News published on Federal Newswire in April 2011

News from April 2011


News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice announced today that in order for Google Inc. to proceed with its proposed acquisition of ITA Software Inc., the department will require Google to develop and license travel software, to establish internal firewall procedures and to continue software research and ...


News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department announced today that Joseph Taunton, 31, from Jonesville, La., a former corrections officer at the LaSalle Parish Detention Center in Jena, La., pleaded guilty in federal court for engaging in a sexual act with a federal detainee.


News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice announced today that it will require Stericycle Inc. to divest an asset used in the treatment of infectious waste in order to proceed with its acquisition of Healthcare Waste Solutions Inc. (HWS). The department said the transaction, as originally proposed, would ...


News Release: WASHINGTON – The national president of the American Outlaw Association (Outlaws) motorcycle gang was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for leading a violent criminal organization. U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride of the Eastern District of Virginia; Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the ...


News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today the arrest of Sean Popejoy, 19, and Frankie Maybee, 20, both of Green Forest, Ark., on charges related to a racially-motivated assault on five Hispanic men. A federal grand jury in the Western District of Arkansas returned an indictment on April 5, 2011, charging Popejoy and Maybee with federal hate crime charges and conspiracy to commit a federal hate crime.


News Release: WASHINGTON – A former employee of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va., to 42 months in prison for stealing nearly $250,000 intended for the payment of shipping and customs services for the embassy, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride for the Eastern District of Virginia.


News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced that it has reached a settlement agreement with LF Staffing Services Inc., located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to resolve allegations that LF Staffing Services engaged in employment discrimination by improperly pre-screening job applicants and rejecting valid work authorization documents presented by certain groups of immigrant workers.


News Release: WASHINGTON – Attorney General Eric Holder today at an awards ceremony hosted by the Department of Justice recognized seven individuals and three organizations for outstanding work on behalf of crime victims.


News Release: WASHINGTON – A registered nurse employed by a Houston health care company pleaded guilty today in connection with an alleged $5.2 million Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS).


Approval of proposal by Bank of Communications Co., Ltd

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday approved the application by Bank of Communications Co., Ltd., Shanghai, People's Republic of China, to establish a branch in San Francisco, California.


US Department of Labor announces grant to continue re-employment services for Wisconsin workers affected by layoffs at 80 companies

News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $3,972,529 National Emergency Grant incremental award to continue re-employment services for about 2,580 workers affected by layoffs and plant closures at 80 companies throughout Wisconsin, predominantly in the manufacturing sector.


US Labor Department sues Duluth, Ga., software services company to restore losses to 401(k) retirement plan participants and beneficiaries

News Release: ATLANTA – The U.S. Department of Labor is suing CSG Group, and the company’s owner, Thomas Wimberly, for violating the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and to restore losses suffered by participants and beneficiaries of the company’s 401(k) profit sharing plan.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on April 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on April 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on April 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a three page notice on April 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on April 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on April 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on April 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on April 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.