News from March 2012
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Thomas Perez Jewell was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Oakland, Calif., to 29 years in prison and was ordered to pay $234,000 in restitution for producing child pornography, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced that it had reached a settlement resolving allegations that Empirian Property Management Inc. refused to terminate residential leases entered into by active duty members of the U.S. Air Force assigned to Offutt Air Force Base in Sarpy County, Neb., ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Ripley, Tenn., police officer was arrested today on federal civil rights and obstruction of justice charges, the Justice Department announced. Stephen Michael Kirkpatrick, 47, was indicted on two counts of violating the victim’s rights to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – A former Mississippi office manager was sentenced today to 89 months in prison for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; Special Agent in Charge Daniel McMullen of the FBI’s Jackson, Miss., Field Office; and Special Agent in Charge Mary Lewis of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of Inspector General’s (USDA-OIG) Jackson Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2012
News Release: Odyssey HealthCare, a subsidiary of Gentiva, has agreed to pay $25 million to resolve civil liability under the federal False Claims Act arising from its billing of claims for certain hospice services, the Justice Department announced today. Odyssey Healthcare currently provides hospice services in approximately 27 states, including Wisconsin. Odyssey was purchased by Gentiva Healthcare in 2010.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Two Barrio Azteca (BA) gang members and one BA associate pleaded guilty this week for their participation in a racketeering conspiracy and money laundering, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Robert Pitman for ...
By Labor Gazette | Mar 1, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Moving forward with continuing efforts to strengthen employees' voices in the workplace, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced a major restructuring of its Office of the Whistleblower Protection Program. The program will now report directly to the agency's Office of the Assistant Secretary instead of to its Directorate of Enforcement Programs.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 1, 2012
News Release: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending Feb. 25, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 351,000, a decrease of 2,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 353,000. The 4-week moving average was 354,000, a decrease of 5,500 from the previous week's revised average of 359,500.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 1, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration today announced a two-week extension of the comment period on its proposed rule requiring multiple employer welfare arrangements (MEWAs) to register with the department.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 1, 2012
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on March 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Mar 1, 2012
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on March 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Mar 1, 2012
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on March 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | Mar 1, 2012
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on March 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 1, 2012
The US Interior Department published a one page proposed rule on March 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Mar 1, 2012
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on March 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Mar 1, 2012
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on March 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Mar 1, 2012
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on March 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Mar 1, 2012
The US Commerce Department published a four page notice on March 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Mar 1, 2012
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on March 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Mar 1, 2012
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on March 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
