News from December 2011
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2011
News Release: A new draft computer security publication from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) provides guidance for vendors and security professionals as they work to protect personal computers as they start up.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Ranking Member Sandy Levin (D-MI), Trade Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Jim McDermott (D-WA) issued the following joint statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2011
News Release: Columbia, SC. - United States Attorney William N. Nettles stated today that Tywaun D. Thomas, 32, of Georgetown, S.C., has been charged in a two-count Indictment for possession with intent to distribute heroin and distribution of heroin.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 20, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - With a vote this afternoon reaffirming their support for the House’s Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act, members of the U.S. House of Representatives remain in Washington, D.C. waiting on Senate Democrats to return from their early vacation so Congress can pass a year-long...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 20, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - With a vote this afternoon reaffirming their support for the House’s Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act, members of the U.S. House of Representatives remain in Washington, D.C. waiting on Senate Democrats to return from their early vacation so Congress can pass a year-long...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2011
News Release: Hawaiʻi National Park, HI - The 2012 edition of the federal Interagency Recreation Pass and the annual Hawaiʻi TriPark Pass are now on sale - just in time for the holidays.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - With a vote this afternoon reaffirming their support for the House’s Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act, members of the U.S. House of Representatives remain in Washington, D.C. waiting on Senate Democrats to return from their early vacation so Congress can pass a year-long...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2011
News Release: Join a park ranger at Congaree National Park for Big Tree Hikes from 10:00 am-3:00 pm on Sunday, January 15 and Friday, Jan. 27, 2012.The 6.5 mile hikes will take visitors to some of the largest trees found in the Congaree floodplain and show visitors how "Champion" trees are determined.Participants...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2011
News Release: Camp and Brady Statements on WTO Ministerial Conference.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Attorney General Eric Holder today issued the following statement on the release of the FBI’s Preliminary Uniform Crime Report showing a continued decrease in violent crime nationwide. The results show that the number of violent crimes reported in the first six months of 2011 declined 6.4 ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department secured more than $3 billion in settlements and judgments in civil cases involving fraud against the government in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2011, Tony West, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division, announced today. This is the second year in a row ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The heads of the antitrust agencies of the United States, Canada and Mexico – Acting Assistant Attorney General Sharis A. Pozen of the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, Chairman Jon Leibowitz of the Federal Trade Commission, Canadian Commissioner of Competition Melanie Aitken and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Following a thorough investigation, the Justice Department today announced its findings that the East Haven Police Department (EHPD) has engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination against Latinos in violation of the Constitution and federal law.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Americall Group Inc. (AGI), a Naperville, Ill., telemarketing company specializing in sales for financial service and insurance companies, has agreed to settle charges that AGI violated “do not call” provisions of the Telemarketing Sales Rule, the Justice Department announced today. Under ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Florida loan officer was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge William P. Dimitrouleas in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., for his participation in a nationwide $2.5 million reverse mortgage fraud scheme, the Justice Department announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Lieze Associates, dba Eagle Recycling, of New Jersey, was sentenced today in federal court in Utica, N.Y., following their guilty plea to conspiring to violate the Clean Water Act and to defrauding the United States, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York and the Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - David A. Cusumano of Plymouth, Mich., and Henry Nino, a resident of Northville, Mich., were sentenced today following their pleas of guilty to tax evasion, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) announced today. District Court Judge Gerald E. Rosen, presiding in Detroit, sentenced Cusumano to 15 months and Nino to 18 months in prison. Judge Rosen also imposed three years of supervised release for each defendant.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole and Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division Sharis A. Pozen issued the following statements today after AT&T Inc. abandoned its proposed acquisition of T-Mobile USA Inc. from its parent company, Deutsche Telekom AG: Deputy Attorney ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Two patient recruiters, a nurse and an administrator for two Miami home health care companies were sentenced today for their participation in a $25 million home health Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The defendants were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Joan A. Lenard in the Southern District of Florida.
By Fed Newswire | Dec 19, 2011
News Release: The federal bank regulatory agencies today announced the annual adjustment to the asset-size thresholds used to define small bank, small savings association, intermediate small bank, and intermediate small savings association under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulations. The annual adjustments ...
