News from October 2011
By DOE Newswire | Oct 5, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today approved H.R. 1343, authored by Rep. Charles Bass (R-NH), which improves accountability and transparency for broadband stimulus spending, by unanimous consent. The 2009 stimulus program allocated approximately $7 billion in taxpayer dollars to...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 4, 2011
News Release: Over 160 volunteers showed their community support by rolling up their sleeves and grabbing gloves, shovels, loppers and wheelbarrows to help repair some of the recent storm damage at the Meadowood Special Recreation Management Area in Lorton, Virginia. They were on site Saturday morning, Sept. 24...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 4, 2011
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today met with Honduran President Porfirio Lobo Sosa to discuss aviation and maritime security, and information sharing between the United States and Honduras.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 4, 2011
News Release: Secretary Napolitano’s Remarks on Smart Effective Border Security and Immigration Enforcement DHS is focused on smart and effective enforcement of U.S. immigration laws in a manner that best promotes public safety, border security, and the integrity of the immigration system.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal court has permanently barred John E. Rogers and two of his companies, Sugarloaf Fund LLC and Jetstream Business Limited, from promoting tax shelters that allegedly use distressed Brazilian debt to lower customers’ reported income improperly, the Justice Department and Internal ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON — A former special agent with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Criminal Investigation Division (CID) in Dallas has pleaded guilty to lying under oath and obstructing justice, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Inspector General Arthur A. Elkins Jr. of the EPA’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Three federal courts have issued decisions in favor of the United States in three separate cases involving abusive tax shelters, the Justice Department announced today. All of the court opinions were issued on Sept. 30, 2011.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON — Danfoss Flensburg GmbH, formerly Danfoss Compressors GmbH, has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a $3 million criminal fine for its role in an international conspiracy to fix the prices of light commercial compressors, a type of refrigerant compressor used in devices such as water coolers and vending machines, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Richard Muto was sentenced to 36 months in prison followed by one year of supervised release for corruptly endeavoring to obstruct and impede the due administration of the Internal Revenue laws, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. Muto pleaded guilty to the charge in January 2011 after a two-count indictment was filed against him in December 2005.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - A former senior construction manager who worked as an agent for an intergovernmental organization pleaded guilty today to seeking $190,000 in payments as a reward for steering U.S.-funded contracts in Afghanistan, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. of the District of Columbia; ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Karen St. Pierre of Barrington, R.I., pleaded guilty before Judge John J. McConnell Jr. in the District of Rhode Island to one count of willfully filing a false individual tax return, the Department of Justice and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today.
By Fed Newswire | Oct 4, 2011
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of the following enforcement action: Tennessee Valley Financial Holdings, Inc., Oak Ridge, Tennessee Written Agreement dated Sept. 26, 2011 The Federal Reserve Board also announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below: State Bank Financial, La Crosse, Wisconsin Written Agreement dated Sept. 13, 2010 Terminated Sept. 27, 2011 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 4, 2011
News Release: Court yet to determine amount of wages and damages owed; more than $1.6 million sought DAYTON, Ohio In a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Labor against Cascom Inc. and president Julia J. Gress alleging wage violations, U.S. District Court Judge Thomas M. Rose has ruled that the Fairfield, Ohio, ...
By Labor Gazette | Oct 4, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today issued the following statement to mark National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: "This month, Americans from all walks of life lock hands to send a message that this country will not tolerate domestic violence. Every day, three women in America die at the hands of a violent abuser. We must redouble our efforts to prevent these senseless tragedies.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 4, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today issued the following statement calling on Congress to create export-driven jobs by ratifying free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea, and to pass a robust Trade Adjustment Assistance program: "For the sake of our economic recovery, ...
By Labor Gazette | Oct 4, 2011
News Release: Grants target industries in 20 states and DC that rely on H-1B visa program for skilled workers WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced $159,266,650 in grants to 36 public-private partnerships serving 20 states and the District of Columbia through the first round of funding under the ...
By DOT News Wire | Oct 4, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Oct. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Oct 4, 2011
The US State Department published a one page notice on Oct. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 4, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Oct. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 4, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Oct. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
