News published on Federal Newswire in August 2011

News from August 2011


Bono Mack Requests Security Briefing From McAfee on Hacking Report

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Mary Bono Mack (R-CA) sent a letter to McAfee, Inc. today seeking more information about the company’s alarming new report entitled “Revealed: Operation Shady RAT." The report summarizes McAfee’s findings regarding a widespread global hacking campaign taking place over the past five years.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Howard Berman, Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement commending the administration’s decision to commit additional humanitarian aid in response to the famine in the Horn of Africa.


Boxer Statement on Recycling Company's Commitment to Reduce Harmful Air Pollution in Mecca, CA

News Release: WASHINGTON - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement concerning the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) announcement that it has signed a binding agreement with Western Environmental Inc. and Waste Reduction Technologies to eliminate harmful odors that have plagued the community of Mecca, California.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Mary Bono Mack (R-CA) sent a letter to McAfee, Inc. today seeking more information about the company’s alarming new report entitled “Revealed: Operation Shady RAT." The report summarizes McAfee’s findings regarding a widespread global hacking campaign taking place over the past five years.


News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Bossier City, La.—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today joined U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu at the Cyber Innovation Center to meet with teachers and students in the cybersecurity field—underscoring the Department ...


News Release: WASHINGTON – Emerson Winfield Begolly, 22, of New Bethlehem, Pa., pleaded guilty today in Pittsburgh to soliciting others to engage in acts of terrorism within the United States and to using a firearm during and in relation to an assault on FBI agents.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Four Florida men were arrested today on charges that they defrauded homeowners in Massachusetts and elsewhere in connection with a home loan modification scam, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz for the District of Massachusetts and Christy Romero, Acting Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP).


News Release: WASHINGTON – Eric Bernard Caldwell, a resident of Montgomery County, Ala., was sentenced today to 30 months in prison, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. Judge William Albritton of the Middle District of Alabama also ordered Caldwell to pay $386,100.41 in restitution to the IRS.


Board issues enforcement actions with Reliance Bancshares, Inc. and Mesaba Bancshares, Inc.

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of the following enforcement actions: Mesaba Bancshares, Inc. (PDF), Grand Rapids, Minnesota Written Agreement dated Aug. 3, 2011 Reliance Bancshares, Inc. (PDF), Des Peres, Missouri Written Agreement dated July 14, 2011 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions.


FOMC statement

News Release: Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in June indicates that economic growth so far this year has been considerably slower than the Committee had expected. Indicators suggest a deterioration in overall labor market conditions in recent months, and the unemployment rate has ...


Statement by Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on labor rights enforcement case against Guatemala

News Release: WASHINGTON — Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today issued the following statement regarding the decision to request an arbitral panel in a dispute over labor rights enforcement by Guatemala: "I applaud U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk's decision today to request the establishment of an arbitral panel ...


The US State Department published a one page notice on Aug. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Aug. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Aug. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Aug. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Aug. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Aug. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Aug. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.