News from August 2012
By DOE Newswire | Aug 3, 2012
News Release: Buried in the treasure trove of White House emails related to Solyndra released Thursday by the House Energy and Commerce Committee is one suggesting that concerns about Solyndra’s viability were shared all the way up to then-White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley a full six months before the company went bust.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 3, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa today sent a letter to White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew requesting information about who at the White House is using personal e-mail accounts to conduct official business. The request for information follows comments...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 3, 2012
News Release: Buried in the treasure trove of White House emails related to Solyndra released Thursday by the House Energy and Commerce Committee is one suggesting that concerns about Solyndra’s viability were shared all the way up to then-White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley a full six months before the company went bust.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 3, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) made the following statement regarding the July jobs report...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 3, 2012
News Release: Obama admin. knew was cheaper to cut off Solyndra-Republicans
By EPA Newswire | Aug 3, 2012
News Release: Buried in the treasure trove of White House emails related to Solyndra released Thursday by the House Energy and Commerce Committee is one suggesting that concerns about Solyndra’s viability were shared all the way up to then-White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley a full six months before the company went bust.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 3, 2012
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MT. - Search teams looking for missing hiker Jakson Kreiser are adjusting their strategy today due to some unsafe conditions within the search area. The area received approximately.34 inch of rain Thursday night creating very slick conditions on the steep and rocky terrain.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 3, 2012
News Release: Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Friday refused to comment on a newly released e-mail which again suggests he was involved in the White House decision to promote a $535 million federal loan to Solyndra LLC, a California solar energy equipment company that subsequently went bankrupt.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 2, 2012
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the selection of projects in 12 states for loans and grants that will support job creation efforts, business development and strengthen economic growth in rural communities. Under Secretary Dallas Tonsager made the announcement on behalf of Secretary Vilsack.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 2, 2012
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 “Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Robert Papp, Jr. will travel to Alaska on Aug. 6-8 to meet with a Congressional Delegation led by Senators Mary Landrieu, Mark Begich and Lisa Murkowski ...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 2, 2012
News Release: Audio WASHINGTON, Aug. 2, 2012 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the selection of projects in 12 states for loans and grants that will support job creation efforts, business development and strengthen economic growth in rural communities. Under Secretary Dallas Tonsager made the announcement on behalf of Secretary Vilsack.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2012
News Release: A federal jury in Valdosta, Ga., convicted defendant Walter Young, 54, the former chief of the Omega Police Department in Omega, Ga., for physically abusing a man in his custody, the Justice Department announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2012
News Release: The owner and operator of a Miami health care agency pleaded guilty today for his participation in a $42 million home health Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Eulises Escalona, 43, pleaded guilty before U.S. District ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2012
News Release: The Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), on behalf of the White House Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative (NRI), today announced the eight neighborhoods that will receive training and technical assistance through the groundbreaking Building Neighborhood Capacity Program (BNCP). These competitively selected neighborhoods are located in Flint, Mich.; Fresno, Calif.; Memphis, Tenn.; and Milwaukee.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Missouri man was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for his role in the vandalism and arson of a biracial man's home in Independence, Mo., the Department of Justice announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Chicago police officer and three members of the Almighty Latin Kings Nation pleaded guilty to a racketeering conspiracy and other related charges in a superseding indictment involving alleged members or associates of the Latin Kings, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney David Capp of the Northern District of Indiana.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Gaeton Lucibello, 59, of Philadelphia, pleaded guilty today to participating in a racketeering conspiracy involving extortion and illegal gambling, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Zane David Memeger of the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice today convicted two defendants for their roles in a South Florida mortgage fraud scheme that took advantage of homeowners on the brink of foreclosure and left many without their homes. Cathy Saffer of Pompano Beach, Fla., and Barrington Coombs, a certified public ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Detroit-area adult day care center owner pleaded guilty today for her role in a $10 million psychotherapy fraud scheme, announced the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS) and the FBI.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2012
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that the owner and former manager of the Lowrey Hotel and Café in New Richmond, Wis., has agreed to pay $50,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging they had sexually harassed a homeless woman who sought shelter at the hotel. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court ...
