News from January 2010
By Interior Newswire | Jan 29, 2010
News Release: The Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area has opened two new restroom facilities, replacing facilities damaged beyond repair by last fall’s flooding. The first is located next to the pavilion at Johnson Ferry North, replacing the old restrooms in the pavilion. The second facility is located at...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 29, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley and Sen. Mike Enzi are asking a health care economist who testified before their committees without disclosing $400,000 in government contracts for work pertaining to health care reform for details of any other government contracts he might have or might have had over the last five years and for details on whether he disclosed his government ties during media interviews, speaking engagements and written works on health care reform.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 29, 2010
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 29, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, which has oversight of the U.S. Postal Service, announced Friday that the U.S. Postal Service has informed her that it has removed a Portland downtown postal station from its list of potential closures.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 29, 2010
News Release: Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have analyzed rust fungi from more than 160 sugarcane samples from 25 countries to provide a valuable resource for plant breeders and pathologists who are searching for genetic resistance to the deadly orange and brown rusts.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 29, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today released the following statement regarding President Obama's announcement that the federal government will reduce its greenhouse gas pollution by 28 percent in 2020...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 29, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON --- Senator Chuck Grassley has asked the Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget a series of questions about expenditures under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, or the economic stimulus bill, passed nearly a year ago.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 28, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Deploys 49 Personnel to Oversee Pre-Departure Identity Verification The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) continues to support U.S. government efforts—led by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the State ...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 28, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today met with leaders from Muslim, Sikh, South Asian and Arab communities—key partners in homeland security that contribute to many different parts of American life ...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 28, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Ottawa—U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Deputy Secretary Jane Holl Lute, the Honourable Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety, and John Baird, Canada’s Transport Minister today met to bolster cooperation and coordination ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2010
News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today joined private sector leaders, law enforcement personnel and health care experts for a landmark National Summit on Health Care Fraud. The summit is the first national gathering on health care fraud between law enforcement and the private and public sectors and is part of the Obama Administration’s coordinated effort to fight health care fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal court has issued a permanent injunction barring Karen Liane Miller of Nashville, Tenn., from preparing federal income tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. U.S. District Court Judge Aleta Trauger entered the order and judgment, which also bars Miller from ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – A former staff sergeant in the U.S. Army pleaded guilty today to a one-count criminal information charging her with money laundering arising from a scheme involving the fraudulent awarding and administration of U.S. government contracts in Iraq, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON—Economy Cash & Carry Inc., pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in El Paso, Texas, to a misdemeanor violation of the Plant Protection Act related to the falsification of a required certificate stamp, the Justice Department and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced a settlement of a lawsuit alleging that those involved in the design and construction of two multifamily housing complexes in Davenport, Iowa, violated the Fair Housing Act. The complexes at issue are Kimberly Ridge Manor and Jersey Ridge Manor.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2010
News Release: Associate Attorney General Tom Perrelli joined Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) today to announce the Senate’s passage of Resolution 373, which designates February 2010 as "National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month." Since 2004, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON–A federal grand jury in Mobile, Ala., today returned a 28-count indictment against three individuals for conspiring to falsely label, smuggle and misbrand more than 325,000 pounds of seafood in order to avoid paying tariffs and defraud customers, the Justice Department announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2010
News Release: Two former executives of Willbros International Inc. (WII), a subsidiary of Houston-based Willbros Group Inc. (Willbros), were sentenced today for their roles in a conspiracy to pay more than $6 million in bribes to government officials of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and officials from a Nigerian ...
By Fed Newswire | Jan 28, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between Saehan Bancorp, Los Angeles, California, a registered bank holding company, and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
By Fed Newswire | Jan 28, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and among Guaranty Bancorp, a registered bank holding company, Guaranty Bank and Trust Company, a state chartered member bank, both of Denver, Colorado, the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, and the Colorado Division of Banking.
