News from March 2009
By DOE Newswire | Mar 11, 2009
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 11, 2009
News Release: Today, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and Appropriations Chairman Dave Obey (D-WI) announced two additional measures to the committee's earmarking process.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 10, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC -- In a pilot-scale test supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy, Clemson University researchers have shown that manmade or "constructed" wetlands can be used to treat non-traditional water sources which could then be used in power plants or for other purposes.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri, 43, has been released from detention by the Secretary of Defense and is now in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service. He is scheduled to make his initial court appearance today, the Justice Department announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – Japanese electronics manufacturer Hitachi Displays Ltd., agreed to plead guilty and pay a $31 million fine for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices in the sale of Thin Film Transistor-Liquid Crystal Display panels (TFT-LCD) sold to Dell Inc., the U.S. Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – A former congressional staffer pleaded guilty today to conspiring with others to commit honest services fraud, Acting Assistant Attorney General Rita M. Glavin of the Criminal Division announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – Charles Brown, 54, of Mesa, Ariz., pleaded guilty today to one count of receiving child pornography, Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Rita M. Glavin and U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona Diane J. Humetewa announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – John Cowdery, a former elected member of the Alaska state senate, was sentenced today to three years probation with a special condition requiring him to serve six months of home confinement for conspiring to bribe another Alaska state legislator, Acting Assistant Attorney General Rita M. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – Marshall E. Sanders, an attorney based in Vicksburg, Miss., was sentenced to 18 months in prison for failure to file tax returns by Magistrate Judge James C. Sumner, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. In addition, Judge Sumner ordered Sanders to pay restitution to the IRS of $1,025,453.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON and PENSACOLA, Fla. – Five U.S. defendants convicted for their activity in a global child pornography trafficking enterprise were sentenced today in the Northern District of Florida, Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Rita M. Glavin, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida Thomas F. Kirwin and FBI Executive Assistant Director J. Stephen Tidwell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON—Holy House Shipping AB, a Swedish corporation, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Camden, N.J., to pay a $1 million fine, a special assessment of $400,000 in community service payments and serve three years of probation for failing to maintain an accurate oil record book in an attempt to conceal illegal discharges of oil-contaminated waste directly into the ocean from one of its ships, the Justice Department announced.
By Fed Newswire | Mar 10, 2009
News Release: On March 9, 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: $116.872 billion Total propositions accepted: $116.872 billion Bid/cover ...
By Fed Newswire | Mar 10, 2009
News Release: (Note: This release supersedes the release of 10 a.m. EDT March 10, 2009. The figures in the previous release for total propositions submitted, total propositions accepted and the bid/cover ratio have been revised to correct a processing error.) On March 9, 2009, the Federal Reserve conducted an auction ...
By Commerce News Now | Mar 10, 2009
News Release: Commerce’s NTIA and Agriculture’s Rural Utility Services Invite Comments on the Program; Joint Request for Information Also Establishes Schedule of Public Roundtables U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Acting Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Copps and U.S. Department ...
By Labor Gazette | Mar 10, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $299,232 grant to assist approximately 52 workers affected by layoffs at Bayliner Marine in Roseburg, Ore.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 10, 2009
News Release: McHenry, Illinois – The U.S. Department of Labor has sued the owner and profit sharing plan fiduciaries of the Forms Corporation of America 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust for allegedly failing to forward to the plan contributions withheld from employees’ pay, in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).
By Interior Newswire | Mar 10, 2009
The US Interior Department published a six page rule on March 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 10, 2009
The US Interior Department published a four page proposed rule on March 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 10, 2009
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on March 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 10, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on March 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
