News published on Federal Newswire in August 2012

News from August 2012


2012 Founder's Day Celebration

News Release: Brookline, MA - On Aug. 25, 2012, John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site will celebrate the 96th birthday of the National Park Service by offering special programs and tours from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.Birthdays are a time of celebration, and we hope everyone, especially families with children...


Readout of Secretary Napolitano's Visit to Cold Bay and Kodiak, Alaska

News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 COLD BAY, Alaska—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Robert Papp, Jr. today traveled to Cold Bay, Alaska where they joined a Congressional Delegation led by Senators Mary Landrieu, Mark Begich ...


USDA Announces Additional Funding for Ohio to Eradicate Asian Longhorned Beetle

News Release: WASHINGTON, Aug. 7, 2012--Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the availability of $14.8 million in funding to prevent the spread of the Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) in Ohio.


Justice Department Seeks to Shut Down Chicago Tax Preparer

News Release: The Justice Department announced that it has asked a federal court in Chicago to bar Bruce E. Grant and his business, Quick Check Limited, from preparing tax returns. The civil injunction suit alleges that Grant falsifies customers’ income on their tax returns, frequently by fabricating business income and expenses, in order to claim the maximum earned income tax credit (EITC) for them.


Pfizer H.C.P. Corp. Agrees to Pay $15 Million Penalty to Resolve Foreign Bribery Investigation

News Release: WASHINGTON – Pfizer H.C.P. Corporation, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Pfizer Inc., has agreed to pay a $15 million penalty to resolve an investigation of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal ...


United States Joins Lawsuit Against San Francisco Area’s North East Medical Services

News Release: The United States has joined a whistleblower action pending in the Northern District of California against the federally-qualified health center (FQHC), North East Medical Services (NEMS), alleging that the center under-reported income it received from a managed care organization in order to artificially inflate reimbursements it received from the California Medicaid program, the Justice Department announced today. North East serves the San Francisco Bay area.


Jared Lee Loughner Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges in Tucson Shooting

News Release: Jared Lee Loughner, 23, of Tucson, Ariz., pleaded guilty today in federal district court to charges stemming from the January 8, 2011 shooting outside a supermarket that killed six people and wounded 13 others. Under the terms of the plea agreement, Loughner will be sentenced to life in prison with no eligibility for parole.


Justice Department Settles Lawsuit Against Baltimore County, Maryland, Alleging Disability Discrimination

News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced it has filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland against Baltimore County, Md., alleging that the county engaged in unlawful employment practices. The department simultaneously filed a consent decree to resolve these ...


Former Chief of Party in Baghdad for the United States Institute of Peace Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud Conspiracy

News Release: WASHINGTON – The former chief of party in Baghdad for the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), Robert Nathan Boorda, pleaded guilty to an information unsealed today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for conspiring to enrich himself by having USIP award a security contract at ...


Federal Reserve Board announces issuance of monetary sanctions against MetLife

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the issuance of monetary sanctions totaling $3.2 million against MetLife, Inc. for failure to adequately oversee its subsidiary bank's mortgage loan servicing and foreclosure processing operations. The oversight deficiencies represented unsafe and unsound practices at MetLife and corrective measures were required by a formal enforcement action issued against the company on April 13, 2011.


What did Interior Department publish on Aug. 7?

The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Aug. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published by Interior Department on Aug. 7

The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Aug. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Interior Department publishes notice on Aug. 7

The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Aug. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published on Aug. 7 by Interior Department

The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Aug. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


What did Interior Department publish on Aug. 7?

The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Aug. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published on Aug. 7 by Federal Reserve System

The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Aug. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published on Aug. 7 by Energy Department

The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Aug. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


What did Energy Department publish on Aug. 7?

The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Aug. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published by Energy Department on Aug. 7

The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Aug. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Energy Department publishes notice on Aug. 7

The US Energy Department published a seven page notice on Aug. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.