Thursday, May 14, 2015
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Mobile Cramming/ Guinta
Missoulian: Montana receives
$306K in Verizon, Sprint settlement
AG Fox Announces $158 Million Mobile Cramming Settlements with Sprint, Verizon
“Attorney General Fox announced today that his Office of Consumer Protection—along with the Attorneys General of the other 49 States and the District of Columbia, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and the Federal Communications Commission—reached settlements with Sprint Corporation (“Sprint”) and Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless (“Verizon”), that include $158 million in payments, and that resolve allegations that Sprint and Verizon placed charges for third-party services on consumers’ mobile telephone bills that were not authorized by the consumers, a practice known as “mobile cramming.””
AG Fox Announces $158 Million Mobile Cramming Settlements with Sprint, Verizon
“Attorney General Fox announced today that his Office of Consumer Protection—along with the Attorneys General of the other 49 States and the District of Columbia, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and the Federal Communications Commission—reached settlements with Sprint Corporation (“Sprint”) and Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless (“Verizon”), that include $158 million in payments, and that resolve allegations that Sprint and Verizon placed charges for third-party services on consumers’ mobile telephone bills that were not authorized by the consumers, a practice known as “mobile cramming.””
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Missoula Rape Response/ Montana Bills/ FBI Hair Analysis
Missoulian: DOJ:
Missoula police make 'tremendous' progress on rape response
United States Attorney Michael W. Cotter Delivers Remarks on the Missoula Police Department's Full Compliance with Agreement
“It goes without saying that rape is a horribly violent crime with devastating consequences to the victim. Whether the rape is committed by an acquaintance or stranger, victims find themselves in a very, very dark place. When the Department of Justice demonstrated that gender bias was undermining Missoula’s law enforcement response to sexual assault, both the Missoula Police and University of Montana immediately agreed to a broad set of fundamental changes that began to dramatically improve their ability to protect victims of sexual assault. These reforms have made the Missoula Police Department more accountable, transparent and credible. With accountability, transparency and credibility comes community trust. Today, the Missoula Police Department is stronger and trusted. Indeed, Missoula is a model for every town in this nation to emulate.”
United States Attorney Michael W. Cotter Delivers Remarks on the Missoula Police Department's Full Compliance with Agreement
“It goes without saying that rape is a horribly violent crime with devastating consequences to the victim. Whether the rape is committed by an acquaintance or stranger, victims find themselves in a very, very dark place. When the Department of Justice demonstrated that gender bias was undermining Missoula’s law enforcement response to sexual assault, both the Missoula Police and University of Montana immediately agreed to a broad set of fundamental changes that began to dramatically improve their ability to protect victims of sexual assault. These reforms have made the Missoula Police Department more accountable, transparent and credible. With accountability, transparency and credibility comes community trust. Today, the Missoula Police Department is stronger and trusted. Indeed, Missoula is a model for every town in this nation to emulate.”
Missoulian: Bullock vetoes 53 bills
this year, signed 431
Bills Vetoed by Governor
Bills Signed by Governor
Bills Vetoed by Governor
Bills Signed by Governor
Missoulian: FBI hair
analysis problems reveal limits of forensic science
FBI/DOJ Microscopic Hair Comparison Analysis Review
“The FBI, in conjunction with the Department of Justice (DOJ), is engaged in a review of scientific testimony provided by FBI Laboratory examiners in cases involving microscopic hair comparisons.
FBI/DOJ Microscopic Hair Comparison Analysis Review
“The FBI, in conjunction with the Department of Justice (DOJ), is engaged in a review of scientific testimony provided by FBI Laboratory examiners in cases involving microscopic hair comparisons.
The purpose of the review is to ensure that FBI Laboratory examiner
testimony regarding microscopic hair comparison analysis met accepted
scientific standards. In cases in which those standards were not met, remedial
action may be taken if appropriate.”
Monday, May 11, 2015
Friday, May 8, 2015
Justice Dept. Investigates Baltimore/ Iran Legislation/ VE Day
Justice
Department Opens Pattern or Practice Investigation into the Baltimore Police
Department
“During the course of the investigation, the Justice Department will consider all relevant information, particularly the efforts that BPD has undertaken to ensure compliance with federal law, and the experiences and views of the community. The Justice Department has taken similar steps involving a variety of state and local law enforcement agencies, both large and small, in jurisdictions throughout the United States. These investigations have in many instances resulted in comprehensive, court-overseen agreements to fundamentally change the law enforcement agency’s police practices.”
“During the course of the investigation, the Justice Department will consider all relevant information, particularly the efforts that BPD has undertaken to ensure compliance with federal law, and the experiences and views of the community. The Justice Department has taken similar steps involving a variety of state and local law enforcement agencies, both large and small, in jurisdictions throughout the United States. These investigations have in many instances resulted in comprehensive, court-overseen agreements to fundamentally change the law enforcement agency’s police practices.”
Missoulian: Iran Legislation is win-win
for GOP, Obama
H.R.1191: A bill to provide for congressional review and oversight of agreements relating to Iran's nuclear program, and for other purposes.
H.R.1191: A bill to provide for congressional review and oversight of agreements relating to Iran's nuclear program, and for other purposes.
Missoulian: Missoula woman recalls
'Rosie the Riveter' days
Two
Down, One to Go: Preparing Soldiers for More War-Video
“After the Allied victory was declared against Nazi Germany on May 8, 1945 (a date known to history as V-E Day), US military officials presented troops with Two Down, One to Go, a film that serves as both Q+A session and pep talk to prepare them to shift their attention to Japan.”
“After the Allied victory was declared against Nazi Germany on May 8, 1945 (a date known to history as V-E Day), US military officials presented troops with Two Down, One to Go, a film that serves as both Q+A session and pep talk to prepare them to shift their attention to Japan.”
Thursday, May 7, 2015
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
License-plate Renewal/ VE Day/ Income Tax Veto
Missoulian: Bullock
vetoes bill lengthening vehicle license-plate renewal
HB 628: Revise the replacement schedule for regular license plates
HB 628: Revise the replacement schedule for regular license plates
Missoulian: Countdown to V-E Day: May 6, 1945
VE Day- Library of
Congress
“Eleven months after Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy, the German Army, pushed back to the streets of Berlin, surrendered. The relief that all American soldiers felt was tempered by the realization that the war wasn’t yet won. Some would ship out to the Pacific Theater, though few of them saw any action. Others stayed behind as occupiers or, in a few instances, participants in the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials.”
“Eleven months after Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy, the German Army, pushed back to the streets of Berlin, surrendered. The relief that all American soldiers felt was tempered by the realization that the war wasn’t yet won. Some would ship out to the Pacific Theater, though few of them saw any action. Others stayed behind as occupiers or, in a few instances, participants in the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials.”
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