News from December 2011

By USDA Newswire | Dec 27, 2011
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 24, 2011
News Release: National Park ServiceNews Release. - Dec. 24, 2011. Ed Cummins, Chief Ranger, MOCA/TUZI, 928-567-3322 x227. Sunday Bird Walks at Montezuma Well. Beginning Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012, the National Park Service will offer guided bird walks at the Montezuma Well unit of Montezuma Castle National Monument.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – GE Funding Capital Market Services Inc. entered into an agreement with the Department of Justice to resolve the company’s role in anticompetitive activity in the municipal bond investments market and agreed to pay a total of $70 million in restitution, penalties and disgorgement to federal and state agencies, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Kerry Pettus, aka “Lil Kerry,” 23, of Nashville, Tenn., pleaded guilty to charges related to his membership in the Bloods gang criminal enterprise , Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee Jerry E. Martin announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Pennsylvania husband and wife were sentenced yesterday to 30 months and 24 months in prison, respectively, for their participation in a scheme to provide out-of-state residents with Pennsylvania driver’s licenses and Pennsylvania commercial driver’s licenses (CDL), Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Zane David Memeger of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A former private security guard was convicted by a federal jury yesterday in San Juan, Puerto Rico, for his role in providing security for a drug transaction, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Rosa E. Rodriguez-Velez of the District of Puerto Rico and Special Agent in Charge Joseph S. Campbell of the FBI’s San Juan Field Office.

By Fed Newswire | Dec 23, 2011
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday issued a final notice for a two-year phase-in period for most savings and loan holding companies (SLHCs) to file Federal Reserve regulatory reports and an exemption for some SLHCs from initially filing Federal Reserve regulatory reports.

By Fed Newswire | Dec 23, 2011
News Release: Four federal agencies on Friday extended until Feb. 13, 2012, the comment period on a proposal to implement the so-called Volcker Rule of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The Dodd-Frank Act requires regulators to implement certain prohibitions and restrictions on the ...

By Fed Newswire | Dec 23, 2011
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday released a statement concerning its action of Dec. 19, 2011, approving the application by The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and PNC Bancorp, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, to acquire RBC Bank (USA), Raleigh, North Carolina. Attached is the Board's statement relating to this action.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 23, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 23, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Dec. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 23, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Dec. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Dec 23, 2011
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Dec. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 23, 2011
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Dec. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 23, 2011
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Dec. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 23, 2011
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Dec. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Dec 23, 2011
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Dec. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Dec 23, 2011
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Dec. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Dec 23, 2011
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Dec. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Dec 23, 2011
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Dec. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.