Latest Department of Justice Stories
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In the wake of recent violent attacks against law enforcement professionals, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that since January 1, 2011 nearly 30 law enforcement and corrections officers have been saved by protective vests. Of these saves, 16 officers were wearing life-saving vests purchased, in part, with funds awarded through the DOJ's Bulletproof Vest Partnership (BVP) Program. Administered by DOJ's Bureau of Justice...
DETROIT, Dec. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Detroit Branch NAACP, the Michigan Legislative Black Caucus (MLBC), Latino Americans for Social and Economic Development (LASED) and the United Auto Workers (UAW) filed a legal challenge to Michigan's Redistricting process in Federal District Court on December 8, 2011. This coalition of civil rights and labor groups welcomes a review of the State's electoral maps by the Voting Rights Section of the United States Department of...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by the Department of Justice: OJP Leadership Addresses Violence Against Native Americans - In remarks at the Task Force on Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women, held in conjunction with the fourteenth Interdepartmental Tribal Justice, Safety, & Wellness Session, December 14, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Principal Deputy AAG Mary Lou Leary said, "We are working hard to forge...
AT&T Inc. and the Justice Department have decided to cancel their February antitrust trial over the phone company's proposed purchase of T-Mobile. U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle approved the motion to cancel the trial and set a January 18 hearing about the future of the deal. The $39 billion deal is under increasing government opposition, and many analysts speculate that the deal will not go through. "I think the deal as originally conceived is surely undone," Andrew...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following weekly news brief is being released by the <font size="2" face="Arial">Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs:</font> Attorney General Holds Public Hearing on Children Exposed to Violence - In remarks at the National Task Force on Children Exposed to Violence on Tuesday, November 29, in Baltimore, Md., Attorney General Eric Holder, said, "As a former judge and U.S. attorney, and now as...
AT&T is facing increasing challenges in its bid to acquire fourth-largest carrier T-Mobile USA with a $39 million offer. T-Mobile’s parent company, Deutsche Telekom and AT&T both say they have temporarily halted their application to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to merge their cellphone operations. AT&T also agreed to take a $4 billion charge against earnings, the amount in breakup fees owed to Deutsche Telekom, if the deal is scrapped. The two companies...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Officials of major federal law enforcement agencies thanked Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA), the top Democratic appropriator for the Justice Department, for leading the successful effort to fund federal enforcement agencies for the coming year. Director Robert S. Mueller III of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and U.S. Marshals Service Director Stacia A. Hylton, on behalf of 17,842 FBI agents and marshals, thanked the...
UPDATE (11.24.11 - 14:37PM CST) -- According to reports, AT&T has now fully withdrawn its request to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to acquire T-Mobile USA for $39 billion. AT&T said that it does not need the FCC's permission to back out of the application. Both AT&T and T-Mobile withdrew their merger applications from the FCC, and the New York Times reported that the agency would "consider the request." "We have every right to withdraw our merger from the...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following release is being issued by the Office of Justice Programs: AAG Robinson Speaks at Criminology Conference - In remarks Thursday, November 17 at the American Society of Criminology Conference: Breaking the Mold: Innovations and Bold Ventures in Criminology, in Washington, D.C., Assistant Attorney General Laurie O. Robinson, Office of Justice Programs, said, "My goal is to try to institutionalize a scientific mindset...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by the Department of Justice: Assistant Attorney General Testifies before Congress on Oversight of OJP - In remarks recently before the House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security on the Oversight of the Justice Department's Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Assistant Attorney General Laurie O. Robinson, OJP, said, " In the current climate of fiscal restraint and...
