News from March 2012
By USDA Newswire | Mar 9, 2012
News Release: New Web Resource Maps USDA Support for Local and Regional Food Projects, Highlights Business Opportunities for Farmers, Ranchers and Growers ANAHEIM, Calif., March 9, 2012- Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan today highlighted the Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food (KYF) Compass , an interactive ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – An owner and operator of a Houston durable medical equipment (DME) company was sentenced today in Houston federal court to 30 months in prison for his role in a Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The owner and operator of a Broward County, Fla.-area halfway house was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for his role in a Medicare fraud kickback scheme that funneled patients through a fraudulent mental health company, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department filed a consent decree today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia after reaching an agreement with Prince William County, Va., that will allow for the county’s bailout from its status as a “covered jurisdiction” under the special provisions of the Voting Rights Act. If approved by the court, the bailout will exempt the county from the preclearance requirements of Section 5 of the act.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Three men were sentenced to prison today in Los Angeles for their participation in an international child pornography ring announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney André Birotte Jr. of the Central District of California and Assistant Director in Charge Steve Martinez of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Armando Gonzalez-Medina, 35, of Richmond, Va., was sentenced today to 84 months in prison, after pleading guilty to participating in a racketeering conspiracy and conspiring to possess, produce and transfer fraudulent identification documents. The defendant is illegally within the United ...
By Fed Newswire | Mar 9, 2012
News Release: The federal bank regulatory agencies, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, and the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund will host the 2012 National Interagency Community Reinvestment Conference in Seattle, Washington, from March 25 to 28. This biennial conference is designed to offer ...
By Commerce News Now | Mar 9, 2012
News Release: Innovation – the process through which new ideas are generated and successfully introduced in the marketplace – is a primary driver of U.S. economic growth and national competitiveness.1 Likewise, U.S. companies’ use of trademarks to distinguish their goods and services from those of competitors represents ...
By Commerce News Now | Mar 9, 2012
News Release: Commerce Secretary John Bryson Opinion Editorial, POLITICO "The new face of corporate espionage" Over the past five years, a highly sophisticated team of operatives have stealthily infiltrated more than 70 U.S. corporations and organizations to steal priceless company secrets. They did it without ever setting foot in any victim’s office. Sitting at undisclosed computers, they could be anywhere in the world.
By Commerce News Now | Mar 9, 2012
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce John Bryson issued the following statement today on the release (PDF) of the January 2012 U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services report by the Commerce Department’s Census Bureau and Bureau of Economic Analysis. U.S. goods and services exports in January 2012 were up ...
By Labor Gazette | Mar 9, 2012
News Release: Interested parties may submit comments through March 21 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division has announced a nine-day extension of the comment period for its proposed rule to provide minimum wage and overtime protections for nearly 2 million workers who provide in-home care services.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 9, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis issued the following statement on the February 2012 Employment Situation report released today: "Our nation's labor market continued to register solid growth in the month of February. The economy added 233,000 private sector jobs last month, while the unemployment rate held steady at a three-year low of 8.3 percent.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 9, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on March 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 9, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on March 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 9, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on March 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 9, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on March 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 9, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a five page notice on March 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 9, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on March 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 9, 2012
The US Labor Department published a nine page notice on March 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Mar 9, 2012
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on March 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
