News from June 2009
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 30, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Lisbon—Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano met with Portuguese Interior Minister Rui Pereira, Justice Minister Alberto Costa and Foreign Affairs Minister Luís Amado today and signed a Preventing and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – Jeffrey Davis, a former employee of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Atlanta to engaging in a felony conflict of interest by collecting fees from customers of a company he owned and operated for services he performed as part of his official duties at NARA, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2009
News Release: Andrew Warren, 41, has been charged in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia with one count of sexual abuse in Algeria within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2009
News Release: Herbert L. Corn, the former superintendent of the city ofRochester Wastewater Treatment Plant in Rochester, Ind., pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in South Bend, Ind., to falsifying monthly discharge monitoringreports that concealed violations of the Clean Water Actat the Rochester plant.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - John D. Stacey, a resident of Phoenix, was convicted today of income tax evasion, corrupt interference with the due administration of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and multiple counts of fraudulent use of a social security number, the Department of Justice and IRS announced. A federal jury convicted Stacey of all counts of the indictment following a three week trial before Judge Neil V. Wake in Phoenix.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON — The chief executive officer of a former Virginia marine products company pleaded guilty and has agreed to pay a $100,000 criminal fine and serve time in jail for his role in a conspiracy to rig bids and allocate customers with respect to marine products purchased by the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Coast Guard, and other public and private entities, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – Sheri Redekker Barry and Warren Thomas Barry, a wife and husband who are both real estate agents in Fort Myers, Fla., have been sentenced to prison for conspiracy and failure to file tax returns, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. U.S. District Court ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2009
News Release: Additional charges and defendants have been added to a federal case arising from the abduction of a boy from his Las Vegas home in October 2008.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - Roderick Prescott, a resident of Orem, Utah, and a former principal of National Trust Services (NTS) in San Jose, Calif., and later Selma, Ore., pleaded guilty today to tax evasion, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. Prescott admitted to evading at least $550,000 in personal income taxes for 1998 and 1999. Prescott was scheduled to begin trial on July 7, 2009, before Chief U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken in Eugene, Ore.
By Fed Newswire | Jun 30, 2009
News Release: The federal bank, thrift, and credit union regulatory agencies are seeking comment on the proposed Interagency Guidance on Funding and Liquidity Risk Management.
By Fed Newswire | Jun 30, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between AMCORE Financial, Inc., Rockford, Illinois, a registered bank holding company, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
By Fed Newswire | Jun 30, 2009
News Release: On June 29, 2009, the Federal Reserve conducted an auction of $150 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: $86.337 billion Total propositions accepted: $86.337 billion Bid/cover ratio: 0.58 Number of bidders: 106 The awarded loans will settle on July 2, 2009, and will mature on July 30, 2009. The stop-out rate shown above will apply to all awarded loans.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 30, 2009
News Release: U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke today announced the hiring of three leading experts from outside the Census Bureau to provide an up-to-date assessment of the state of readiness and potential vulnerabilities for the looming 2010 Census. The part-time consultants will each be assigned to one of three areas: operations, overall management, and contracts and field operations.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 30, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today certified for release $13,007,527 in unemployment insurance (UI) modernization incentive funds to the state of New Mexico. New Mexico qualified for a portion of its share of the funds available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) by allowing workers to use their more recent earnings to qualify for benefits.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 30, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $1,624,000 National Emergency Grant increment to continue to assist Illinois workers impacted by layoffs and plant closures at 31 companies across the state.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 30, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $2,203,292 National Emergency Grant increment to continue to assist approximately 1,515 Wisconsin workers impacted by automotive industry layoffs and plant closures in Rock County, Wis.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 30, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today announced 10 grants totaling $18,715,780 to fund projects that will support young offenders seeking to enter the workforce. Funding announced today is focused on three areas: 1) young offender re-entry planning grants, 2) juvenile offender implementation ...
By Labor Gazette | Jun 30, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today awarded $2,212,751 to assist state apprenticeship agencies in the development of strategies to better serve dislocated workers and other unemployed individuals through expanded partnerships with the Registered Apprenticeship system, which is administered by the department's Employment and Training Administration.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 30, 2009
News Release: NEW YORK Atlantic Auto Care Center Inc. of Brooklyn; 109th & First Avenue Corp. of Manhattan; 3808 Boston Road Car Wash Inc., 2434 CW Corp. and Boulevard Car Wash of N.Y. Inc., all of the Bronx; Michael's Car Wash Inc. and Howard Beach Car Wash Corp., both of Queens; 613 Car Wash Corp. of New Rochelle; ...
By DOJ Gazette | Jun 30, 2009
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on June 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
