News from June 2012
By USDA Newswire | Jun 12, 2012
News Release: New "Border Initiative" to help communities along U.S/Mexico region confronting chronic poverty WASHINGTON, June 12, 2012 – Today the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the U.S. Department of Agriculture – Rural Development (USDA-RD) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Community ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 12, 2012
News Release: USDA, DOI, FEMA Provide Firefighters, Aircraft, and Federal Grants to Support Local Partners Combating Fires WASHINGTON, June 12, 2012 –Federal partners are working closely with first responders and firefighters from local, state, and tribal agencies to combat and monitor wildfires in Arizona, California, ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 12, 2012
News Release: DES MOINES, Iowa, June 12, 2012–Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today met with business and community leaders to discuss how continuing demand for American food and agricultural products abroad has led to the three best consecutive years for U.S. farm exports in our nation's history. Vilsack said the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – ING Bank N.V., a financial institution headquartered in Amsterdam, has agreed to forfeit $619 million to the Justice Department and the New York County District Attorney’s Office for conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and the Trading with the Enemy ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – ING Bank N.V., a financial institution headquartered in Amsterdam, has agreed to forfeit $619 million to the Justice Department and the New York County District Attorney’s Office for conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and the Trading with the Enemy ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – An Afghan national with ties to the Taliban was sentenced to life in prison today for conspiring to distribute heroin to the United States and for using drug proceeds to fund, arm and supply the Taliban, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Administrator Michele M. Leonhart of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2012
News Release: Silford Warren, a resident of Queens, N.Y., was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for failure to pay over employment taxes in connection with his ownership of Silford Warren, CPA PC., the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. Judge William F. Kuntz II of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York also ordered Warren to pay $184,263 in restitution to the IRS.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against the state of Florida and the Florida Secretary of State in his official capacity alleging that the state has violated its obligations under Section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2012
News Release: Former Fort Deposit, Ala., Police Officer Carlos Tyson Bennett was arrested today on charges of stealing money from motorists on Interstate 65 in central Alabama and subsequently trying to conceal his criminal activity, announced the Justice Department.
By Fed Newswire | Jun 12, 2012
News Release: Agencies Seek Comment on Regulatory Capital Rules and Finalize Market Risk Rule The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board), and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) are seeking comment on three notices of proposed rulemaking ...
By Fed Newswire | Jun 12, 2012
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of the following enforcement actions: ColoEast Bankshares, Inc. (PDF), Lamar, Colorado Written Agreement dated June 6, 2012 First Trust Corporation (PDF), New Orleans, Louisiana Written Agreement dated June 5, 2012 The Federal Reserve Board ...
By Commerce News Now | Jun 12, 2012
News Release: Today, Acting Secretary of Commerce Dr. Rebecca Blank applauded the Senate’s introduction of a bill to authorize the President to establish permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) with Russia. This bill, which would also terminate application of the Jackson-Vanik Amendment to Russia, will ensure that U.S. companies can take full advantage of Russia’s approaching membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO).
By Labor Gazette | Jun 12, 2012
News Release: Trainings to be held in Los Angeles, Miami, Philadelphia and Seattle WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division today announced that it will host four free trainings throughout the United States to provide outreach on the rules concerning prevailing wage requirements under the Davis-Bacon Act, the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act and the labor standards provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 12, 2012
News Release: CHICAGO – Following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor and resulting lawsuit, a federal court has issued a default judgment against the co-founder and director of the now defunct Elmhurst-based investment management company Results One Financial LLC. Steven Salutric has been ordered to ...
By DOT News Wire | Jun 12, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on June 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 12, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on June 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 12, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on June 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 12, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on June 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 12, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on June 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 12, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on June 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
