News from November 2010
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 24, 2010
News Release: Three NIST researchers have been chosen to receive Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 24, 2010
News Release: Suspicious packages and powders have triggered more than 30,000 responses by U.S. law enforcement agencies across the country since 2001. These events are expensive, time-consuming and potentially dangerous. To help first responders at all levels of government deal safely and more effectively with suspected...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 24, 2010
News Release: Petrified Forest-On December 8, 2010, celebrate Petrified Forest National Park's 104th Anniversary! Activities at Petrified Forest include.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 23, 2010
News Release: The visitor centers at Theodore Roosevelt National Park and Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday, November 25. Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site will be closed in its entirety.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 23, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 "Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano will travel to Panama City and Mexico City on Nov. 29-30 to meet with her international counterparts and reiterate the Obama administration's continued commitment ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – An Oakland, Calif., woman was convicted of health care fraud in connection with a scheme to bill Medicare for power wheelchairs that were medically unnecessary, announced the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON — A former employee of two Massachusetts-based customer relationship management agencies that purchase direct mail advertising has agreed to plead guilty to charges relating to his receipt of more than $1.8 million in kickbacks, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department has reached an agreement with Stonecleave Village Association, Inc. to resolve allegations that Stonecleave engaged in a pattern or practice of familial status discrimination by imposing excessive fines on residents with children for alleged violations of Stonecleave’s rules. The settlement still must be approved by U.S. District Court Judge Joseph L. Tauro.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Attorney General Eric Holder today named 18 experts – scholars and practitioners in criminology, statistics, sociology and practitioners in the criminal and juvenile justice fields – to the newly created Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Science Advisory Board. Laurie O. Robinson, OJP’s Assistant ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Under a global bankruptcy settlement lodged in federal bankruptcy court in Manhattan today, Tronox Inc. and its affiliated debtors will pay $270 million into trusts and to federal and state agencies that will fund the cleanup of contaminated sites in 22 states, numerous federal agencies announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON– James White, 46, of Wilmington, Del., was sentenced today to 60 months in prison and five years of supervised release for receiving child pornography, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney David C. Weiss of the District of Delaware.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal jury today convicted Amador Cortes-Meza, 36, of Mexico, of multiple charges of sex trafficking and human smuggling offenses related to a scheme to force women and juveniles into prostitution. The jury found Cortes-Meza guilty on all 19 counts after a trial lasting approximately two weeks.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Russell Mackert, 51, of Spring, Texas, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Richmond, Va., to conspiracy charges in connection with his role as a lawyer for the A&O entities, a group of businesses that acquired and marketed more than $100 million of fraudulent investments in life ...
By Fed Newswire | Nov 23, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of the following enforcement actions: America's Community Bank (87 KB PDF), Blue Springs, Missouri Written Agreement dated Nov. 17, 2010 Cadence Financial Corporation (64 KB PDF), Starkville, Mississippi Written Agreement dated November ...
By Fed Newswire | Nov 23, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Tuesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on November 2-3, 2010 and of the conference call held on Oct. 15, 2010. A summary of economic projections made by Federal Reserve Board members and Reserve Bank presidents for the November 2-3, 2010 meeting is also included as an addendum to these minutes.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 23, 2010
News Release: The U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis today released the second estimate of gross domestic product (GDP) for the third quarter of 2010. Real GDP grew at a 2.5 percent annual rate in the third quarter, revised up from the advance estimate of 2.0 percent and slightly higher than private-sector expectations of a 2.4 percent increase. The upward revision reflected data that were not available for the advance estimate.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 23, 2010
News Release: U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke issued the following statement on Iceland’s decision to resume international trade in fin whale meat, and its escalation of commercial whaling outside of the control of the International Whaling Commission (IWC). Iceland killed 273 endangered fin whales in the last ...
By Commerce News Now | Nov 23, 2010
News Release: Three Small Businesses Chosen for the First Time in a Single Year U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke today named seven organizations as recipients of the 2010 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s highest presidential honor for performance excellence through innovation, improvement and ...
By Labor Gazette | Nov 23, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $2,073,235 grant to assist about 330 workers who reside in Massachusetts affected by layoffs and closings at 12 companies, 11 in Massachusetts and one in Connecticut.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 23, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $517,197 grant to provide an estimated 210 jobless workers in Utah with partial premium payments for health insurance coverage.
