News from July 2009
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 31, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins, R-Me., Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, today released a statement about administration plans to achieve President Barack Obama’s goal of trimming federal contract spending by $40 billion a year. On Thursday, the Office of Management and Budget ordered federal agencies to reduce contract spending and hiring while also bringing some work back to federal staffers.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 31, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 31, 2009 - On Feb. 10, 2009, the Department of the Interior announced a six-month delay for the 2010-2015 offshore drilling plan on America’s Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and extended the public comment period through Sept. 21, 2009. Today, 98 House Republicans sent a...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2009
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Afternoon thunderstorms brought abundant lightning to Grand Canyon National Park this week; and fire managers have identified six new fires, all on the North Rim of the park.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2009
News Release: Open Campfires Restricted at Camps on Lake Chelan.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced that Juan Cortes-Meza, a Mexican National, pleaded guilty in federal district court in Atlanta to sex trafficking offenses involving young Mexican women and girls. Otto Jaime Larios Perez, a Guatemalan National, also pleaded guilty today to making a ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced an agreement with the city of Niagara Falls, N.Y., to improve access to all aspects of civic life for persons with disabilities. The agreement was reached under the Department’s Project Civic Access initiative to bring state and local governments into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This agreement is the 164th under Project Civic Access.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice announced today that it has reached a settlement that will require Sapa Holding AB and Indalex Holdings Finance Inc. to divest a North Carolina aluminum sheathing facility in order to proceed with Sapa’s proposed $150 million acquisition of Indalex. The Department ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice announced today that it has reached a settlement that will require Sapa Holding AB and Indalex Holdings Finance Inc. to divest a North Carolina aluminum sheathing facility in order to proceed with Sapa’s proposed $150 million acquisition of Indalex. The Department ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2009
News Release: Helmerich & Payne Inc. (H&P) has entered into an agreement with the Department of Justice to resolve improper payments by H&P to government officials in Argentina and Venezuela in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2009
News Release: Fourteen members of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club have pleaded guilty in Detroit to charges including violent crimes in aid of racketeering, illegal drug distribution and firearms violations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON—A Greek citizen who oversaw the engineering department on board a Dominica-flagged bulk cargo ship pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in New Orleans for violating environmental laws designed to prevent pollution from ships and making false statements to the U.S. Coast Guard, the Justice Department announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2009
News Release: Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (ALKQN) member David Hellums, aka "CutThroat," pleaded guilty today to a superseding indictment charging him and 16 co-defendants with various offenses related to alleged narcotics and weapons trafficking, as well as violent activities throughout Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – Computer Assets Inc. and its principals, Abraham Salazar and Damon Salazar, have agreed to pay $350,000 over three years and surrender up to $35 million in pending E-Rate applications to settle allegations that the company violated the False Claims Act in connection with the Federal Communications Commission’s E-Rate program, the Justice Department and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Mexico announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2009
News Release: A former chief of staff to a member of the U.S. House of Representatives was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Henry H. Kennedy Jr. to three years of probation, including 170 days of home detention, and ordered to perform 100 hours of community service.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – A stock trader from Jupiter, Fla., was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for engaging in securities fraud involving several publicly traded companies, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2009
News Release: Johnny Pires, 24, of Middleboro, Mass., was convicted today by a federal jury in Boston of attempting to receive child pornography and possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2009
News Release: Two dual Afghan/U.S. citizens were charged today with conspiracy and bribery in connection with a scheme to offer $1 million in bribes to a U.S. Army contracting official in order to influence the award of a road construction contract in Afghanistan.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 30, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday approved final amendments to Regulation Z (Truth in Lending) that revise the disclosure requirements for private education loans.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 30, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the issuance of a Consent Order of Prohibition against Ronnie A. Jenkins, a former vice president, loan officer, and institution-affiliated party of Middleburg Bank ("the Bank"), Middleburg, Virginia, a state member bank.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 30, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and among American Bancorporation, a registered bank holding company, American Bank of Saint Paul, a state chartered member bank, both of Saint Paul, Minnesota, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
