Jackpot Nevada
FEMA: Nevada Receives $182,250 to Assist Local Fire Departments in Latest Round of Grants
Jackpot Fire Department, Jackpot - $48,600 for fire operations and firefighter safety; and ... OAKLAND, Calif. - Michael D. Brown, Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Emergency Preparedness and Response, announced the final 141 grants to fire departments throughout the U.S. in the thirty-fifth round of the fiscal year 2003 Assistance to Firefighters Grant program. Included in the announcement of this latest round were awards for two communities in Nevada, including grants to Jackpot and Silver Peak. ... [Read More]
National Fire News
Contact (Elko Field Office, Bureau of Land Management): 3,000 acres at 15 percent contained. This fire is 20 miles south of Jackpot. Rapid rates of spread and a highway closure were reported. ... [Read More]
FTC: Oasis Southwest, Inc.
In July 1996, the FTC announced "Project Jackpot," a major enforcement effort targeting firms that fraudulently offer purportedly valuable prizes to consumers to induce them to purchase products. In "Project Jackpot," the FTC filed eight law enforcement actions, the State Attorneys General filed 43 actions, and the U.S. Postal Service filed five actions. ... Copies of the stipulated final judgments, as well as other documents associated with "Project Jackpot," are available from the FTC's Public Reference Branch, Room 130, 6th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580; 202-326-2222; TTY for the hearing impaired 1-866-653-4261. To find out the latest news as it is announced, call the FTC NewsPhone recording at 202-326-2710. FTC news releases and other materials also are available on the Internet at the FTC's World Wide Web site at: http://www.ftc.gov ... [Read More]
FTC: Project Jackpot
"Project Jackpot," a joint effort between the FTC, the state Attorneys General and the U.S. Postal Service, targeted firms that fraudulently offered purportedly valuable prizes to consumers to induce them to purchase products. Project Jackpot resulted in 56 enforcement actions against 79 defendants in 17 states. ... Copies of the stipulated final judgments for both cases, and the default judgment regarding Todd Bishop, as well as other documents associated with Project Jackpot, are available from the FTC's Public Reference Branch, Room 130, 6th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580; 202-326-2222; TTY for the hearing impaired 202- 326-2502. To find out the latest FTC news as it is announced, call the FTC's NewsPhone recording at 202-326-2710. FTC news releases and other materials also are available on the Internet at the FTC's World Wide Web Site at: http://www.ftc.gov ... [Read More]
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