“Social Impact Bonds” Performance-Based Financing Can Create New Pathways for Justice-Involved Youth at No Cost to Taxpayers CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–September 30, 2013. Governor Pat Quinn today announced the next step in developing a cutting-edge partnership between Illinois, community organizations and private investors to provide better opportunities for at-risk youth. Illinois is the[Read More…]
Year: 2013
Remarks by Deputy Secretary of Defense Carter on the U.S.-India Defense Partnership at the Center for American Progress
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 30, 2013. DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ASHTON B. CARTER: Well, good morning, and thanks, Neera, for that introduction. Rich, thanks for making this event possible. Rudy, my august predecessor there, Carolyn, a star student of mine, brilliant Harvard student that I’m now taking credit for, even though I[Read More…]
Pennsylvania Man Admits Conspiring with Alleged Members of Organized Crime Family and Others in Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 30, 2013. A Pennsylvania man today admitted he conspired to defraud FIRSTPLUS Financial Group Inc. (FPFG), a Texas-based financial services company allegedly targeted for extortionate takeover and looting by a group led by alleged Lucchese organized crime family member Nicodemo S. Scarfo. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman[Read More…]
Former Employee of Florida Property Management Company Sentenced to Serve Time in Prison for Wire Fraud
Scheme Affected U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Mortgage Guarantee Program Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 30, 2013. A former residential sales manager of a Florida property management company was sentenced to serve 24 months in prison today in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, in Orlando, for his participation[Read More…]
Two New Jersey Investors Plead Guilty for Their Roles in Bid-rigging Schemes at Municipal Tax Lien Auctions
Investigation Has Yielded 14 Guilty Pleas Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 30, 2013. Two financial investors who purchased municipal tax liens pleaded guilty today for their roles in a conspiracy to rig bids at auctions conducted by New Jersey municipalities for the sale of those tax liens, the Department of Justice announced. A[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel After Bilateral Meeting, Sept. 30, 2013
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 30, 2013 – 12:39 P.M. EDT PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, it’s a pleasure to welcome Prime Minister Netanyahu back to the Oval Office. I think I’ve had the pleasure of hosting him more often than just about any other world leader, and hopefully this will provide just some small[Read More…]
Conservation Groups Challenge Drastic 93 Percent Cut in Protection of Mountain Caribou Habitat in Idaho and Washington
Lawsuit Seeks Recovery of Last Population of Iconic Caribou in Lower 48 BOISE, Idaho–(ENEWSPF)–September 30, 2013. A coalition of six conservation groups filed a lawsuit today challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision to cut more than 93 percent of protected critical habitat for the endangered mountain caribou —[Read More…]
Two Rare Arizona Cactuses Gain Endangered Species Act Protection
TUCSON, Ariz.–(ENEWSPF)–September 30, 2013. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service granted Endangered Species Act protection today to two highly imperiled cactuses found in northern and southern Arizona. Protection for the Acuña cactus and Fickeisen plains cactus results from a 2011 settlement with the Center for Biological Diversity requiring the agency[Read More…]
Lawsuit Filed to Save Endangered Southwestern Songbird From Habitat Destruction Caused by Invasive Beetles
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.–(ENEWSPF)–September 30, 2013. The Center for Biological Diversity and Maricopa Audubon today filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture and APHIS, the department’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, over their failure to safeguard an endangered native songbird, the southwestern willow flycatcher, from the impacts of the[Read More…]
Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2013
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 30, 2013. A statement by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius: October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time to rededicate ourselves to lessening the impact of the most common cancer affecting women. Breast cancer is also the second leading cause of cancer death for women in the United[Read More…]
