News from June 2011
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2011
News Release: Colorado National Monument will commemorate Independence Day by raising the American flag on the top of Independence Monument, the tallest free-standing rock formation in the park. This tradition was started over ninety-nine years ago by the legendary John Otto. Today, Mesa County’s Technical Search and Rescue Team continues the tradition of raising the flag every Fourth of July.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 9, 2011
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 JOPLIN, Mo—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today joined Missouri Governor Jay Nixon in Joplin, Mo., to survey the ongoing recovery and response efforts on the ground following the tornadoes and severe weather that ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department has reached an agreement with the city of Bedford, Va., that, if approved by the court, will allow for the city’s bailout from its status as a “covered jurisdiction” under the special provisions of Voting Rights Act, and thereby exempt the city from the preclearance requirements of Section 5 of the act. The agreement is in the form of a consent decree filed yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. subsidiary of Belgian pharmaceutical manufacturer UCB SA. pleaded guilty today to the off-label promotion of its epilepsy drug Keppra and will pay more than $34 million to resolve criminal and civil liability arising out of its illegal conduct, the Justice Department announced today. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Romanian national pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia for leading a money laundering network for a transnational criminal group based in Eastern Europe, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. According to court documents, in less than one year, the criminal conspiracy netted approximately $1.4 million from U.S. victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. government unveiled today a multi-agency, nationwide initiative to combat immigration services scams. The Departments of Justice and Homeland Security (DHS), and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) are leading this historic effort.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced that it has reached an agreement with Alta Irrigation District, a special district in California, that, if approved by the court, will allow for the district to bail out from its status as a “covered jurisdiction” under the special provisions of the Voting ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON -- Charles Hollie, a resident of Tyler, Texas, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Michael H. Schneider to 24 months in prison for filing false tax returns, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. Judge Schneider also ordered Charles Hollie to pay $84,668 ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. government unveiled today a multi-agency, nationwide initiative to combat immigration services scams. The Departments of Justice and Homeland Security (DHS), and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) are leading this historic effort.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - An owner of an Illinois-based technology company was sentenced today to serve one year and a day in prison for his participation in a conspiracy to defraud the federal E-Rate program, the Department of Justice announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department today filed a motion for appointment of a receiver in the U.S. District Court, St. Croix, USVI, to remedy 25 years of non-compliance with court orders by the Virgin Islands Bureau of Corrections (BOC) regarding unconstitutional conditions of confinement at the Golden Grove Adult Correctional and Detention Facility. The United States brought the original complaint under the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Inuka Rhaheed, owner of First Premium Financial Services and a former detective with the Fort Pierce, Fla., Police Department, and Wilens Bertrand, a tax preparer at First Premium, on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States. The jury also found Rhaheed guilty of two counts, and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2011
News Release: CHICAGO — A Pakistani native who operated a Chicago-based immigration business was convicted today of participating in a conspiracy involving a terrorism plot against a Danish newspaper and providing material support to a terrorist organization based in Pakistan. The defendant, Tahawwur Hussain Rana, ...
By Fed Newswire | Jun 9, 2011
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation are seeking comment on proposed supervisory guidance regarding stress-testing practices at banking organizations with total consolidated assets of more than $10 billion.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 9, 2011
News Release: U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke issued the following statement today on the release of the April 2011 U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services report by the Commerce Department’s U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Today’s report showed that U.S. exports of goods and ...
By Commerce News Now | Jun 9, 2011
News Release: The Department of Commerce and NOAA today released national sustainable marine aquaculture policies to meet the growing demand for healthy seafood, to create jobs in coastal communities, and restore vital ecosystems. Foreign aquaculture accounts for about half of the 84 percent of seafood imported by the U.S., contributing to the $9 billion trade deficit in seafood.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 9, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The White House today announced the establishment of the first White House Rural Council. While rural communities face challenges, they also present economic potential. To address these challenges, build on the administration's rural economic strategy and improve the implementation of that strategy, the president signed an executive order establishing the White House Rural Council.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 9, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON — Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today announced the appointments of four additional members to the Labor Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations and Trade Policy.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 9, 2011
News Release: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending June 4, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 427,000, an increase of 1,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 426,000. The 4-week moving average was 424,000, a decrease of 2,750 from the previous week's revised average of 426,750.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 9, 2011
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on June 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
