Last update September 08, 2000
August 2000 Press Releases
- #511: 08-31-00 DEADLINE EXTENDED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON
STUDY OF FINANCIAL PRIVACY AND BANKRUPTCY
- #510: 08-30-00 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND A FORMER EMPLOYEE SETTLE ALLEGATIONS OF
CONFLICT OF INTEREST VIOLATIONS
- #509: 08-30-00 NEW FEDERAL RULE WILL HELP FIGHT DISCRIMINATION
BASED ON SEX IN EDUCATION PROGRAMS
- #508: 08-30-00 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REQUIRES SBC AND BELLSOUTH TO
DIVEST WIRELESS BUSINESSES IN ORDER TO PROCEED WITH COMBINATION
- #507: 08-30-00 ATTORNEY GENERAL JANET RENO WILL NOT HOLD A PRESS AVAILABILITY THIS WEEK
- #506: 08-23-00 REPTILE SMUGGLER EXTRADITED TO THE UNITED STATES FROM MEXICO
- #505: 08-29-00 APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS FEDERAL RULES PROTECTING ENDANGERED RED WOLVES
- #504: 08-29-00 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REQUIRES DIVESTITURES IN CLEAR CHANNEL/AMFM MERGER
- #503: 08-28-00 TENTATIVE PUBLIC SCHEDULE FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL JANET RENO
WEEK OF AUGUST 28, 2000
- #501: 08-27-00 STATEMENT BY ATTORNEY GENERAL JANET RENO ON THE CONTINUING
DECLINE IN VIOLENT CRIME RATES
- #500: 08-24-00 CALIFORNIA BRIDGE-BUILDING COMPANY AND ITS SWISS EXECUTIVE
CHARGED WITH PRICE FIXING ON CALIFORNIA BRIDGE PROJECTS
- #499: 08-24-00 FORMER HEINEKEN USA EMPLOYEE CHARGED WITH PARTICIPATING IN KICKBACK SCHEME
- #498: 08-23-00 ATTORNEY GENERAL JANET RENO TO ADDRESS HISPANIC AMERICAN
POLICE COMMAND OFFICERS ASSOCIATION (HAPCOA)
- #497: 08-23-00 PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL TO PAY UNITED STATES $3.2 MILLION
TO SETTLE MEDICARE BILLING ALLEGATIONS
- #496: 08-23-00 BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION FIRM AND SUPERVISORS ADMIT TO
ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES IN FLORIDA
- #495: 08-23-00 SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT OPERATOR SENTENCED FOR CRIMES IN LOUISIANA
- #494: 08-23-00 NATIVE HAWAIIAN RECONCILIATION DRAFT REPORT RELEASED
- #493: 08-23-00 CHEVRON AGREES TO RECORD $7 MILLION ENVIRONMENTAL SETTLEMENT
- #492: 08-23-00 ATTORNEY GENERAL STATEMENT ON VICE PRESIDENT GORE CAMPAIGN FINANCE INVESTIGATION
- #490: 08-22-00 ORLEANS PARISH SCHOOL BOARD WILL PAY $80,000 AND ADOPT NEW POLICY TO
ADDRESS DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITY
- #489: 08-22-00 PHOTO OPPORTUNITY WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL JANET RENO AND ALBANIAN PRIME
MINISTER ILIR META
- #488: 08-22-00 ATTORNEY GENERAL JANET RENO TO HOLD WEEKLY
PRESS AVAILABILITY ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2000
- #487: 08-18-00 NATION'S FORMER LARGEST PRIVATELY-OWNED PSYCHIATRIC CHAIN
REACHES BANKRUPTCY SETTLEMENT WITH UNITED STATES
- #485: 08-18-00 GERMAN COMPANY PLEADS GUILTY TO RIGGING BIDS ON USAID
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS IN EGYPT
- #483: 08-16-00 MORGAN CITY, LOUISIANA TO IMPLEMENT NEW COUNCIL ELECTION PLAN TO
AFFORD BLACK VOTERS EQUAL POLITICAL OPPORTUNITY
- #482: 08-16-00 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH DYNAMICS CORPORATION OF AMERICA
- #481: 08-16-00 ATTORNEY GENERAL JANET RENO TO HOLD WEEKLY PRESS AVAILABILITY ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 2000
- #480: 08-16-00 OWNERS OF AIRCRAFT COMPONENT MANUFACTURER INDICTED FOR INCOME TAX EVASION TOTALING $1.8 MILLION
- #479: 08-15-00 ATTORNEY GENERAL RENO TO LEAD U.S. DELEGATION TO INAUGURATION OF NEW PRESIDENT OF DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
- #478: 08-15-00 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT APPROVES NBT BANCORP/BSB BANCORP MERGER AFTER PARTIES AGREE TO A DIVESTITURE
- #476: 08-14-00 EYE SURGERY CENTER PAYS U.S. AND WEST VIRGINIA
FOR FILING FALSE FEDERAL HEALTH CARE CLAIMS
- #475: 08-11-00 TENTATIVE PUBLIC SCHEDULE FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL JANET RENO
WEEK OF AUGUST 14, 2000
- #474: 08-11-00 GASTON COLLEGE TO PAY $50,000 TO SETTLE DISCRIMINATION CASE
- #473: 08-11-00 ATTORNEY GENERAL RENO TO PARTICIPATE IN CEREMONY HONORING WOMEN WHO
SERVED IN THE COAST GUARD DURING WORLD WAR II
- #472: 08-11-00 ARTS AND CRAFTS MAGNATE SENTENCED TO THREE-YEAR JAIL TERM FOR TAX FRAUD
- #471: 08-10-00 SAN FRANCISCO SEAFOOD DEALER PLEADS GUILTY TO SCHEME
TO ILLEGALLY CATCH PROTECTED FISH
- #470: 08-09-00 OIL EXPLORATION FIRM TO PAY $1.2 MILLION TO SETTLE WETLANDS CASE
- #469: 08-09-00 MASSACHUSETTS COMPANY CHARGED WITH BID RIGGING
- #468: 08-09-00 ATTORNEY GENERAL JANET RENO TO HOLD WEEKLY
PRESS AVAILABILITY ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 2000
- #467: 08-09-00 ATTORNEY GENERAL RENO TO ADDRESS THE NATIONAL
BLACK PROSECUTORS ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE
- #466: 08-09-00 DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL HOLDER TO HONOR CIVIL RIGHTS PIONEER RUBY
BRIDGES AT CEREMONY AT CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART
- #464: 08-09-00 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT APPROVES PROPOSAL BY
UNALASKA FLEET COOPERATIVE
- #463: 08-09-00 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT APPROVES PROPOSAL BY THE
WESTWARD FLEET COOPERATIVE
- #462: 08-09-00 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT APPROVES PROPOSAL BY THE
PETER PAN FLEET COOPERATIVE
- #461: 08-08-00 UNDERCOVER CUSTOMS OPERATION RESULTS IN CHARGES AND
PLEAS IN CONNECTION WITH STOLEN SATELLITE TELEVISION
- #460: 08-08-00 INDICTMENT IN INTERNET SALE OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
- #459: 08-07-00 FEDERAL OBSERVERS DISPATCHED TO MONITOR GEORGIA ELECTIONS
- #458: 08-07-00 TENTATIVE PUBLIC SCHEDULE FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL JANET RENO WEEK OF AUGUST 7, 2000
- #457: 08-05-00 NEW FEDERAL AGENCY FOR D.C. DEBUTS
- #456: 08-04-00 CITY OF HAMTRAMCK, MICHIGAN TO REVAMP ELECTION
PROCEDURES TO PREVENT VOTER DISCRIMINATION UNDER JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SETTLEMENT
- #455: 08-04-00 STATEMENT BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
REGARDING FUGITIVE APPREHENSION INITIATIVE
- #454: 08-03-00 TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AGREES TO IMPROVE EMPLOYEE SELECTION PROCEDURES AND
INCREASE RECRUITMENT EFFORTS TOWARD WOMEN
- #452: 08-03-00 MILITARY CONTRACTOR PAYS $600,000 TO SETTLE FALSE CLAIMS
FOR FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING FUNDS
- #451: 08-03-00 FRENCH EXECUTIVE INDICTED FOR BRIDGE PROJECTS SCHEME
BRIDGES IN GEORGIA, KENTUCKY, MASSACHUSETTS, OHIO AFFECTED
- #450: 08-03-00 BOEING TO PAY U.S. FOR SELLING ARMY DEFECTIVE HELICOPTERS
- #449: 08-02-00 ATTORNEY GENERAL JANET RENO TO HOLD WEEKLY PRESS AVAILABILITY ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 2000
- #448: 08-02-00 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE RELEASES RULES GOVERNING PETITIONS FOR EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY IN CAPITAL CASES
- #447: 08-02-00 W.R. GRACE AND BAKER & TAYLOR PAY $15.5 MILLION TO SETTLE ALLEGATIONS OF OVERCHARGING FOR BOOKS
- #446: 08-01-00 DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER TO ADDRESS THE NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE ON LAW ENFORCEMENT AND RACE
- #445: 08-01-00 ALLIED WASTE AND WASTE MANAGEMENT ABANDON SALE OF OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI ASSETS RESOLVES JUSTICE DEPARTMENT'S ANTITRUST CONCERNS
- #444: 08-01-00 HONOLULU POLICE OFFICER PLEADS GUILTY TO BEATING AN INDIVIDUAL IN CUSTODY
- #443: 08-01-00 U.S. DUPONT SETTLE ENVIRONMENTAL LAWSUIT OVER SULFURIC ACID EMERGENCY IN KENTUCKY