News published on Federal Newswire in June 2009

News from June 2009


News Release: Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, a Tanzanian national who had been held at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility since September 2006, arrived early this morning in the Southern District of New York to face criminal charges stemming from his alleged role in the Aug. 7, 1998 bombing of the U.S. Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya.


News Release: I. Terror Prosecutions in the Southern District of New York Since the 1990s, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) has investigated and successfully prosecuted a wide range of international and domestic terrorism cases — including the bombings of the World Trade Center ...


News Release: WASHINGTON - The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) has agreed to pay the United States $2 million to resolve federal civil fraud allegations that its hospital defrauded Medicaid, the Justice Department announced today. From 1993 to 2004, UMDNJ’s University Hospital submitted ...


News Release: Willie Borden, a former Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department officer, pleaded guilty today to a criminal tax charge before U.S. District Court Judge James Robertson.


News Release: Jefferson Calimlim Sr. and his wife, Elnora Calimlim, both medical doctors in Milwaukee, Wis., were each sentenced today to 72 months in prison for forcing a woman to work as their domestic servant and illegally harboring her for 19 years in their Brookfield, Wis., residence.


News Release: An indictment was filed today charging seven individuals -- three former shareholders of the Jenkens & Gilchrist law firm (J&G), the former Chief Executive Officer and a former tax partner from the BDO Seidman accounting firm (BDO), and two former bankers from a foreign bank with headquarters in New York (Bank A) -- with tax fraud conspiracy and related crimes arising out of tax shelters promoted by J&G, BDO, and the bank.


News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice filed suit today against California mortgage lender Capmark Finance Inc., charging that Capmark violated the False Claims Act by making false statements on applications for federal mortgage insurance covering residential nursing homes. The lawsuit, filed in United ...


News Release: Dr. Rebecca Blank was sworn in today as the new Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs. Dr. Blank will oversee two of the Nation’s preeminent statistical agencies: the U.S. Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Affairs. She will also serve as the top economic advisor to Commerce Secretary Gary Locke.


News Release: Commerce Secretary Gary Locke today hosted his first meeting with the U.S. Travel and Tourism Advisory Board (TTAB). The Advisory Board members presented their recommendations to Secretary Locke regarding airport congestion, travel facilitation and the economic sustainability of the travel and tourism industry.


OSHA seeks applications for nearly $7 million in new safety and health training grants

News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is soliciting applications for nearly $7 million in Susan Harwood Training Grants available to nonprofit, community and faith-based organizations.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on June 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on June 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on June 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on June 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on June 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on June 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a three page notice on June 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on June 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on June 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on June 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.