News published on Federal Newswire in April 2010

News from April 2010


Grand Canyon to Celebrate Wildlife Day on Saturday, May 1

News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - On Saturday, May 1, 2010, Grand Canyon National Park will host its third Celebrate Wildlife Day. The event, which began in 2008, is an opportunity for visitors to learn about the unique wildlife that inhabits Arizona and the Grand Canyon area, as well as the work of the wildlife biologists who study them.


News Release: WASHINGTON – Dilraj "Rosh" Mathauda was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Court Judge Joan A. Lenard in Miami to a term of 115 months in prison and five years of supervised release for illegally operating a series of Costa Rica-based business opportunity fraud ventures, the Justice Department and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service announced. A hearing to determine the amount of restitution owed by Mathauda will be scheduled within 90 days.


News Release: Ramon Bazan, a former Special Agent of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia to a one-count criminal information charging him with making false statements in connection with a series of fraudulent visa referrals, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division.


News Release: WASHINGTON -- William A. "Bill" White, the self-proclaimed commander of the neo-Nazi group the American National Socialist Workers Party, was sentenced today in federal court for threatening two individuals and for attempting to intimidate litigants in a federal housing discrimination lawsuit, the Justice Department announced.


News Release: The United States has asked a federal court to stop three Birmingham-area tax return preparers from preparing tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today.


News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal grand jury in Boise, Idaho, has returned an indictment charging Michael Fitzpatrick, formerly of Hope, Idaho, with tax evasion and failing to file tax returns, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today.


Termination of enforcement action with KCB Bank

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below. Terminations of enforcement actions are listed on the Federal Reserve's public web site, www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/enforcement, as they occur.


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News Release: The Commerce Department’s U.S. Census Bureau today released retail sales for March 2010. Retail sales increased 1.6 percent compared with an expected increase of 1.2 percent, and recent months were revised upwards. Excluding motor vehicles, retail sales rose 0.6 percent. Retail sales have grown 7.6 percent over the past year.


News Release: U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke discussed the Obama Administration’s National Export Initiative (NEI) and expressed hopes of broadening and deepening the North American economic and trade relationship during meetings today with Canadian Minister of Industry Tony Clement and Mexican Secretary of the ...


Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis convenes 1st ever national action summit on health and safety of Latino workers

News Release: HOUSTON – Each year, thousands of workers in the U.S. are injured or killed on the job as a result of preventable incidents, and Latino workers are killed and suffer work-related injuries at higher rates than all other workers. It is with these tragic statistics in mind that U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today convened an historic National Action Summit for Latino Worker Health and Safety.


US Labor Departments OSHA joins Morristown, NJ, organization to continue vital effort to protect area Latino workers

News Release: Alliance renewed during national Latino worker safety and health summit in Houston HOUSTON In an effort to continue to improve workplace safety and health for area Latino workers, the U.S. Department of Labor s Occupational Safety and Health Administration renewed its alliance with the Wind of the Spirit Immigrant Resource Center in Morristown, N.J., today at the National Action Summit for Latino Worker Health and Safety in Houston.


US Labor Departments OSHA, Mexican consulate form alliance in Houston

News Release: Agreement, signed at National Latino action summit, aims to promote safety and health for Mexican and other Spanish-speaking workers in construction industry HOUSTON – Enhanced workplace safety for construction workers in the states of Texas and Louisiana is the goal of an alliance signed today at the ...


The US Transportation Department published a four page notice on April 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on April 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on April 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on April 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on April 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on April 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.