News published on Federal Newswire in March 2011

News from March 2011


News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the state of West Virginia announced today that Consol Energy Inc., the largest producer of coal from underground mines in the United States, has agreed to pay a $5.5 million civil penalty for Clean Water Act ...


News Release: The Department of Justice marked the start of Sunshine Week today with the launch of FOIA.gov , the “flagship initiative” of the department’s Open Government Plan and one of the most significant contributions yet toward making this the most transparent administration in history.


News Release: WASHINGTON – A Kentucky couple and their caviar companies were charged today with trafficking in and falsely labeling illegally harvested paddlefish (Polydon spathula), the Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio announced today. The American paddlefish (Polydon ...


News Release: WASHINGTON – Raymond Bowman, the former president of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker (TBW), pleaded guilty today to conspiring to commit bank, wire and securities fraud, and lying to federal agents about his role in a fraud scheme that contributed to the failures of TBW and Colonial Bank.


News Release: WASHINGTON – Jeffrey Chatfield of San Diego was sentenced before U.S. District Judge Michael M. Anello to three years probation for hiding assets in secret offshore UBS bank accounts, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. Chatfield was also ordered to pay more than $96,000 to resolve his civil liability with the IRS for failing to file the required Reports of Foreign Bank and Financial Reports (FBARs) on Forms TD F 90-22.1.


News Release: WASHINGTON – Revised regulations implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) will take effect tomorrow, Mar. 15, 2011, the Department of Justice announced. The revised rules are the department’s first major revision of its guidance on accessibility in 20 years.


News Release: WASHINGTON – Alleged Mexican drug kingpin Esteban Rodriguez-Olivera, 47, was extradited from Mexico to the United States on Friday, Mar. 11, 2011, and was arraigned today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Cheryl L. Pollak at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, N.Y., on charges contained in a superseding ...


News Release: Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Remarks at luncheon co-hosted by Center for American Progress and Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists of Turkey (TUSKON) Good afternoon, everyone. It’s a pleasure to be here today.


US Department of Labor obtains judgment restoring $18,000 to Burnsville, Minn.-based Slate Cement's health, dental and 401(k) plans

News Release: BURNSVILLE, Minn. – A federal district court in Minneapolis has ordered Larry Lauterbach, the president and former owner of Slate Cement Inc., a defunct Burnsville construction company, to restore $17,273.18 in unremitted employee contributions and lost opportunity costs to the company's health and dental plan, and $747.20 in unremitted employee contributions to the company's 401(k) plan.


The US Agriculture Department published a three page notice on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.