News from July 2009
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 28, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced approximately $7.7 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding for the installation of new closed circuit television systems at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, Ronald Reagan Washington National, Spokane International, Gerald R. Ford International and Boise, Idaho airports.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2009
News Release: Vice President Joe Biden and Attorney General Eric Holder today announced $1 billion in grants to fund the hiring and rehiring of law enforcement officers all across the country under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The grants will be awarded to 1,046 law enforcement agencies from ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - Jeffrey P. Chernick, of Stanfordville, N.Y., pleaded guilty today to charges of filing a false tax return, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. Chernick, who owns a corporation which represents toy manufacturers in China and Hong Kong, appeared today before Judge James I. Cohn in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., and accepted responsibility for concealing more than $8 million in Swiss bank accounts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced an agreement with the village of Midlothian, Ill., to improve access to civic life for persons with disabilities. The agreement was reached under the Department’s Project Civic Access initiative, which aims to bring state and local governments into full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This agreement is the 162nd under Project Civic Access.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced an agreement with Gregg County, Texas, to improve access for persons with disabilities to its programs, services, activities and facilities. The agreement was reached under the Department’s Project Civic Access initiative, which helps bring localities into full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This agreement is the 163rd entered into under Project Civic Access.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – Mark Edwin Cairnes, 51, of Jonestown, Texas, has been charged with advertising, receiving and possessing child pornography, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and Acting U.S. Attorney John E. Murphy for the Western District of Texas announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - The niece of a U.S. Army major pleaded guilty today for her role in a conspiracy to cover up her uncle’s role in accepting more than $9 million in bribes as a contracting officer in Kuwait, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and Assistant Attorney General Christine A. Varney of the Antitrust Division announced.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 28, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and among Bank Hapoalim, B.M., Tel Aviv, Israel; the bank's branch in Aventura, Florida; the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta; and the Florida Office of Financial Regulation.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 28, 2009
News Release: On July 27, 2009, the Federal Reserve conducted an auction of $125 billion in 28-day credit through its Term Auction Facility. Following are the results of the auction: Stop-out rate: 0.250 percent Total propositions submitted: $82.375 billion Total propositions accepted: $82.375 billion Bid/cover ratio: 0.66 Number of bidders: 103 The awarded loans will settle on July 30, 2009, and will mature on Aug. 27, 2009. The stop-out rate shown above will apply to all awarded loans.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 28, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON Facilities that could potentially release highly hazardous chemicals resulting in toxic fire or explosion hazards are the focus of a national emphasis program (NEP) developed by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
By Labor Gazette | Jul 28, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that more than 600 workers from Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. in Union City, Tenn., are eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 28, 2009
News Release: Atlanta — The business manager of Jasper Anesthesia Care Inc. in Jasper, Alabama, was ordered by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama in Jasper to pay of $46,844.79 in restitution to the company’s profit-sharing plan plus a $100 special assessment. Haze Edward Persons also was sentenced to 10 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 28, 2009
The US Interior Department published an eight page proposed rule on July 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Jul 28, 2009
The US State Department published a two page notice on July 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 28, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on July 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Jul 28, 2009
The US State Department published a one page notice on July 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 28, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on July 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 28, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a six page notice on July 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 28, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on July 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 28, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on July 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
