News from January 2009
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 15, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., Thursday held a nomination hearing for Governor Janet Napolitano, who is President-Elect Obama’s choice to be Secretary for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 15, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today made the following remarks regarding an announcement from House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman that he has set a goal of passing global warming legislation through the House by Memorial Day...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 15, 2009
News Release: The Agricultural Research Service today posted a new issue of Healthy Animals.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 15, 2009
News Release: As we continue to celebrate the Sesquicentennial of Theodore Roosevelt’s birth we are announcing some special activities for the month of February to mark this 150th observance.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 15, 2009
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By DOE Newswire | Jan 15, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today applauded the Senate’s passage of the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act by a 73-21 vote. The bill now goes to the House of Representatives before being delivered to the president’s desk for signing.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 15, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) has re-introduced the Financial Oversight Commission Act, H.R. 74, which would create an independent and bipartisan panel to study and issue a report on the causes, handling, and way forward from the current financial crisis. This proposal comes as Congress considers releasing the remaining $350 billion of TARP funds.
By State Newswire | Jan 14, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Incoming Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-Mass.) today released the following opening remarks for the confirmation hearing of Susan Rice, the President-Elect's designee to be Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations with the rank and status of Ambassador.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 14, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - With a 289-139 vote, the House of Representatives today passed landmark, bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, which currently provides health insurance for more than 7 million children. This legislation, H.R. 2, will protect coverage for...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2009
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – A second former State Department employee pleaded guilty today to illegally accessing hundreds of confidential passport application files, Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich of the Criminal Division announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2009
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 AT&T Agrees to Pay More Than $2 Million as Part of a Civil Settlement for Violating Two Court Orders WASHINGTON – AT&T Inc. has agreed to pay more than $2 million as part of a civil settlement with the Department of Justice that resolves AT&T’s alleged violations of two court orders entered in connection with AT&T’s acquisition of Dobson Communications Corporation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2009
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CIV (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Five people have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Miami relating to the individuals’ participation in a fraudulent business opportunity sales operation, the Justice Department and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service announced today. A sixth individual was also charged in a criminal information.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2009
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON - Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Grace Chung Becker and U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma Sheldon J. Sperling today announced that Jarrod Anthony Yates, a former Sequoyah County, Okla., corrections officer, was sentenced to 21 months in prison for violating the civil rights of an arrestee.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2009
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – A Highland Falls, N.Y., woman was arrested today and charged in a criminal complaint for her role in a scheme to defraud the U.S. government by authorizing nearly $3 million in payments ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2009
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON AND PENSACOLA, Fla. – Seven U.S. defendants charged for their activity in a global child pornography trafficking enterprise were convicted today in the Northern District of Florida following ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – AT&T Inc. has agreed to pay more than $2 million as part of a civil settlement with the Department of Justice that resolves AT&T’s alleged violations of two court orders entered in connection with AT&T’s acquisition of Dobson Communications Corporation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Grace Chung Becker and U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma Sheldon J. Sperling today announced that Jarrod Anthony Yates, a former Sequoyah County, Okla., corrections officer, was sentenced to 21 months in prison for violating the civil rights of an arrestee.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Highland Falls, N.Y., woman was arrested today and charged in a criminal complaint for her role in a scheme to defraud the U.S. government by authorizing nearly $3 million in payments to a non-existent corporation for staff training that she knew never occurred at the U.S. Military Academy ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – A second former State Department employee pleaded guilty today to illegally accessing hundreds of confidential passport application files, Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich of the Criminal Division announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON AND PENSACOLA, Fla. – Seven U.S. defendants charged for their activity in a global child pornography trafficking enterprise were convicted today in the Northern District of Florida following a six-day jury trial before Senior U.S. District Judge Lacey A. Collier, Acting Assistant Attorney ...
