News from October 2012
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2012
News Release: Due to increased security measures, portions of Catoctin Mountain Park will be closed effective Friday, Oct. 19, 2012 at approximately 11:00 AM. Closures are scheduled to continue through Monday, Oct. 22, 2012 at approximately 12:00 PM.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 18, 2012
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN), Representative Kristi Noem (R-SD), and Representative Phil Roe, M.D. (R-TN) today urged U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack to reexamine the new meal pattern and nutrition requirements for the National School Lunch and School Breakfast programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2012
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Raymond Arthur Gentile, 51, the owner of a marijuana storefront in Bakersfield named ANP Collective, and his employee, Gustavo Angel Salinas, 24, both of Bakersfield, were indicted today for conspiring to violate federal narcotics laws, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2012
News Release: TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O'Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces that a federal jury found Sergio Godinez Del (46, Napa, California) guilty yesterday of conspiracy to distribute, ...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 17, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 17, 2012—In a major advance that will unlock the benefits of the mapping of the barley genome—one of the world's most important cereal crops—work conducted and supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in collaboration with researchers around the world has resulted in the ...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 17, 2012
News Release: Leola, Pa., Oct. 17, 2012—Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack traveled to Pennsylvania this week to highlight the Obama Administration's efforts to achieve and expand upon record agricultural exports since 2008. Under President Obama's leadership, exports of U.S. food and agricultural products will achieve ...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 17, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 17, 2012 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the selection of 112 recipients in 38 states, Washington, DC, and the Western Pacific for loans and grants to help spur rural economic development and create or save jobs.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2012
News Release: Manssor Arbabsiar, aka Mansour Arbabsiar, pleaded guilty today in federal court in the Southern District of New York to participating in a plot to murder the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United States while the Ambassador was in the United States. Arbabsiar, a 58-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2012
News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder recognizes 282 department employees for their distinguished public service today at the 60th Annual Attorney General’s Awards Ceremony. Fifty-seven other individuals outside of the department are also honored for their work. Held at DAR Constitution Hall, this annual ceremony recognizes both department employees and others for their outstanding dedication to carrying out the Department of Justice’s missions.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Two former high-ranking employees of facilities operations at New York Presbyterian Hospital (NYPH) were sentenced in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, in Manhattan, by Judge George B. Daniels today for their participation in two separate conspiracies involving kickbacks, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Two owners and operators of clinics that claimed to specialize in treating HIV and other conditions pleaded guilty today for their roles in an infusion therapy scheme carried out at two Detroit-area clinics that submitted millions of dollars in fraudulent claims to Medicare.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2012
News Release: A federal judge in Boston sentenced Gary Alcock today to 14 months in prison for tax evasion, for conspiring to defraud the United States, and for willfully failing to file tax returns, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. U.S. District Judge F. Dennis Saylor also ordered ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2012
News Release: U.S. District Judge Patrick J. Duggan sentenced Elsayed Kazem “Tom” Safiedine to 21 months in prison and Mary Fawaz to 12 months and one day in prison for tax fraud, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. Safiedine and Fawaz were convicted by a Detroit jury of conspiring to defraud the United States by impeding and impairing the lawful functions of the IRS.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Four LSP street gang member were sentenced today for their roles in a racketeering conspiracy (RICO) that used violence, including attempted murder, to control territory and sell heroin, cocaine and other drugs, announced Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Criminal Division ...
By Fed Newswire | Oct 17, 2012
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced its approval of the proposal by River Valley Bancorp, Madison, to acquire Dupont State Bank, Dupont, both of Indiana, and to become a bank holding company.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 17, 2012
News Release: DAYTON, Ohio — The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a complaint in U.S. district court in Dayton seeking to recover back wages and damages for workers at three El Rancho Grande restaurants in Ohio. An investigation by the department's Wage and Hour Division determined that the restaurants, as well as co-owners Francisco Magana and Juan Hernandez, violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by failing to pay workers proper minimum wage and overtime compensation.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 17, 2012
News Release: MIDLAND, Texas — Turf Specialties Inc. has agreed to pay $106,818 in back wages to 70 current and former landscape workers following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division that found violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act's minimum and overtime provisions.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 17, 2012
News Release: ARLINGTON, Va. – The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration has launched its annual "Winter Alert" campaign to call attention to the numerous hazards colder weather typically brings to mining operations around the nation. Statistics show that coal mine explosions occur most often during the colder months, October through March.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 17, 2012
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Oct. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 17, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Oct. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
