News from April 2009
By DOE Newswire | Apr 8, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced numerous accomplishments coming out of a multi-year collaboration in the area of advanced materials research between the United States and the United Kingdom.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2009
News Release: (Ninety Six, SC) Would you like working in a National Park? Are you a teenager looking for a challenging job this summer? Join a team as a member of the Youth Conservation Corps at Ninety Six National Historic Site. The Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) was established by Public Law 93-408 and is a summer...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 8, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member (R-CA) sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder today calling on the Justice Department to “produce any memoranda prepared by the Office of Legal Counsel and the Solicitor General regarding the constitutionality of the D.C. voting rights bill." If the Justice declines, the letter requests a “detailed explanation" for the refusal.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2009
News Release: On March 28, 2009, a large rockfall occurred from Ahwiyah Point near Half Dome. Rocks fell roughly 1,800 feet, knocking down hundreds of trees and burying hundreds of feet of trail on the southern portion of the Mirror Lake Loop Trail. The impact generated ground shaking equivalent to a magnitude 2.4 earthquake. Numerous smaller rockfalls have occurred from Ahwiyah Point since the initial rockfall on March 28. There were no injuries or structures affected.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2009
News Release: Information is now available from recent visitor studies conducted by the National Park Service along the Blue Ridge Parkway. The Visitor Study Report describes the results of two surveys, one conducted in the fall of 2007 and a second survey during early summer 2008. Nearly 2,700 survey documents were distributed along the length of the 469-mile scenic motor road. Of those, 2,253 questionnaires were returned, resulting in a 74 percent response rate.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2009
News Release: Miami Florida: Come join us on April 11th to “Explore, Learn, and Protect" your national parks! Everglades National Park will celebrate National Junior Ranger Day April 11th beginning at 9:30 a.m with kid-friendly activities and programs for the entire family at the Shark Valley area of the park located on US Highway 41, 25 miles west of the Florida Turnpike. Join us for all or part of the day!.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 8, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Earlier this week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released plan payment rates in the Medicare Advantage program for 2010 and included steps to reduce payments made to plans due to practices of upcoding.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 8, 2009
News Release: Senate Homeland Security Committee Ranking Member Susan Collins today announced that Maine has received more than $3.3 million from six grant programs administered by the Department of Homeland Security. The funding is a nearly 9 percent increase over last year. Among the grant program awards announced...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 8, 2009
News Release: Studies by Agricultural Research Service scientists (ARS) indicate that cherries, red raspberries and apples share key genetic traits for disease resistance. These findings could help plant breeders develop more robust produce varieties that can better withstand the pathogens that plague them.
By State Newswire | Apr 8, 2009
News Release: Van Nuys, CA - Howard L. Berman (D-CA), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement today in response to developments at the annual Inter-Parliamentary Union meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 7, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 7, 2009 - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) and House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (CA-49) sent the attached letter to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar to express their concerns about the Department of the Interior’s recent actions to limit the public comment process regarding offshore energy development on the nation’s Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – A physicist in Newport News, Va., was sentenced to 51 months in prison today for illegally exporting space launch technical data and defense services to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and offering bribes to Chinese government officials.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – Latin Node Inc. (Latinode), a privately held Florida corporation, pleaded guilty today to violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in connection with improper payments in Honduras and Yemen, Acting Assistant Attorney General Rita M. Glavin of the Criminal Division announced.
By Fed Newswire | Apr 7, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the issuance of a consent Prompt Corrective Action Directive against Michigan Heritage Bank, Farmington Hills, Michigan, a state chartered member bank.
By Fed Newswire | Apr 7, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between Venture Financial Group, Inc., Dupont, Washington, a registered bank holding company, and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
By Fed Newswire | Apr 7, 2009
News Release: On April 6, 2009, the Federal Reserve conducted an auction of $150 billion in 28-day credit through its Term Auction Facility. Following are the results of the auction: Stop-out rate: 0.250 percent Total propositions submitted: $106.251 billion Total propositions accepted: $106.251 billion Bid/cover ratio: 0.71 Number of bidders: 105 The awarded loans will settle on April 9, 2009, and will mature on May 7, 2009. The stop-out rate shown above will apply to all awarded loans.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 7, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has ordered Southern Air Inc., a Norwalk, Conn.-based air cargo carrier, to withdraw a lawsuit it filed against nine former employees and pay them more than $7.9 million in wages, damages and legal fees.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 7, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today certified for release $29,270,446 in unemployment insurance (UI) modernization incentive funds to the state of Connecticut. Connecticut qualified for the funds available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) by allowing workers ...
By Labor Gazette | Apr 7, 2009
News Release: HOUSTON — IFCO Systems North America Inc., doing business as IFCO Systems, based in Houston has paid $1,602,267 in back wages to its employees after investigations by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that 1,751 employees in 17 states had not been properly paid for the overtime hours that they worked as required by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The Wage and Hour Division also fined the company $963,050 in civil money penalties.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 7, 2009
News Release: New Haven, Connecticut – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment ordering the owner and operator of Fairfield Podiatry Associates LLC of Fairfield, Connecticut, to restore more than $32,000 to the company’s 401(k) plan. The defendant must also pay a civil penalty of almost $6,500 to the Labor Department.
