News from January 2011
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – In fiscal year 2010, the Department of Justice secured approximately $2.072 billion in judgments and settlements as a result of enforcement actions led by the Criminal Division, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division. This is part of a total of $3.4 ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Attorney General Eric Holder today announced the formation and inaugural meeting of the Violence Against Women Federal and Tribal Prosecution Task Force.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – In honor of the 50th anniversary of Robert F. Kennedy’s swearing-in as the nation’s 64th Attorney General, the Justice Department today welcomed Kennedy family members, including Ethel Kennedy, renowned civil rights leaders, historians and current and former Justice Department employees to pay tribute to Attorney General Kennedy’s service.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A judge sentenced Thomas Hayward Lewis to 12 months and one day in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for violating the civil rights of congregants of the Congregation Tree of Life Messianic Synagogue, as well as possession of an unregistered firearm, the Justice Department announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department announced today that former Chicago Police Department Commander Jon Burge, 63, of Apollo Beach, Fla., was sentenced to 54 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for lying in a deposition in a civil case about torture and abuse of suspects by Chicago Police Department officers. Burge’s sentence was an upward departure from the recommended Guidelines’ sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - The former controller of a Miami-Dade County, Fla., telecommunications company was sentenced to 24 months in prison for his participation in a conspiracy to pay and conceal bribes to former Haitian government officials, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal ...
By Commerce News Now | Jan 21, 2011
News Release: Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Remarks at the U.S.-China Economic and Trade Cooperation Forum, Chicago, Illinois Thank you, Governor Quinn, for those remarks and for bringing this visit to Chicago to showcase the growing links between Illinois companies and China.

By Labor Gazette | Jan 21, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis issued the following statement regarding the Bureau of Labor Statistics' annual "Union Members – 2010" report released today: "Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that, in 2010, the unionization rate of employed wage and salary workers was 11.9 percent, down from 12.3 percent in 2009. Among private sector employees, the rate dropped to 6.9 percent from 7.2 percent in 2009.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 21, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 21, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Jan. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 21, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Jan. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 21, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 21, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Jan. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Jan 21, 2011
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Jan. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 21, 2011
The US Interior Department published a three page notice on Jan. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Jan 21, 2011
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Jan. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 21, 2011
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Jan. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Jan 21, 2011
The US State Department published a one page notice on Jan. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 21, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 21, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Jan. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.