News published on Federal Newswire in May 2010

News from May 2010


President of Iowa Ready-mix Concrete Company Pleads Guilty to Price Fixing and Bid Rigging

News Release: The president of an Iowa ready-mix concrete company pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to fix prices and rig bids for the sale of ready-mix concrete, the Department of Justice announced today.


Former FBI Contract Linguist Sentenced for Leaking Classified Information to Blogger

News Release: U.S. District Judge Alexander Williams sentenced former FBI contract linguist, Shamai Kedem Leibowitz, aka Samuel Shamai Leibowitz, age 40 of Silver Spring, Md., today to 20 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for unlawfully providing classified documents to the host of an Internet blog who then published information from those documents on the blog.


California Patient Recruiter Sentenced to 12 Months in Prison for Medicare Fraud in Power Wheelchair Scam

News Release: A Fresno, Calif.-area patient recruiter was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison for her participation in a nearly $1 million power wheelchair fraud scheme, announced the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS).


California Man Sentenced to 78 Months in Jail for Molesting Child While in the People’s Republic of Bangladesh

News Release: William Newton Rudd, 67, of Fullerton, Calif., was sentenced today to 78 months in jail after pleading guilty on Oct. 30, 2009, to one count of engaging in illicit sexual conduct in a foreign place, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney André ...


Order of prohibition against Walter Simon

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced the issuance of a Consent Order of Prohibition against Walter Simon, a former foreign exchange options trader and an institution-affiliated party of the New York, New York branch of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, Stockholm, Sweden.


Federal Reserve announces online database for consumer credit card agreements

News Release: Consumer credit card agreements from more than 300 credit card issuers are now online in a searchable database created by the Federal Reserve Board.


Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Announces Fishery Failure Determination in Gulf of Mexico

News Release: U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke today determined there has been a fishery disaster in the Gulf of Mexico due to the economic impact on commercial and recreational fisheries from the ongoing Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The affected area includes the states of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.


US Labor Departments OSHA publishes proposed rulemaking to prevent injuries from slips, trips and falls on walking-working surfaces

News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has announced in a notice of proposed rulemaking published in today's Federal Register its plans to require improved worker protection from tripping, slipping and falling hazards on walking and working surfaces. A public hearing on the revised changes will be held after the public comment period for the NPRM.


Court rules in favor of MSHA in UMWA challenge to public hearings

News Release: ARLINGTON, Va. – The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia has ruled in MSHA's favor in a recent challenge to the agency's decision to conduct private interviews as part of its investigation of the Upper Big Branch Mine explosion.


US Department of Labor announces $1.8 million grant to assist workers in Montana affected by timber and wood products layoffs

News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $1.8 million grant to assist around 450 workers affected by layoffs at Plum Creek Timber Co. Inc. and Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. in western Montana.


Notice published by Interior Department on May 24

The US Interior Department published a one page notice on May 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Interior Department publishes notice on May 24

The US Interior Department published a two page notice on May 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published on May 24 by Interior Department

The US Interior Department published a one page notice on May 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


What did Interior Department publish on May 24?

The US Interior Department published a two page notice on May 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published by Justice Department on May 24

The US Justice Department published a two page notice on May 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Justice Department publishes notice on May 24

The US Justice Department published a two page notice on May 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published on May 24 by Justice Department

The US Justice Department published a one page notice on May 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


What did Justice Department publish on May 24?

The US Justice Department published a two page notice on May 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


What did Energy Department publish on May 24?

The US Energy Department published a one page notice on May 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published by Energy Department on May 24

The US Energy Department published a two page notice on May 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.