News from February 2009
By Interior Newswire | Feb 11, 2009
News Release: OVERTON, Nev. - The National Park Service has closed the road leading to the St. Thomas town ruins for repair. St. Thomas is in the northern area of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 11, 2009
News Release: In celebration of Florida Archaeology Month, Dry Tortugas National Park will feature a public archaeology excavation in the parade ground at historic Fort Jefferson March 13-16, 2009. The project, sponsored by Dry Tortugas National Park, the National Park Service’s Southeast Archeological Center, the...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 11, 2009
News Release: Theodore Roosevelt National Park has scheduled public meetings to provide information and take comments on the park’s Draft Elk Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). Meetings will be held February 23 - 28 at the following times and locations.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 11, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, today released the following statement in response to the Committee’s approval of the nominee for the Secretary of Labor, Hilda Solis...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 11, 2009
News Release: For 10,000 years, people have spent time on the waters and islands of Biscayne National Park. Who were they? What did they do? What did they leave behind? The third installment of the 2009 Family Fun Fest season at Biscayne National Park will shed some light on the park’s shadowy past on Sunday, March...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – Carlos Serrano, 64, of Glendale, Calif., was sentenced to 18 months in a community correctional facility in connection with a $1.3 million scheme to defraud the First International Bank of Connecticut (FIB) and the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank), Acting Assistant Attorney General Rita M. Glavin of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Thomas P. O’Brien of the Central District of California announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – Theodore Allan, 54, of Glendale, Ariz., was sentenced today to five years in prison for distribution of child pornography, Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Rita M. Glavin and U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona Diane J. Humetewa announced. Allan was indicted ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2009
News Release: ------------------------------- UPDATE The conviction of the defendant in this case, Terry Dobbs, was reversed on appeal.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON—Two petroleum refiners have agreed in separate settlements to spend a total of more than $141 million in new air pollution controls at three refineries in Kansas and Wyoming, Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. The settlements are expected to reduce harmful emissions by 7,000 tons per year.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - A 24-count indictment charging five individuals with various crimes arising from an alleged scheme to defraud investors through the manipulation of the publicly traded stocks of three companies was unsealed today in Tulsa, Okla., announced Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Rita M. Glavin and U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma David E. O’Meilia.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal grand jury in San Francisco today returned a two-count indictment against the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Chunghwa Picture Tubes Ltd. for his participation in global conspiracies to fix prices of two types of cathode ray tubes (CRTs) used in computer monitors ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – A former member of the U.S. armed services pleaded guilty today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona in Tucson for his role in a widespread bribery and extortion conspiracy, Acting Assistant Attorney General Rita M. Glavin of the Criminal Division announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - A former Velda City, Mo., auxiliary reserve police officer pleaded guilty today to violating the federal civil rights of a woman he sexually assaulted during a traffic stop and to concealing evidence of his crime from federal investigators, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Loretta King of the Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney Catherine L. Hanaway for the Eastern District of Missouri.
By Fed Newswire | Feb 10, 2009
News Release: On February 9, 2009, the Federal Reserve conducted an auction of $150 billion in 28-day credit through its Term Auction Facility. Following are the results of the auction: Stop-out rate: 0.250 percent Total propositions submitted: $142.448 billion Total propositions accepted: $142.448 billion Bid/cover ...
By Fed Newswire | Feb 10, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced that it is prepared to undertake a substantial expansion of the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF). The expansion could increase the size of the TALF to as much as $1 trillion and could broaden the eligible collateral to encompass other types ...
By Labor Gazette | Feb 10, 2009
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) today released Field Assistance Bulletin (FAB) 2009-01 concerning new disclosure requirements mandated by the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA).
By DOE Gazette | Feb 10, 2009
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Feb. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Feb 10, 2009
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Feb. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Feb 10, 2009
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Feb. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Feb 10, 2009
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Feb. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
