News published on Federal Newswire in November 2012

News from November 2012


News Release: Another important step toward cleaning up the Quanta Resources Superfund site in Edgewater, N.J., was announced today by the Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The agreement with Honeywell International Inc. and 23 other parties, embodied in a consent decree lodged ...


News Release: The Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Education announced today a new, nearly $1 million grant fund entitled, “Promoting Reentry Success through Continuity of Educational Opportunities” (PRSCEO), that will invest in innovative programs preparing incarcerated individuals to successfully ...


News Release: The United States has filed a civil complaint against Kellogg, Brown & Root Services Inc. (KBR) and First Kuwaiti Trading Company for submitting inflated claims for the delivery and installation of trailers to house troops in Iraq, the Justice Department announced today. KBR is headquartered in Houston. ...


News Release: Douglas Kuester, 43, a tax preparer from Silver City, N.M., was sentenced today to 48 months in prison for filing false claims and aggravated identity theft, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. Kuester was also ordered to pay $911,000 in restitution and will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.


News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced today that they will hold a joint public workshop on Dec. 10, 2012, to explore the impact of patent assertion entity (PAE) activities on innovation and competition and the implications for antitrust enforcement and policy.


News Release: WASHINGTON—A Detroit-area registered nurse was sentenced today to serve 30 months in prison for his role in a nearly $13.8 million Medicare fraud scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan ...


News Release: WASHINGTON – A Houston federal jury has convicted Gilbert T. Lopez Jr., the former chief accounting officer of Stanford Financial Group Company, and Mark J. Kuhrt, the former global controller of Stanford Financial Group Global Management, for their roles in helping Robert Allen Stanford perpetrate a fraud scheme involving Stanford International Bank (SIB).


NEW DATES: ERISA Advisory Council to hold final 2012 meeting Nov. 26-27

News Release: WASHINGTON — Due to a postponement caused by Hurricane Sandy, the final meeting of the year of the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans, known as the ERISA Advisory Council, has been rescheduled for Nov. 26-27 at U.S. Department of Labor locations in Washington, D.C. 20210.


The US State Department published a one page notice on Nov. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Nov. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Nov. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Nov. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Nov. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Nov. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Nov. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Nov. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Nov. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Nov. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on Nov. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Nov. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.