News from March 2011
By State Newswire | Mar 23, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Howard Berman, Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement in response to the bombing that took place today in downtown Jerusalem.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 23, 2011
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) is planning to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) for a Great Lakes Invasive Plant Management Plan (IPMP) for the following ten parks located in the Great Lakes region: Apostle Islands National Lakeshore (APIS), Grand Portage National Monument (GRPO), Ice Age National...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 23, 2011
News Release: With less than six months left in the countdown to dam removal on the Elwha River, Olympic National Park staff is working to repair roads in advance of construction-related traffic and to provide as much access for park visitors as is safely possible.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 23, 2011
News Release: U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement on the one year anniversary of the job-destroying health care law...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2011
News Release: DETROIT, MI - A medical doctor has been charged with unlawfully distributing prescription drug controlled substances, including the Schedule II prescription drug (oxycodone), and health care fraud, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. McQuade was joined in the announcement by Robert L. Corso, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Detroit Field Division.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today issued the following statement on the one year anniversary of the health care law...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today issued the following statement on the one year anniversary of the health care law...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today issued the following statement on the one year anniversary of the health care law...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 22, 2011
News Release: Superintendent Cicely Muldoon announced today that Point Reyes National Seashore is seeking applications for this summer's Youth Conservation Corps Program (YCC).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Murphy Hubbard, a Springfield, Mo., CPA, pleaded guilty to two counts of mail fraud and one count of tax evasion before Judge James England in the Western District of Missouri, the Department of Justice and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. According to the terms of Hubbard’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Kathryn Charles Miles and husband John Scott Miles, of Mathews County, Va., pleaded guilty to conspiring to impair and obstruct the IRS in the ascertainment and assessment of federal income taxes from 2001 through 2010.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A former executive of a California aftermarket auto lights distributor has agreed to plead guilty for his participation in a global conspiracy to fix the prices of aftermarket auto lights, the Department of Justice announced today. Aftermarket auto lights are incorporated into an automobile after its original sale, often as repairs following a collision or as accessories and upgrades.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – In the wake of an increase in law enforcement officer fatalities, Attorney General Eric Holder launched a law enforcement officer safety initiative today, directing every U.S. Attorney to meet with federal, state and local law enforcement officials in their districts to ensure the department’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today a grand jury in the Eastern District of Wisconsin returned a one-count indictment against U.S. citizen Roland J. Flath for traveling in foreign commerce and engaging in and attempting to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor less than 18 years of age, announced Assistant Attorney ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Reynaldo Orozco pleaded guilty to one count of filing a false tax return before U.S. District Court Judge Adalberto Jordan in the Southern District of Florida, the Department of Justice and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. The court set sentencing for June 17, 2011.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - James and Theresa Demuro of Bridgewater, N.J., were each sentenced by U.S. District Judge Garrett E. Brown Jr. to 51 months in prison, followed by three years supervised release, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. Judge Brown also ordered the Demuros to pay restitution to the IRS in the amount of $1,337,952.12.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Occidental Oil and Gas Corporation, and OXY USA Inc. have agreed to pay the United States $2.05 million plus interest to resolve claims that the companies violated the False Claims Act by knowingly underpaying royalties owed on natural gas produced from ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The former managing director of the Pamrapo Service Corporation (Service Corporation), the investment arm of the former Pamrapo Savings Bank, was convicted today of embezzling more than $571,000 in commissions and fees belonging to the Service Corporation through a mail fraud scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman for the District of New Jersey.
By Fed Newswire | Mar 22, 2011
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of the following enforcement actions: Northern States Financial Corporation (78 KB PDF), Waukegan, Illinois Written Agreement dated March 17, 2011 Tidelands Bancshares, Inc. (64 KB PDF) Mount Pleasant, South Carolina Written Agreement dated March 18, 2011 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions.
By Fed Newswire | Mar 22, 2011
News Release: The Federal Reserve System on Tuesday released the 2010 combined annual comparative financial statements for the Federal Reserve Banks, as well as for the 12 individual Federal Reserve Banks, the limited liability companies (LLCs) that were created to respond to strains in financial markets, and the Board of Governors. These financial statements are audited annually by an independent auditing firm.
