News published on Federal Newswire in July 2012

News from July 2012


USDA Announces Projects to Create Jobs and Strengthen Economic Development Across Rural Iowa

News Release: CLARINDA, Iowa – July 31, 2012 – Agriculture Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Doug O'Brien today announced the selection of projects in Iowa for loans and grants that will support job creation efforts, business development and strengthen economic growth in rural communities across the state.


News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against the state of Michigan and its chief elections officials to help ensure that military service members, their family members and U.S. citizens living overseas have the opportunity to participate fully in Michigan’s Aug. 7, 2012, federal primary election and Sept. 5, 2012, federal special primary election.


News Release: WASHINGTON – Two former high-ranking employees of facilities operations at New York Presbyterian Hospital (NYPH) pleaded guilty today to an indictment charging them with conspiring to defraud NYPH, the Department of Justice announced.


News Release: WASHINGTON – David Hausman, an antiques dealer in Manhattan, pleaded guilty today in Manhattan federal court to obstruction of justice and creating false records, in relation to illegal rhinoceros horn trafficking, announced Ignacia S. Moreno, Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the Department of Justice, and Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York.


News Release: Three individuals have agreed to pay $5.325 million to resolve allegations that they knowingly made false statements in connection with a mortgage refinance scheme, the Justice Department announced today. The three individuals are Philip M. Green and Jerry Max Jiles, the owners of Bartlesville Health Care Center Inc., a nursing home in Bartlesville, Okla., and Virgil M. Harry, Jr., the former president of the Harry Mortgage Company.


Federal Reserve Board announces approval of notice by BB&T Corporation

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced its approval of the notice by BB&T Corporation, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, to acquire all the voting shares of BankAtlantic, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, a federal savings association.


News Release: Acting Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank Opinion Editorial, The Kansas City Star "It’s Time to Bring Missouri jobs back" Made in America means jobs. And manufacturers in places such as Missouri are realizing that investing here at home is both the right thing to do and the smart thing to do. That’s what I heard as I traveled across Missouri last week, starting in Kansas City.


News Release: The U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis today released personal income and outlays data for June 2012 (PDF). Personal income rose 0.5 percent from May to June, slightly exceeding private-sector expectations of an 0.4 percent rise. Nominal personal consumption expenditures (PCE) was ...


MSHA announces results of June impact inspections

News Release: ARLINGTON, Va. – The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced that federal inspectors issued 177 citations, 22 orders and one safeguard during special impact inspections conducted at nine coal mines and three metal/nonmetal mines last month.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on July 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on July 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on July 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on July 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on July 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on July 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on July 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on July 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on July 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on July 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a four page notice on July 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.