News published on Federal Newswire in January 2009

News from January 2009


Finance Chairman Unveils Economic Recovery Measures To Create Jobs, Cut Taxes, For Working Families And Businesses

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...


LAN Cargo S.A., Aerolinhas Brasileiras S.A. and EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd. Agree to Plead Guilty for Fixing Prices on Air Cargo Shipments

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 ...


Chicago Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Violating Federal Civil Rights of a Man Beaten While Restrained in a Wheelchair

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.


Twentieth Member of Casino-cheating Criminal Enterprise Pleads Guilty to Racketeering Conspiracy Targeting Casinos in the United States and Canada

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 ...


Foreign National Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Smuggling East Africans to the United States

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.


ETA Press Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims    Report

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.


U.S. Department of Labor obtains judgment restoring 401(k) assets to employees of defunct Acworth, Georgia, construction company

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 ...


What did Energy Department publish on Jan. 22?

The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Jan. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published by Interior Department on Jan. 22

The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Jan. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Interior Department publishes notice on Jan. 22

The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Jan. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published on Jan. 22 by Interior Department

The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Jan. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


What did Interior Department publish on Jan. 22?

The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Jan. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published by Interior Department on Jan. 22

The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Jan. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published on Jan. 22 by Justice Department

The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Jan. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


What did Justice Department publish on Jan. 22?

The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Jan. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published by Energy Department on Jan. 22

The US Energy Department published a three page notice on Jan. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Energy Department publishes notice on Jan. 22

The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Jan. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published by Federal Reserve System on Jan. 22

The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Jan. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published on Jan. 22 by State Department

The US State Department published a one page notice on Jan. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published on Jan. 22 by Transportation Department

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.