News from March 2013
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: A Congressional hearing today focused on ensuring the Administration is implementing reforms to help streamline the surface transportation project approval process, consolidate Department of Transportation programs, improve program accountability, and other improvements included in the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21).
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON— Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today met with Canadian Minister of Public Safety Vic Toews to discuss the ongoing partnership between the United States and Canada, as part of the Beyond the Border initiative, and also signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) truck cargo pre-inspection pilot project.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 14, 2013 – Agriculture Secretary Vilsack today made the following statement on the departure of Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan: "USDA Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan has helped USDA achieve record results over the past four years. She has played a vital role in the Department-wide ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: National Nutrition Month Provides Opportunity to Focus National Conversation on Childhood Nutrition PORTLAND, Maine, March 14, 2013 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today outlined the need for a generational commitment to improve childhood nutrition, which will lead to a healthier generation of Americans. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has opened a pattern or practice investigation into use of force by the Cleveland Division of Police (CPD). The investigation will focus on allegations that CPD officers use excessive force, including unreasonable deadly force, and on the adequacy of CPD’s training, supervision, and accountability mechanisms that are essential to effective, constitutional policing.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: Eight individuals face federal charges stemming from a joint U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Missouri Department of Conservation investigation of interstate and international trafficking in paddlefish “caviar,” the Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division and the U.S. Attorney ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: A federal court has permanently barred Crystal Ireland, of Detroit, who does business as Master Mind Preparation, from preparing federal tax returns that claim the earned income tax credit, the Justice Department announced today. The civil injunction order, to which Ireland consented, was signed by Judge Bernard Friedman of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. has agreed to pay a $2.25 million civil penalty to settle alleged violations of the federal Clean Air Act (CAA), Clean Water Act (CWA), and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), as well as the Missouri Air Conservation Law, Clean Water Law and Hazardous Waste ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: A former web producer for a Tribune Company-owned television station in Sacramento, Calif., was charged today in an indictment for allegedly conspiring with members of the hacker group “Anonymous” to hack into and alter a Tribune Company website, the Justice Department announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: John Hall, 27, an Aryan Brotherhood member and inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Seagoville, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor after pleading guilty to violating the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act stemming from his assault ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: A Texas doctor was sentenced today to serve 63 months in prison for conspiring to commit health care fraud by falsifying plans of care for Medicare beneficiaries, including patients whom he did not treat, as part of a $17.3 million Medicare fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: The United States and the city of New Orleans announced today that public meetings would be held regarding a consent decree court monitor for the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD). The United States and the city of New Orleans on Sept. 6, 2012 issued a request for proposals to serve as the consent ...
By Fed Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: The Federal Reserve on Thursday announced it has approved the capital plans of 14 financial institutions in the Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR). Two other institutions received conditional approval, while the Federal Reserve objected to the plans of two firms.
By Fed Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below: Mountain West Financial Corp., Helena, Montana Written Agreement dated Aug. 31, 2010 Terminated March 12, 2013 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions.
By Commerce News Now | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank today announced the appointment of 26 members to the 2013 Manufacturing Council (Council). The Council, established in 2004 and directed by the Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration, helps to ensure that there is regular communication between the U.S. government and the manufacturing sector.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: LOS ANGELES — U.S. District Court Judge Margaret Morrow has ordered Los Angeles-based apparel retailer Forever 21 to produce documents demanded by an administrative subpoena issued by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division. The order is the latest in a series of actions to arise from the ...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
The US Interior Department published a four page notice on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
