News from February 2009

By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2009
News Release: Just 4 days before the bicentennial of the birth of Charles Darwin, Biscayne National Park’s Family Fun Fest will celebrate with a look at how animals and plants adapt to their world, a subject that fascinates us as much as it did him on his famed voyage aboard HMS Beagle. The free event takes place...

By Interior Newswire | Feb 2, 2009
News Release: Gateway National Recreation Area access permits for activities on Staten Island, including fishing, boat launch, and birding will not be available until Sunday, March 1, 2009. Existing permits that expire on Jan. 31, 2009 will be honored through Feb. 28, 2009.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ralph Nicoletti pleaded guilty in Brooklyn, N.Y., federal court today before U.S. District Judge Carol B. Amon to committing three assaults targeting African-American residents in Staten Island, N.Y., on the night of President Barack Obama’s election victory. Nicoletti was the last of four ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – Timothy Oldani, 24, of Scott Depot, W.Va., and Joseph Oldani, 21, of Camp Lejeune, N.C., both pleaded guilty today in the Southern District of West Virginia to conspiring to steal military optics from the U.S. Marine Corps and illegally export them from the United States, the Justice Department announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice announced today the settlement of a lawsuit filed on behalf of Anthony D. Jackson, an Air Force National Guard member, against Union County College (UCC) under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The United States has recovered more than $19 million from AMEC Construction Management Inc. (ACMI) to resolve allegations of fraud, false claims and kickbacks on four General Services Administration (GSA) construction contracts, as well as litigation over claims by the GSA for excess re-procurement ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal grand jury indictment was unsealed today in Oklahoma City charging corrections officers Gavin Littlejohn, 25, of Oklahoma City, and Justin Isch, 21, of Edmond, Okla., with a federal civil rights violation for the fatal assault of Christopher Beckman at the Oklahoma County Detention ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced a settlement that, if approved by the court, will resolve allegations in a lawsuit the Department filed on behalf of Randall A. Slocum, an Air Force Reservist, against the city of Iola, Kan.

By Labor Gazette | Feb 2, 2009
News Release: Boston – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a settlement agreement filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District Court of Massachusetts, providing for payment of nearly $115,000 in unpaid employee health claims of bankrupt Wolverine Proctor & Schwartz LLC, formerly of Merrimac, Massachusetts. After filing for bankruptcy, the company abandoned its employee health benefit plans, leaving 79 employees with significant unpaid health care costs.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 2, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Feb 2, 2009
The US State Department published a two page notice on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Feb 2, 2009
The US State Department published a one page notice on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Feb 2, 2009
The US State Department published a two page notice on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Feb 2, 2009
The US State Department published a two page notice on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 2, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 2, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 2, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 2, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 2, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 2, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.