News from February 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Joshua W. Phillips, 20, a member and resident of Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo, N.M., pled guilty yesterday to brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The guilty plea was announced by U.S. Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales and DuWayne W. Honahni, Sr., Special Agent in Charge of District IV of BIA’s Office of Justice Services.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 21, 2013
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - A Manchester, N.H., woman was convicted today by a federal jury of two counts of procuring citizenship unlawfully. The guilty plea is the result of an extensive investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2013
News Release: Two people pleaded guilty to malicious destruction of federally-licensed communications lines related to the theft of copper from four local radio towers, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 20, 2013
News Release: Lassen Volcanic National Park Superintendent Darlene Koontz announced that the winning entry for the 2013 Lassen Annual Pass photo contest was submitted by Oliver Wiegel of Jacksonville, Florida.This magnificent photograph entitled, "Hydrothermal Pools at Bumpass Hell" showcases Lassen Volcanic National Park and its awesome volcanic scenery.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 20, 2013
News Release: (Pine Springs, TX) Roger E. Reisch, the first employee at Guadalupe Mountains National Park passed away peacefully in Edmond, Oklahoma on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. He was 89. Roger Eugene Reisch was born in the Richmond Heights area of St. Louis, Missouri, on February 6, 1924. He was the second of five children of August and Hilda Reisch.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 20, 2013
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 MIAMI— Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today joined U.S. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz in Ft. Lauderdale and Miami, Fla. to see customs and security operations at Port Everglades and Miami International Airport, and discuss the Department’s on-going efforts to facilitate lawful travel and trade.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 20, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 20, 2013–Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack made the following statement about notification received today from the Scientific Commission for the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) recommending that the United States' risk classification for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2013
News Release: The Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department announced today the launch of its first Spanish-language educational video. The video was developed by the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices to assist employers in avoiding charges of discrimination ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2013
News Release: Vice President Joe Biden and Attorney General Eric Holder today awarded the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor to 18 public safety officers who exhibited exceptional courage in saving and protecting others and whose heroic actions were above and beyond the call of duty.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2013
News Release: Matthew Pendley, 26, a former corrections officer at the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Albuquerque, N.M., pleaded guilty today to one count of obstructing justice when he lied to law enforcement during their investigation of the assault on an inmate at the hands of another corrections officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2013
News Release: A former U.S. Army staff sergeant pleaded guilty today to accepting thousands of dollars in bribes from contractors while he was deployed to Iraq, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee William C. Killian.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2013
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it reached an agreement with FTD Inc., to resolve allegations that the company retaliated against a man for asserting rights under the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2013
News Release: The principal and co-owner of North Carolina-based Integra Capital Management LLC, was sentenced today to serve 36 months in prisonfor his role in a scheme to defraud commodities trading investors of more than $3.2 million, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney of the Western District of North Carolina Anne M. Tompkins.
By Fed Newswire | Feb 20, 2013
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on January 29-30, 2013.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 20, 2013
News Release: First meeting with new Charter, members held today U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank today announced the appointment of 37 private-sector representatives to the Secretary’s newly re-chartered Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (RE&EE) Advisory Committee during the group’s initial meeting ...
By Labor Gazette | Feb 20, 2013
News Release: GREENFIELD, Wis. Meyer's Family Restaurant has agreed to pay $116,102 in back wages to 38 employees following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division that disclosed violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act's overtime pay and record-keeping provisions.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 20, 2013
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Feb. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Feb 20, 2013
The US State Department published a one page notice on Feb. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 20, 2013
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Feb. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 20, 2013
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Feb. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
