News from August 2011

By EPA Newswire | Aug 10, 2011
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.
By State Newswire | Aug 10, 2011
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.

By US DOT Newswire | Aug 10, 2011
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.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 10, 2011
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.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 9, 2011
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 ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2011
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.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2011
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).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2011
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.

By Fed Newswire | Aug 9, 2011
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.

By Fed Newswire | Aug 9, 2011
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 ...

By Labor Gazette | Aug 9, 2011
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 ...
By State News Post | Aug 9, 2011
The US State Department published a one page notice on Aug. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 9, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Aug. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 9, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Aug. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 9, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Aug. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 9, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 9, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2011
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Aug. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2011
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Aug. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Aug 9, 2011
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Aug. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.