News from September 2011
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The National Park Service (NPS) and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (the Fund) will host a Public Scoping Meeting on Sept. 15, to seek the public's input as part of the process of preparing an Environmental Assessment for proposed Education Center for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 13, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today’s Census report showing a 17-year high in the nation’s poverty rate highlights the urgent need for action on jobs. The number of children living in poverty also increased by nearly 1 million to a total of 16.4 million, or 22% of all children. President Obama has laid out a broad plan...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 12, 2011
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 12, 2011
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano announced new partnerships between the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) "If You See Something, Say Something™" public awareness campaign and several sports organizations ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2011
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. – Maxim Healthcare Services Inc., one of the nation’s leading providers of home healthcare services, has entered into a settlement to resolve criminal and civil charges relating to a nationwide scheme to defraud Medicaid programs and the Veterans Affairs program of more than $61 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Accenture LLP has agreed to pay the United States $63.675 million to resolve a whistleblower lawsuit, the Justice Department announced today. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, alleges that Accenture submitted or caused to be submitted false claims for payment under numerous contracts with agencies of the United States for information technology services.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON — A former executive at Bennett Environmental Inc. (BEI), a Canada-based company that treats and disposes of contaminated soil, was sentenced today to 50 months in prison for participating in money-laundering and fraud conspiracies in connection with contracts at a Superfund site in New Jersey, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A second California aftermarket auto lights distributor has agreed to plead guilty for participating in a global conspiracy to fix the prices of aftermarket auto lights, the Department of Justice announced. 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 | Sep 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Valerie Byrd and Isaac Dailey, both residents of Montgomery County, Ala., each pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to defraud the United States, the Department of Justice and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that Glenn E. Morgan Jr. of Detroit pleaded guilty in federal court to sending a noose and threatening photographs through the mail to a Detroit couple because of their race.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Three Pakistani citizens pleaded guilty today in the District of Columbia to conspiracy to provide material support to the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP), often referred to as the Pakistani Taliban, a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Three Pakistani citizens pleaded guilty today in the District of Columbia to conspiracy to provide material support to the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP), often referred to as the Pakistani Taliban, a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Wilmington, Del., man pleaded guilty today to production and transportation of child pornography, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Charles M. Oberly III of the District of Delaware and John P. Kelleghan, Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Philadelphia.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 12, 2011
News Release: Commerce’s Economics and Statistics Administration Releases Third and Final STEM Report Acting U.S. Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank unveiled findings from the Economics and Statistics Administration’s (ESA) third and final report on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) jobs and education ...
By Labor Gazette | Sep 12, 2011
News Release: Date of Action: Aug. 8, 2011 Type of Action: Complaint Names of Defendants: Odell Jones, III; Cecily Hoagland; and Jomar Building Company 401(k) Plan located in Detroit, Mich.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 12, 2011
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Sept. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 12, 2011
The US Commerce Department published an eight page notice on Sept. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 12, 2011
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Sept. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 12, 2011
The US Commerce Department published a five page notice on Sept. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 12, 2011
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Sept. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
