News published on Federal Newswire in March 2011

News from March 2011


News Release: WASHINGTON – Honeywell International Inc. pleaded guilty today in federal district court in Benton, Ill., to one felony offense for knowingly storing hazardous waste without a permit in violation of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Honeywell was also sentenced today to pay a criminal fine in the amount of $11.8 million.


News Release: WASHINGTON – Former Senior U.S. District Court Judge Jack T. Camp Jr., was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Atlanta to one month in prison for unlawful possession of controlled substances charges and unlawful conversion of government property, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division, Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Lamkin of the FBI’s Atlanta Office and Director Vernon Keenan of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Eric Bernard Caldwell was indicted by a federal grand jury in the Middle District of Alabama on charges of conspiracy and theft of government funds, the Department of Justice and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. The indictment was returned on Feb. 16, 2011, and unsealed today.


News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal jury in Norfolk, Va., today convicted Justin Cannon, 27, of Corpus Christi, Texas, and Christopher Drotleff, 29, of Virginia Beach, Va., of involuntary manslaughter while working as contractors for the U.S. Department of Defense in Afghanistan.


News Release: WASHINGTON – Helen Etinfoh, the former owner and operator of a Houston durable medical equipment (DME) company was sentenced today to 41 months in prison in connection with a $3 million power wheelchair fraud scheme, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS) announced.


Approval of the proposal by The Goldman Sachs Group

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday announced its approval of the proposal by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., New York, New York, to retain 9.8 percent of the voting shares of Avenue Financial Holdings, Inc. ("Holdings") and indirectly retain voting shares of Holdings' wholly owned subsidiary bank, Avenue Bank, both of Nashville, Tennessee. Attached is the Board's Order relating to this action.


News Release: The Commerce Department’s U.S. Census Bureau today released retail sales data for February 2011. Retail sales jumped 1.0 percent, a strong monthly gain and the eighth consecutive monthly increase. This figure was slightly below private-sector expectations of a 1.2-percent gain. Sales at motor vehicle dealers increased 2.3 percent. Sales excluding automotive dealers increased 0.7 percent, consistent with private-sector expectations of a 0.7 percent gain.


Statement by Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on earthquake and tsunami in Japan

News Release: WASHINGTON Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today issued the following statement regarding the earthquake and tsunami in Japan: "I send my deepest condolences to the people of Japan, particularly to those who have lost loved ones in the earthquake and tsunami. Disasters like this one have devastating ...


US Labor Department sues trustee of defunct Maine company employee stock ownership plan to restore losses to the plan

News Release: BOSTON – The U.S. Department of Labor has sued Stephen Thomas, individually and as trustee of the defunct Gagne Precast Concrete Products Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, for alleged violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act that cost the plan millions of dollars in losses. ERISA is the federal law that protects the assets and participants of private sector employee benefit plans.


US Labor Department sues trustee of defunct Mentor, Ohio, company to recover profit sharing plan assets

News Release: MENTOR, Ohio – The U.S. Department of Labor has sued the trustee of the North Coast Wood Products Profit Sharing Plan, Harry Fishleigh III, for improperly transferring $96,837.63 in plan assets to his son, Steven Fishleigh, in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.


The US State Department published a one page notice on March 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a two page notice on March 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on March 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on March 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on March 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on March 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on March 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on March 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on March 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on March 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.