News from June 2009
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 11, 2009
News Release: Dear Chairman Rangel: On May 15, 2009, Congressman Waxman introduced H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, which was referred to the Committee on Ways & Means. As you know, this legislation establishes a comprehensive “cap and trade" system to limit the emission of certain gases,...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 11, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Department of Health and Human Services, 202-690-6343 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano issued the following statements today in response to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) decision to raise the pandemic threat level on the novel H1N1 virus.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 11, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced approximately $15 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding for the construction of a new inline baggage handling system at San Francisco International Airport (SFO).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2009
News Release: Four detainees, Chinese nationals of Uighur ethnicity who had been held at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, have been resettled in Bermuda. These detainees, who were subject to release as a result of court orders, had been cleared for release by the prior administration, which determined they would no longer treat them as enemy combatants. The detainees were again cleared for release this year after review by the interagency Guantanamo Review Task Force.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2009
News Release: Golden Eye Seafood LLC and owner, Robert Lumpkins of St. Mary’s County, Md., pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to and violating the Lacey Act, by falsely recording the amount and weight of striped bass, also known as rockfish, that were harvested by local fisherman and checked-in through Golden Eye ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2009
News Release: A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia has indicted James Wilbur Fondren Jr., on one count of conspiracy to communicate classified information to an agent of a foreign government and act as an illegal foreign agent; four counts of unlawfully communicating classified information to an agent of a foreign government; and three counts of making false statements to the FBI. If convicted on all charges, Fondren would face a maximum of 60 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2009
News Release: A federal court in Atlanta has permanently barred Derrick Jackson and his businesses from preparing federal tax returns for others. The court said that since 2002, Jackson "has prepared blatantly fraudulent tax returns for customers." Jackson’s businesses were called Tax Wisdom and International Tax and Accounting Services.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2009
News Release: Traian Bujduveanu was sentenced in Miami federal court for his role in a conspiracy to illegally export military and dual use aircraft parts to Iran. Bujduveanu’s co-defendant, Hassan Keshari, and his corporation, Kesh Air International, were sentenced in May 2009.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2009
News Release: Rodolfo Rodriguez Cabrera, 43, a Cuban national, and Henry Mantilla, 35, of Cape Coral, Fla., have been charged in a scheme to produce and sell counterfeit International Game Technology (IGT)-brand video gaming machines, commonly known as slot machines, and counterfeit IGT computer programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2009
News Release: The Department today announced that one national of Iraq and one national of Chad have been transferred from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to their home countries.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2009
News Release: William Cozzi, a Chicago police officer, was sentenced today to 40 months in federal prison for violating the federal civil rights of a man whom the officer struck repeatedly with a dangerous weapon while the man was handcuffed and shackled in a wheelchair.
By Fed Newswire | Jun 11, 2009
News Release: Six federal agencies issued a set of frequently asked questions (FAQs) today to help financial institutions, creditors, users of consumer reports, and issuers of credit cards and debit cards comply with federal regulations on identity theft and discrepancies in changes of address.
By Fed Newswire | Jun 11, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and among SEB Bancorp, Inc., Marietta, Georgia, a registered bank holding company, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, and the Banking Commissioner of the State of Georgia.
By Fed Newswire | Jun 11, 2009
News Release: Roger T. Cole, the director of the Division of Banking Supervision and Regulation, will retire on August 1 after 30 years of service to the Federal Reserve Board.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 11, 2009
News Release: U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke issued the following statement on the release of the May 2009 U.S. Retail and Food Services Sales by the U.S. Commerce Department’s Census Bureau. Today’s report showed that U.S. nominal retail sales rose 0.5% in May. Motor vehicle and parts sales also rose 0.5% in May. Gasoline sales increased 3.6%, partly reflecting the renewed rise in prices, while other sales edged up 0.1%.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 11, 2009
News Release: Focus At End of Technological Transition is on People On the eve of an historic technological transition to digital television, the focus for the two federal agencies managing the switch is on helping Americans who are at risk of losing their TV signals.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 11, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today issued the following statement on the death of Stephen Tyrone Johns: "For the past six years, Stephen Tyrone Johns put on his uniform and went to work as a security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. But yesterday, while performing his duties to serve and protect, he lost his life and before doing so, saved countless others.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 11, 2009
News Release: UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending June 6, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 601,000, a decrease of 24,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 625,000. The 4-week moving average was 621,750, a decrease of 10,500 from the previous week's revised average of 632,250.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 11, 2009
News Release: San Francisco – The U.S. Department of Labor has entered into settlement agreements with Aloha Airlines Inc., Bank of Hawaii and First Hawaiian Bank, which agreed to pay $9,545,454 to the airline’s three pension plans for losses the plans suffered on investments in stock of the airline’s holding company. Both Aloha and its holding company are bankrupt. The money will be paid to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., the trustee of the plans.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 11, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on June 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
