News from May 2013
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, announced today’s sentencing of Crispian Carl Sprague, 38, formerly of Palm Beach Gardens. U.S. District Judge...
By DOL Newswire | May 20, 2013
News Release: Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will testify before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on Tuesday, May 21 to discuss the Department of Education’s priorities for Fiscal Year 2014. In advance of the hearing, the committee has compiled 5 key questions Secretary Duncan should address...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2013
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Norvell Moss was sentenced on Friday by U.S. District Judge John McBryde to 18 months in federal prison and ordered to pay a $30,000 fine and additional restitution of $8,277, to go along with the more than $94,000 he paid prior to sentencing, following his guilty plea in January...
By Homeland Newswire | May 20, 2013
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON – Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate today joined National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Acting Administrator Dr. Kathryn Sullivan ...
By Homeland Newswire | May 20, 2013
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 “Our thoughts and prayers go out to everyone impacted by the tornadoes and severe weather in Oklahoma, especially the families and loved ones of those killed, injured or missing. As search and rescue efforts continue, this Administration—including ...
By USDA Newswire | May 20, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, May 20, 2013—Secretary Vilsack made the following statement on congressional progress toward passage of a Food, Farm and Jobs Bill: "I am encouraged that Congress took action this week toward passage of a five-year, comprehensive Food, Farm and Jobs Bill.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2013
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that it has reached a settlement with Cinemark Holdings Inc. and Rave Holdings LLC (Rave Cinemas) that requires Cinemark to divest movie theaters in Kentucky, New Jersey and Texas, in order to proceed with its $220 million acquisition of Rave Cinemas movie theaters. ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2013
News Release: Sean Rosales, a dual United States and Costa Rican citizen, was sentenced today in connection with a series of business opportunity fraud ventures based in Costa Rica, the Justice Department and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service announced today. Rosales was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Ursula M. Ungaro in Miami to 97 months in prison and 5 years supervised release. Rosales was also ordered to pay more than $7.3 million in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2013
News Release: Michael Parker, of Baltimore, Md., who was the chief operating officer of TransCapital Corporation, a tax-advantaged investments company based in Northern Virginia, was sentenced yesterday to 54 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Sandra S. Beckwith in Cincinnati, Ohio, the Justice Department and ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2013
News Release: Two Alabama real estate investors and their company were sentenced today in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama in Mobile, for their participation in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in southern Alabama, the Department of Justice announced.
By Commerce News Now | May 20, 2013
News Release: U.S. Acting Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank today honored 57 U.S. companies and organizations that export goods or services at the 2013 President’s “E” Awards ceremony. This year marks the 51st anniversary of the “E” Awards, which recognize significant contributions to increasing American exports. Today’s set of honorees, many of which are small and medium-sized enterprises, was the largest group in three decades to receive this distinguished award.
By Labor Gazette | May 20, 2013
News Release: Consent judgment also includes order to pay $50,000 in lost wages to former employee WINFIELD, W.Va. — The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia has approved a consent judgment ordering the Putnam County Board of Education in Winfield to pay $50,000 in back wages to a former ...
By Labor Gazette | May 20, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs today announced a $9 million competitive grant solicitation for one or more projects to reduce child labor in the artisanal mining sector of Colombia.
By DOJ Gazette | May 20, 2013
The US Justice Department published a two page rule on May 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | May 20, 2013
The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on May 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | May 20, 2013
The US Energy Department published a two page rule on May 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 20, 2013
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on May 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 20, 2013
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 20, 2013
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on May 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 20, 2013
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
