News from May 2012
By Homeland Newswire | May 14, 2012
News Release: Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Maine, wrote to GSA’s inspector general and its acting administrator seeking information regarding the agency’s department-wide financial management, its control over its 10 regions, its spending on conferences, and its contracting policies.
By USDA Newswire | May 14, 2012
Release: By Maria Arbulu, FAS Senior Marketing Specialist, U.S. Embassy, Ottawa, Canada.
By Homeland Newswire | May 13, 2012
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today joined Attorney General Eric Holder, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Acting Commissioner David Aguilar, ...
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2012
News Release: Whiskeytown National Recreation Area will once again offer free ranger-guided kayak tours during the Memorial Day weekend Saturday, May 26, through Monday, May 28. "Whiskeytown is a wonderful place to visit with family and friends and this is the perfect time for kayaking as well as other healthy outdoor activities" stated Superintendent Jim Milestone.
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2012
News Release: United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Redding Flotilla 39 is promoting safe boating on Whiskeytown Lake as part of a nationwide effort to reduce injuries and fatalities on our waterways. This National Safe Boating Week event will be held from 10 am to 3 pm on Saturday May 19, 2012 at the Brandy Creek Marina.
By Homeland Newswire | May 12, 2012
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 NEW ORLEANS—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today delivered remarks at the Southern University at New Orleans Commencement ceremony, congratulating the 2012 graduating class and underscoring the remarkable strength and resilience of the Southern University at New Orleans and the entire New Orleans community.
By Homeland Newswire | May 11, 2012
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced an expanded list of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) designated-degree programs that qualify eligible graduates on student visas for ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2012
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it will monitor municipal elections on May 12, 2012, in Dallas, Galveston, and Jasper Counties in Texas to ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The Voting Rights Act prohibits discrimination in the election process on the basis of race, color ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice has seized more than $1.5 million in proceeds from the distribution of counterfeit sports apparel and jerseys as the result of an investigation into the sale of counterfeit goods on commercial websites, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Luigi “Louie” Manocchio, an admitted former boss and underboss of the New England La Cosa Nostra (NELCN), was sentenced today to 66 months in federal prison for his leadership of and participation in a racketeering and extortion conspiracy that demanded and received between $800,000 and $1.5 million in “protection” payments from several Rhode Island adult entertainment businesses from 1995-2009.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2012
News Release: The Justice Department announced that it has reached two settlements today resolving claims that health care providers refused to serve people with HIV in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2012
News Release: A U.S. district court judge has held Daniel Chapter One, an herbal products company located in Portsmouth, R.I., and its officers, James and Patricia Feijo, in civil contempt of court for violating the terms of a preliminary injunction order, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The principal of a Costa Rican brokerage firm was sentenced today in Miami to 20 years in prison for his role in a stock manipulation scheme that defrauded investors in a company called CO2 Technologies, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – A county commissioner in Sumter County, Ga., was indicted today for his alleged role in soliciting illicit payments in exchange for his official efforts to secure government contracts for a private contractor, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia Michael J. Moore announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2012
News Release: George Anderson, 57, an anesthesiologist from Farmville, Va., pleaded guilty today to two counts of filing a false corporate and false individual income tax return, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal jury in New York City today convicted three former financial services executives for their participation in conspiracies related to bidding for contracts for the investment of municipal bond proceeds and other municipal finance contracts , the Department of Justice announced. Dominick ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – An Omaha, Neb., man was sentenced today in Omaha to 18 months in prison for committing wire fraud while serving a term of supervised release as part of a scheme to obtain corrupt payments from an individual facing criminal charges in return for a promised reduction in the individual’s prison sentence, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By DOT News Wire | May 11, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 11, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 11, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
