News from April 2011
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON –Attorney General Eric Holder and Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the approval by the U.S. District Court of the settlement of a class action lawsuit filed against USDA by Native American farmers alleging discrimination by USDA. The court’s approval of the settlement ends litigation concerning discrimination complaints from Native Americans generally covering the period 1981-1999.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 30, 2011
News Release: Are you between the ages of 15 and 18, looking for employment, and like to work outside? Here is a wonderful opportunity to join the Youth Conservation Corps (YCC). Andersonville National Historic Site is looking for young men and women, ages 15 through 18, who work, learn, and earn together on projects...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 30, 2011
News Release: The climber who died due to an avalanche near the Ruth Gorge on Thursday, April 28 has been identified as Chris Lackey, age 39, of Houston, Texas. He was with one of two guided parties that were camped overnight on the 'Root Canal', a commonly used glacier landing strip and camping area that lied directly...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 29, 2011
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Border Interoperability Demonstration Project Fact Sheet (Link no longer available) WASHINGTON — Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today announced $25.5 million in grant funding under the Border Interoperability Demonstration ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON — API Healthcare Corporation has abandoned its merger plans with Kronos Inc. after the Department of Justice expressed concerns that the acquisition would have reduced competition and increased prices in healthcare-specific workforce management technology. As a result of the contract termination, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Flavio Ricotti, a former executive of Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.-based valve company Control Components Inc. (CCI), has pleaded guilty for his participation in a conspiracy to secure contracts by paying bribes to officials of foreign state-owned companies as well as officers and employees of foreign and domestic private companies.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Wrapping up a month’s worth of events in recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, the Departments of Justice and Education participated in a town hall-style event today at Benjamin Banneker Academic High School in Washington, D.C. Associate Attorney General Tom Perrelli; Susan B. Carbon, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Four members of a Pittsburgh Crips street gang pleaded guilty this week in federal court to charges of conspiring to conduct a racketeering enterprise, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer and U.S. Attorney David J. Hickton of the Western District of Pennsylvania.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that Brian Lewis, Abel Mark Gonzalez and Andrew Kerber were sentenced for their roles in violating the civil rights of congregants of several houses of worship in Modesto, Calif.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Alberto Benjamin Arellano-Felix, an alleged leader of the Arellano-Felix Organization (AFO), was extradited today by the government of Mexico to the United States to face racketeering, money laundering and narcotics trafficking charges in the Southern District of California.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 29, 2011
News Release: U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and the congressional delegation today concluded their three-day trip to Seoul with a visit to the Demilitarized Zone –the border between South and North Korea – and lunch with U.S troops and their families at Yongsan Garrison to thank them for their service. The group also met with leaders of South Korea’s Democratic Party and Grand National Party at Korea’s National Assembly to discuss the U.S.-South Korea Trade Agreement (KORUS).
By Commerce News Now | Apr 29, 2011
News Release: The U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis today released personal income and outlays for March 2011. Personal income rose 0.5 percent, and real disposable income increased 0.1 percent. The personal saving rate stayed constant at 5.5 percent. Real personal consumption expenditures increased 0.2 percent for the month and at a 2.7-percent annual rate in the first quarter.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 29, 2011
News Release: SPARTA, Wis. – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent order and judgment requiring Quality Tool and Machine Inc. of Sparta and the company's president, Jerry Freimuth, to restore $11,763 in employee contributions and lost opportunity costs to the company's savings incentive match plan for ...
By State News Post | Apr 29, 2011
The US State Department published a one page notice on April 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 29, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on April 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Apr 29, 2011
The US State Department published a two page notice on April 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 29, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on April 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 29, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on April 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2011
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on April 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2011
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on April 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
