News published on Federal Newswire in July 2011

News from July 2011


News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON—Seven years after the release of the 9/11 Commission report, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today released a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) report highlighting the significant progress that DHS, ...


News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today met with New Zealand Prime Minister John Key to highlight the strategic partnership between the United States and New Zealand to strengthen aviation security, ...


News Release: WASHINGTON –Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced the launch of the Supportive School Discipline Initiative, a collaborative project between the Departments of Justice and Education that will address the “school-to-prison pipeline” and the disciplinary policies ...


News Release: WASHINGTON – A patient recruiter of a Miami health care agency pleaded guilty today for his 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). Vicente Guerra-Nistal, 54, pleaded guilty before ...


News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today reached a settlement with Brand Energy and Infrastructure Services and its subsidiary, Industrial Services LLC (ISI), resolving allegations that ISI, which provides craft services to industry, engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination against non-citizens in the hiring and employment eligibility verification process.


News Release: WASHINGTON – Approximately 1,985 individuals have been arrested on narcotics-related charges as part of a 20-month multi-agency law enforcement investigation known as “Project Delirium,” which targeted the La Familia Michoacana drug cartel, the Department of Justice announced today. As part of an ongoing ...


News Release: WASHINGTON – Thomas Iafrate, 70, of Johnston, R.I., pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Providence, R.I., today to participating in an extortion and racketeering conspiracy that shook down several Rhode Island businesses for “protection” payments, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer ...


News Release: WASHINGTON – Markus Walder, former head of North America Offshore Banking at an international bank headquartered in Zurich; Susanne D. Rüegg Meier, a former manager with the international bank; Andreas Bachmann, a former banker at a subsidiary of the international bank; and Josef Dörig, the founder of ...


News Release: WASHINGTON – Today the Department of Justice proposed legislation that would significantly improve the safety of women in American Indian tribal communities and allow federal and tribal law-enforcement agencies to hold more perpetrators of domestic violence accountable for their crimes.


Federal Reserve seeks comment on notice outlining regulations previously issued by the Office of Thrift Supervision

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board is seeking comment on a notice that outlines the regulations previously issued by the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) that the Federal Reserve will continue to enforce after assuming supervisory responsibility for savings and loan holding companies (SLHCs).


Board issues enforcement action with West Pointe Bancshares

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of the following enforcement action: West Pointe Bancshares, Inc. (PDF), Oshkosh, Wisconsin Written Agreement dated July 15, 2011 The Federal Reserve Board also announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below: Alterra Bank (formerly known as 1st Financial Bank), Overland Park, Kansas Written Agreement dated June 16, 2009 Terminated June 29, 2011 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions.


ETA Press Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims    Report

News Release: Special Factor: Minnesota has indicated that approximately 1,750 of their reported initial claims are a result of state employees filing due to the state government shutdown.


US Labor Department solicits nominations for 2012 ERISA Advisory Council

News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration is soliciting nominations to fill five three-year vacancies on the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans, known as the ERISA Advisory Council. The deadline to submit nominations is Sept. 16.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on July 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on July 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on July 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on July 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a four page notice on July 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on July 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on July 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.