News from October 2009
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2009
News Release: Six detainees who are Chinese nationals of Uighur ethnicity have been transferred from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to the control of the Republic of Palau.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 30, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Arlington, Va. — Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today opened the new National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) — a 24-hour, DHS-led coordinated watch and warning center that will improve national efforts to address threats and incidents affecting the nation's critical information technology and cyber infrastructure.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 30, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 PDF Resources DHS realizes average savings of 25 percent per port project An independent 30-day review conducted by senior career officials from across the federal government found that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) ...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 30, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 "My thoughts and prayers, along with those of the entire Department of Homeland Security, are with the men, women and families of the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Marine Corps today. We are providing every available resource to fully ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 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., has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for tax evasion, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2009
News Release: Miami resident Daisy Martinez pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Detroit to participating in a conspiracy to defraud the Medicare program. Martinez, 50, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud before U.S. District Judge Gerald Rosen. At her sentencing, which is scheduled for Feb. 11, 2010, Martinez faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - The United States today sued Lincoln Fabrics Ltd., a Canadian company, and Lincoln Fabrics Inc., aka Lincoln Textiles Inc., its American subsidiary, under the False Claims Act in connection with the companies’ weaving and sale of defective Zylon fabric which was used as the key ballistic material in bullet-proof vests, the Justice Department announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON —A federal jury in Aberdeen, S.D., has found a South Dakota man guilty for smuggling the hide of a leopard into the United States in violation of the Convention on International Trade in Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES), an international treaty that regulates international shipments of listed ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – A hospital group based in McAllen, Texas, has agreed to pay the United States $27.5 million to settle claims that it violated the False Claims Act, the Anti-Kickback Statute and the Stark Statute between 1999 and 2006, by paying illegal compensation to doctors in order to induce them to ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department announced today the release of a new video aimed at educating employers about the employment provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Ten Employment Myths: Information about the Americans with Disabilities Act uses a question-and-answer format to express ...
By Fed Newswire | Oct 30, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve on Friday adopted a policy statement supporting prudent commercial real estate (CRE) loan workouts. This policy statement, adopted by each of the financial regulators,1 provides guidance for examiners, and for financial institutions that are working with CRE borrowers who are experiencing ...
By Fed Newswire | Oct 30, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board announced Friday that a temporary exemption to the limitations in section 23A of the Federal Reserve Act, instituted as part of the response to the financial crisis, will expire as scheduled on Oct. 30, 2009.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 30, 2009
News Release: The U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis today released personal income and outlays for September 2009. Personal income remained unchanged, real disposable personal income decreased 0.1 percent, and real personal consumption expenditures declined 0.6 percent.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 30, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labors Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today announced it is issuing $87,430,000 in proposed penalties to BP Products North America Inc. for the companys failure to correct potential hazards faced by employees. The fine is the largest in OSHAs history. The prior largest total penalty, $21 million, was issued in 2005, also against BP.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 30, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today issued the following statement regarding the AFL-CIO and American Rights at Work report ICED OUT: How Immigration Enforcement Has Interfered with Workers Rights.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 30, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Oct. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 30, 2009
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Oct. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 30, 2009
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Oct. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2009
The US Interior Department published a five page notice on Oct. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2009
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Oct. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
