenzek, a German national, was arraigned today in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va., on a nine count indictment charging him with three felony counts of smuggling protected coral into the United States port of Portland, Ore., three felony counts of violating the Lacey Act and ...


FOMC expands March, August, September, and December meetings in 2009 to two days

News Release: The Federal Open Market Committee on Friday announced it would expand its March, August, September, and December meetings in 2009 to two days to allow additional time for discussion. Thus, all eight scheduled meetings in 2009 now are planned for two days.


U.S. Department of Labor sues former Cookeville, Tennessee, firm to give 401(k) participants access to retirement funds

News Release: Atlanta – The U.S. Department of Labor has sued Renewable Resources Inc. of Cookeville, Tennessee, for failing to fulfill its fiduciary duties to participants covered by the Renewable Resources Inc. Profit Sharing Plan and Trust.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Feb. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Feb. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Feb. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Feb. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Feb. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a three page notice on Feb. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.