News from December 2011
By Interior Newswire | Dec 2, 2011
News Release: Tioga Road Remains Closed Until Further Assessment.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 2, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) launched today the Strategic Technical Assistance Response Team (START) initiative aimed at advancing clean energy generation in Indian Country and providing federally recognized Native American and Alaska Native governments with technical assistance...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 1, 2011
News Release: The National Park Service, Natchez Trace Parkway, announces a lowered speed zone on a two- mile section south of Interstate 20 in Hinds County, MS.In this area, there is habitat for many species of salamanders and frogs, including the state-imperiled Webster's salamander (Plethodon websteri).During rainy...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 1, 2011
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 PARIS —Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today traveled to Paris, France where she joined her counterparts at the G6+1 Ministerial Meeting and met with international security leaders to discuss the Department’s efforts ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Detroit-area occupational therapy assistant has pleaded guilty for her participation in a Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Department of Justice, FBI and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that it is opening civil investigations into two state correctional institutions (SCI) in Western Pennsylvania. In accordance with the pattern or practice provision of the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA), the department will investigate ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – William Paul, formerly of Montgomery, Ala., was convicted today by a federal jury in Montgomery on four counts of tax evasion for the tax years 2004 through 2007, and of one count of failing to file a tax return, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. Pauls’ wife, Donna Paul, a board-certified rheumatologist, pleaded guilty to one count of tax evasion and one count of filing a false federal income tax return on Nov. 16, 2011.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Two associates of the Barrio Azteca (BA) gang have pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Robert Pitman for the Western District of Texas, FBI Assistant Director of the Criminal Investigative Division Kevin Perkins and Administrator Michele M. Leonhart of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Former Indianapolis and Marion County, Ind., City-County Councilman Lincoln Plowman was sentenced today to 40 months in prison , announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer for the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Hogsett of the Southern District ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The owner and the former vice president for corporate strategy of Viable Communications Inc. were each sentenced yesterday to 108 months and 55 months in prison, respectively, for their roles in a scheme that defrauded the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of at least $20 million, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Former White Mountain Apache Tribal police officer, Glenn Cromwell, 35, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Phoenix to two counts of violating civil rights while acting under color of law for detaining, transporting, and then abandoning two adult males in extreme weather conditions on different occurrences in December 2008.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A former New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) officer was sentenced today to serve five years in prison for his role in covering up a police-involved shooting that occurred on the Danziger Bridge in the days after Hurricane Katrina.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 1, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – In commemoration of World AIDS Day, Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis released the following statement highlighting the U.S. Department of Labor's ongoing efforts in the global fight against HIV/AIDS: "This year, on World AIDS Day, a new report from the United Nations shows we've achieved ...
By Labor Gazette | Dec 1, 2011
News Release: More than 200 women applicants affected; complaint seeks back wages, job opportunities WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs is suing federal contractor Brunswick Corp. and Lund Boat Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary. In an administrative complaint filed ...
By Labor Gazette | Dec 1, 2011
News Release: ARLINGTON, Va. – The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration will begin implementing pre-assessment conferencing procedures in January 2012 to help reduce any backlog of future violations before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission. Under the procedures in most ...
By Labor Gazette | Dec 1, 2011
News Release: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending Nov. 26, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 402,000, an increase of 6,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 396,000. The 4-week moving average was 395,750, an increase of 500 from the previous week's revised average of 395,250.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 1, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Dec. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 1, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Dec. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 1, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 1, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
