News from January 2009

By Commerce Newswire | Jan 23, 2009
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today unveiled an original Chairman’s Mark of economic recovery provisions for inclusion in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, including $275 billion in tax cuts and investments that will create jobs in fields...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON — Three air cargo carriers, LAN Cargo S.A. (LAN Cargo), Aerolinhas Brasileiras S.A. (ABSA), and EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd. (EL AL), have each agreed to plead guilty and pay criminal fines totaling $124.7 million for their roles in a conspiracy to fix prices in the air cargo industry, the Department ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Chicago police officer pleaded guilty today to violating the federal civil rights of a man whom the officer struck repeatedly with a dangerous weapon while the man was handcuffed and shackled in a wheelchair, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Loretta King, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois Patrick Fitzgerald and Robert D. Grant, Special Agent-in-Charge of the FBI’s Chicago Field Office announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – Phat Ngoc Tran, 35, pleaded guilty today in San Diego to conspiring to participate in a racketeering enterprise, the "Tran Organization," in a scheme to cheat at least 12 casinos across the United States and Canada out of millions of dollars, Acting Assistant Attorney General Rita M. Glavin ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Ghanian man was sentenced today in the District of Columbia for his role in smuggling East Africans into the United States, Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Rita M. Glavin, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeffrey A. Taylor and Acting Assistant Secretary of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) John Torres announced.

By Labor Gazette | Jan 22, 2009
News Release: UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending Jan. 17, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 589,000, an increase of 62,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 527,000. The 4-week moving average was 519,250, unchanged from the previous week's revised average of 519,250.

By Labor Gazette | Jan 22, 2009
News Release: Atlanta – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a default judgment in federal district court in Atlanta ordering Concrete Construction Co. of Acworth, Georgia, and its president, Craig Wagner, to restore $11,672 due to the failure of the defendants to prudently manage the funds, to the company’s ...
By DOE Gazette | Jan 22, 2009
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Jan. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 22, 2009
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Jan. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 22, 2009
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Jan. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 22, 2009
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Jan. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 22, 2009
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Jan. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 22, 2009
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Jan. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Jan 22, 2009
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Jan. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Jan 22, 2009
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Jan. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jan 22, 2009
The US Energy Department published a three page notice on Jan. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jan 22, 2009
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Jan. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | Jan 22, 2009
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Jan. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Jan 22, 2009
The US State Department published a one page notice on Jan. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 22, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.