News published on Federal Newswire in November 2009

News from November 2009


Holiday Open House Explores Christmas Traditions on the Frontier

News Release: Rome, NY: On the frontier of New York in 1777, the soldiers and officers of the 3rd NY regiment and Savage's Detachment of Artillery sought to bring a touch of home to the isolated outpost. During the holiday season, they may have used decorations and other traditional customs reflecting their cultural...


LIEBERMAN, COLLINS RESPOND TO PRESIDENT’S CALL FOR THOROUGH, APPROPRIATE INQUIRY INTO FT. HOOD ATTACK

News Release: WASHINGTON-Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., Saturday released the following statement in response to President Obama’s weekly radio address...


Glimpses of the Past Press Release

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Two Individuals Sentenced to Prison for Offering to Bribe U.S. Army Contracting Official in Afghanistan

News Release: WASHINGTON – Rohullah Farooqi Lodin and Hashmatullah Farooqi were each sentenced today in Alexandria, Va., to four years in prison for their roles in a scheme to offer $1 million in bribes to a U.S. Army contracting official in Afghanistan, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride of the Eastern District of Virginia.


Departments of Justice and Defense Announce Forum Decisions for Ten Guantanamo Bay Detainees

News Release: WASHINGTON – The Departments of Justice and Defense today announced forum decisions for ten detainees at Guantanamo Bay whose cases were previously charged in military commissions, including five detainees accused of conspiring to commit the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks and a detainee accused of orchestrating the attack on the USS Cole.


Florida Man Sentenced to 87 Months for Receiving Child Pornography

News Release: WASHINGTON - Jeffrey Robert Libman, 42, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., was sentenced to 87 months in prison today for receiving child pornography, Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Lanny A. Breuer and Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Jeffrey H. Sloman announced.


Virginia Resident Pleads Guilty to Bribing Panamanian Officials for Maritime Contract

News Release: WASHINGTON – Charles Paul Edward Jumet of Fluvanna County, Va., pleaded guilty today in connection with his role in a conspiracy to pay bribes to Panamanian government officials to secure a maritime contract, announced Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Lanny A. Breuer, U.S. Attorney ...


Justice Department and USDA Set Dates for Workshops to Explore Competition and Regulatory Issues in the Agriculture Industry

News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today the dates and locations of joint public workshops that will explore competition and regulatory issues in the agriculture industry. The workshops, which were first announced by Attorney General Eric Holder ...


City of Akron, Ohio, Agrees to Improve Sewer System to Resolve Clean Water Act Violations

News Release: WASHINGTON—The city of Akron, Ohio, has agreed to make extensive improvements to its sewer system to reduce or eliminate sewage overflows that have long polluted the Cuyahoga River and its tributaries, the Justice Department, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and state of Ohio announced today.


Former Congressman William J. Jefferson Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison for Bribery and Other Charges

News Release: Former U.S. Congressman William J. Jefferson, 62, of New Orleans, La., was sentenced today to 13 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for using his office to corruptly solicit bribes. Jefferson was also ordered to forfeit more than $470,000.


Agencies Issue Final Rule for Mortgage Loans Modified Under the Home Affordable Mortgage Program

News Release: The federal bank and thrift regulatory agencies today issued a final rule providing that mortgage loans modified under the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Home Affordable Mortgage Program (HAMP) will generally retain the risk weight appropriate to the mortgage loan prior to modification.


Prompt corrective action directive against Orion Bank

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday announced the issuance of a Prompt Corrective Action Directive against Orion Bank, Naples, Florida, a state chartered member bank.


Remarks at Meeting With University of Chicago Executive MBA Students, Singapore

News Release: Hello everyone. It's great to be here, and I'm very much looking forward to a wide-open discussion with all of you.


Remarks at American Chamber of Commerce Singapore

News Release: Thank you. It’s great to be here.


Remarks at Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation CEO Summit, Singapore

News Release: Good evening, I trust that all of you are having a useful and productive week here at the APEC meetings.


Statement from Commerce Secretary Gary Locke on U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services in September 2009

News Release: U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke issued the following statement on the release of the September 2009 U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services report by the Commerce Department’s U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Today’s report showed that U.S. exports increased by 2.9 percent to $132.0 billion since August 2009. Imports increased 5.8 percent to $168.4 billion.


Notice published by Labor Department on Nov. 13

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Nov. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Labor Department publishes notice on Nov. 13

The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Nov. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published on Nov. 13 by Labor Department

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Nov. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


What did Labor Department publish on Nov. 13?

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Nov. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.