News from January 2010
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 13, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 "The entire Department of Homeland Security (DHS) extends its sympathy for the devastation and loss of life in Haiti following last night's earthquake--a disaster that has called the world to action in response. The U.S. Coast ...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 13, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 “Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Assistant Secretary John Morton today halted all removals to Haiti for the time being in response to the devastation caused by yesterday’s earthquake. ICE continues to closely monitor the situation.”
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON—Clement Calhoun, a member of the Cherokee Nation in North Carolina, was sentenced in federal court in the Western District of North Carolina, to six months in prison for illegally transporting and selling 51 bear gall bladders, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2010
News Release: The Department of Justice has appointed Francey Hakes to serve as the National Coordinator for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction. The position, working out of the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, was created by Congress in the Protect Our Children Act of 2008.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department announced today it has sued George K. Pragovich of Clarksville, Tenn., to stop him from promoting an alleged nationwide scheme involving hundreds of frivolous lawsuits filed against the United States. According to the civil injunction lawsuit, filed in U.S. District ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Bradley C. Brennecke, a resident of Pleasant Plain, Ohio, and Bruce A. Mrusek, a resident of Maineville, Ohio, pleaded guilty late Tuesday to conspiracy and tax evasion charges before District Court Judge Michael R. Barrett in Cincinnati, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced separate agreements under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Pace University in New York City and Reed College in Portland, Ore., regarding the use in a classroom setting of the electronic book reader, the Kindle DX, a hand-held technological device that simulates the experience of reading a book.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2010
News Release: Anthony Mowl, the former assistant vice president of business development for Viable Communications Inc. (Viable), and Donald Tropp, the former human resources manager for Viable, pleaded guilty today to engaging in a conspiracy to defraud the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Video Relay Service (VRS) program of more than $2.5 million, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Thomas E. Perez and U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas Tim Johnson today announced the conviction of a former trooper with the Texas Department of Public Safety who was charged with depriving multiple motorists of their civil rights. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department filed a lawsuit today against the Valley Club of Huntingdon Valley, Penn., alleging that the club engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination on the basis of race or color.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - The United States has asked a federal court in Dublin, Ga., to permanently bar James J. King from preparing federal income tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. According to the government complaint, King of Telfair County, Ga., operates a business called "James King Tax Service" which prepares federal income tax returns for customers that unlawfully understate income tax liabilities through a variety of schemes.
By Commerce News Now | Jan 13, 2010
News Release: Thank you, Mayor Villaraigosa, for the kind words. It’s always great to be in Los Angeles. I’m delighted that Senator Boxer could be with us this afternoon. And I want to thank our hosts, the South Los Angeles WorkSource Center, and all of you for joining us here today.
By Commerce News Now | Jan 13, 2010
News Release: Thank you, Dan. I am delighted to be here with you today in Los Angeles—the home of an American movie industry that is an iconic engine of creativity and innovation.
By Commerce News Now | Jan 13, 2010
News Release: Funding to upgrade and expand computer centers in most vulnerable communities U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke today, joined by U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer, Congresswoman Maxine Waters and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa at the South Los Angeles WorkSource Center,announced a $7.5 million Recovery Act grant ...
By Commerce News Now | Jan 13, 2010
News Release: Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Meets with Entertainment Industry Officials in Los Angeles to Discuss Global Intellectual Property Protection U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke met with representatives from the motion picture industry and labor unions today to discuss the administration’s commitment to ...
By Labor Gazette | Jan 13, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today announced $150 million in green jobs training grants, as authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). The "Pathways Out of Poverty" grants – as the group of funding awards is known – will support programs that help disadvantaged populations find ways out of poverty and into economic self-sufficiency through employment in energy efficiency and renewable energy industries.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 13, 2010
News Release: Washington – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the publication of a final rule to protect employee contributions deposited to small pension and welfare benefit plans with fewer than 100 participants by providing a safe harbor period of seven business days following receipt or withholding by employers.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 13, 2010
News Release: Elk Grove, Illinois – The U.S. Department of Labor has sued the former owners of Jet Fastener Corp. in Geneva and fiduciaries of the company’s health plan to recover employee health benefit contributions used to pay the company’s operating expenses.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 13, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a five page notice on Jan. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 13, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Jan. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
