*******MEDIA ADVISORY*******

U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, FBI AND OTHER INVESTIGATING AGENCIES
TO HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE ON ARRESTS TODAY IN BRIBERY
AND KICKBACK CASE INVOLVING MILLIONS IN FEDERAL CONTRACTS

     WASHINGTON – Top officials from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, the FBI’s Washington Field Office, and other federal agencies will hold a press conference TODAY, OCT. 4, 2011, at 2 P.M. EDT to announce charges against four defendants, including two employees of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

WHO:    Ronald C. Machen Jr., U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia
                   James W. McJunkin, Assistant Director of the FBI’s Washington Field Office
                   Peggy E. Gustafson, Inspector General for the Small Business Administration
                   Robert E. Craig, Special Agent in Charge of the Mid-Atlantic Field Office of the Defense Criminal                    Investigative Service
                   Jeannine M. Hammett, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Washington Field Office of the                    Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation

WHAT:    Press conference

WHEN:     TODAY, OCT. 4, 2011
                      2 P.M. EDT

WHERE:   U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia
                      555 4th Street NW
                      5th Floor
                      Washington, D.C. 20530

OPEN PRESS

NOTE: All media must present government-issued photo I.D. (such as a driver’s license) as well as valid media credentials. Media may begin arriving at 1 P.M. EDT and cameras must be pre-set by 1:45 P.M. EDT. Press inquiries regarding logistics should be directed to Bill Miller at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia at 202-252-6933.