News from January 2009
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – SouthernCare Inc. and its shareholders have agreed to pay the United States a total of $24.7 million to settle allegations that the Birmingham, Ala.-based company submitted false claims to the government for patients treated at its hospice facilities, the Justice Department announced today. SouthernCare operates approximately 99 locations that provide hospice services in 15 states.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2009
News Release: "The Department of Justice is pleased with this important ruling by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review, which upholds the constitutionality of foreign intelligence surveillance conducted under the Protect America Act of 2007.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – Zubair Ahmed, 29, and Khaleel Ahmed, 28, both residents of Chicago, pleaded guilty today in the Northern District of Ohio to conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists in connection with their efforts to travel abroad in order to murder or maim U.S. military forces in Iraq or Afghanistan.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON—In the largest settlement yet in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ongoing cement kiln enforcement initiative, the U.S. Department of Justice, on behalf of EPA, today lodged a consent decree with the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California resolving Clean Air Act claims against CEMEX California Cement LLC with respect to the company’s Victorville, Calif., Portland cement plant.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal court has ordered CPA Steven W. McCann, who operates a firm called SWMc Services in the Houma, La., area, to stop claiming improper tax deductions on federal income tax returns he prepares for customers, the Justice Department announced today. McCann agreed to the civil injunction order.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON — Executives from LG Display Co. Ltd. and Chunghwa Picture Tubes Ltd. have agreed to plead guilty and serve jail time in the United States for participating in a global conspiracy to fix prices in the sale of Thin Film Transistor-Liquid Crystal Display (TFT-LCD) panels, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice today announced a comprehensive agreement with King County, Wash., regarding the conditions of confinement at the King County Correctional Facility in Seattle. The agreement follows the Department’s investigation of the facility, which found substantial civil rights violations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department today announced that it has reached a settlement with the State of Georgia regarding the conditions at Georgia’s seven psychiatric hospitals. The Department opened its investigation of Georgia’s psychiatric hospitals in 2007 and issued findings regarding Georgia Regional ...
By Fed Newswire | Jan 15, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced its approval of the proposal under section 3 of the Bank Holding Company Act by Protective Life Corporation, Birmingham, Alabama, to become a bank holding company by acquiring Bonifay Holding Company, Inc. and its subsidiary bank, The Bank of Bonifay, both of Bonifay, Florida.
By Commerce News Now | Jan 15, 2009
News Release: ”This approach would ease the transition for consumers seeking coupons, while maintaining the integrity of the transition plans.” WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez sent the following letter to Chairmen John D. Rockefeller and Henry A. Waxman to urge Congress to immediately pass legislation to enable the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to accelerate the distribution of TV converter box coupons to American households.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 15, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON — Deputy Undersecretary for International Affairs Charlotte M. Ponticelli today announced that the U.S. Department of Labor is presenting the first annual Iqbal Masih Award for the Elimination of Child Labor to Maria Cecilia Flores-Oebanda of the Philippines. Flores-Oebanda, president and ...
By Labor Gazette | Jan 15, 2009
News Release: UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending Jan. 10, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 524,000, an increase of 54,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 470,000. The 4-week moving average was 518,500, a decrease of 8,000 from the previous week's revised average of 526,500.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 15, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced nearly $5.5 million in awards to 18 faith-based and community organizations (FBCOs) as part of the President's Prisoner Re-entry Initiative (PRI). Each chosen group was awarded more than $300,000.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 15, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $1,891,738 grant to assist approximately 651 trade-affected workers of Hynix Semiconductor Manufacturing America Inc. in Eugene, Ore.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 15, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $6 million grant to the state of California to fund approximately 353 temporary jobs to assist with continued cleanup efforts following the 2008 Southern California wildfires.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 15, 2009
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO — Nestle Prepared Foods Co., a division of Nestle U.S.A., has paid nearly $5.1 million in back wages to more than 6,000 current and former workers following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 15, 2009
News Release: Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.
By USDA Wire | Jan 15, 2009
The US Agriculture Department published a five page rule on Jan. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 15, 2009
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Jan. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 15, 2009
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Jan. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
