News from April 2010
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal judge in Fayetteville, Ark., has barred Wayne Hicks and his company, My Icis Inc., from operating a private banking system that allegedly helped customers avoid taxes by shielding their identities and other financial transactions from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Justice ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON—Wall Herald Corporation has agreed to pay approximately $20 million for past and future cleanup costs incurred by the federal government at the Monitor Devices Superfund site in Wall Township, N.J., according to a settlement filed today in federal court in Trenton, N.J., the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2010
News Release: A former captain in the U.S. Army Reserve pleaded guilty today to accepting thousands of dollars in gratuities from a contractor during his deployment to Kuwait, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2010
News Release: A Michigan man was sentenced today in Detroit to 27 months in prison for his role in a wide-ranging conspiracy to defraud the Medicare program, announced the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS). U.S. District Court Chief Judge Gerald E. Rosen also ordered Wayne Smith, of Jackson, Mich., to pay $4.9 million in restitution, jointly with co-defendants, and to serve three years of supervised release following his prison term.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Michael Shane Minich, 35, a former Lee County, Miss., Sheriff’s Deputy, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock, in Aberdeen, Miss., to depriving citizens of their civil rights under color of law by secretly removing cash from their wallets during traffic stops, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Mauricio Cohen Assor and his son, Leon Cohen-Levy, each with residences in Miami Beach, Fla., have been charged in a criminal complaint with conspiring to defraud the United States, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. Both defendants were arrested in New York City this morning after a complaint was issued yesterday. A detention hearing is scheduled for Friday in New York.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2010
News Release: "Today, we mourn the loss of Dr. Benjamin Hooks, one of our nation’s great civil rights leaders. Dr. Hooks served our country in many ways – as a pastor, a judge, a lawyer, an activist, a businessman and a veteran. During WWII, Staff Sergeant Hooks battled oppression overseas. He then returned home to ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced that Paul Schlesselman was sentenced today on federal charges for conspiring to murder dozens of African-Americans, including then-Senator and presidential candidate Barack Obama, because of their race.
By Fed Newswire | Apr 15, 2010
News Release: Eight federal regulators released an Online Form Builder today that financial institutions can download and use to develop and print customized versions of a model consumer privacy notice.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 15, 2010
News Release: Thank you for the kind introduction. I am honored to be here with Vice President Biden. I also would like to recognize the Economic Development Administration’s Deputy Assistant Secretary Brian McGowan and the regional director in EDA’s Philadelphia office, Willie Taylor, who are both here today.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 15, 2010
News Release: A U.S. Department of Commerce report released today confirms the importance of exports to the U.S. economy and the increasingly globalized marketplace. According to Exports Support American Jobs, in 2008, exports accounted for a record 12.7 percent of U.S. gross domestic product (GDP), and during a period of relatively flat job growth across the economy, supported a record number of jobs—More than 10 million.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 15, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis has announced the appointment of Ken Bennett as her representative in the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri and Wisconsin. Bennett is based in Chicago, Ill.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 15, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis issued the following statement regarding her meeting today with President Obama on the West Virginia mine disaster: "Over the past week, I have spent time with the families of the mine workers who were killed at the Upper Big Branch mine.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 15, 2010
News Release: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending April 10, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 484,000, an increase of 24,000 from the previous week's unrevised figure of 460,000. The 4-week moving average was 457,750, an increase of 7,500 from the previous week's unrevised average of 450,250.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 15, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that approximately 3,000 workers from companies in nine states – Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin – are eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 15, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced $50 million in funding for 33 states and the District of Columbia to implement re-employment and eligibility assessments for beneficiaries of unemployment insurance.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 15, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $465,204 grant to assist about 79 workers affected by layoffs at the Weyerhaeuser Co.'s Warrenton Sawmill in Warrenton, Ore.
By DOJ Gazette | Apr 15, 2010
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on April 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 15, 2010
The US Labor Department published a three page notice on April 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Apr 15, 2010
The US Energy Department published a three page notice on April 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
