News from December 2009
By Commerce News Now | Dec 23, 2009
The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Dec. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 23, 2009
The US Commerce Department published a five page rule on Dec. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 23, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today introduced legislation to extend key disaster relief tax provisions to help Iowa and other Midwestern states that suffered floods and tornadoes last year.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 23, 2009
News Release: * On December 19 the independent, non-partisan Congressional Budget Office released its budget analysis of the Senate health reform bill, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, incorporating the Manager’s Amendment.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 23, 2009
News Release: There is widespread agreement that the health care system in this country has serious problems. Costs are rising at three times the rate of inflation. Many Americans are uninsured. Millions more fear losing their insurance in a weak economy or because of pre-existing conditions. Doctors are ready to close their doors over high malpractice costs and low government reimbursement rates. Something has to be done. Everyone agrees on that much.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 23, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC- Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) applauded Committee action today to favorably report the nominations of Dr. Lael Brainard to be Under Secretary of the Treasury Department, Dr. Charles Collyns to be a Deputy Under Secretary for Treasury, Michael Mundaca and Mary...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 23, 2009
News Release: Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael L. Connor announced today the multiple award of an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract to three vendors for Information Technology Consolidated Services Support. The contract has a maximum potential value of $35 Million.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 23, 2009
News Release: Philadelphia - National Park Service Northeast Regional Director Dennis R. Reidenbach has named Sean J. McGuinness as the new superintendent of Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River. McGuinness, currently deputy superintendent at Fire Island National Seashore on Long Island, New York, will assume his new post in February, 2010. He succeeds former superintendent Vidal Martinez, who was selected as Prince William Forest Park’s superintendent in October 2009.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 23, 2009
News Release: Rhizoctonia, a fungal disease that can be found in many ornamental plants, can be eliminated in azalea by placing plant cuttings in a hot water treatment, an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist and his university collaborator have found.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 23, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley is putting the Treasury Department, including the IRS, on notice that he will hold up all Treasury nominees until the agency treats small businesses fairly regarding certain tax penalties. Grassley’s action comes after the Treasury Department gave favorable tax treatment to government bailout participants, including Citigroup, while placing liens on small businesses contrary to congressional intent.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 22, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today commended Senate passage, by unanimous consent, of a one-year extension of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) and Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA). The extension ensures...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 22, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today applauded President Obama’s intent to nominate Vice Admiral Robert J. Papp, Jr., as Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard. If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Vice Admiral Papp would relieve Admiral Thad Allen in May 2010.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2009
News Release: Duke Energy, one of the largest electric power companies in the nation, will spend approximately $85 million to significantly reduce harmful air pollution at an Indiana power plant and pay a $1.75 million civil penalty, under a settlement to resolve violations of federal clean air laws, the Justice Department and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. The settlement also requires Duke to spend $6.25 million on environmental mitigation projects.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – Two former San Juan, Puerto Rico, Municipal Police Officers, Elias Perocier Morales and Eliezer Rivera Gonzalez, were sentenced yesterday in federal court for using excessive force that resulted in the death of Jose Antonio Rivera Robles, the Justice Department announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – Bruce Mikulyuk, 50, of Mishawaka, Ind., was sentenced today to 42 months in prison for interfering with the housing rights of a white woman and an African-American man by burning a cross in their yard and later returning with a knife and threatening the man if he did not leave. Mikulyuk pleaded guilty to the offense in October.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2009
News Release: Donald Mathias of Davie, Fla., pleaded guilty today to engaging in sex tourism in the Philippines Mathias, 64, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge William Peter Dimitrouleas in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., to four counts of traveling in foreign commerce and engaging in illicit sexual conduct. He was indicted on those charges on Oct. 27, 2009.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2009
News Release: A settlement estimated worth more than $30 million will ensure that cleanup of the Sutton Brook Disposal Area Superfund Site in Tewksbury, Mass., will move forward, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2009
News Release: St. John Health System, headquartered in Tulsa, Okla., has agreed to pay the United States $13,229,348.88 to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act, the Justice Department announced today.
By Fed Newswire | Dec 22, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday published its annual notice of the asset-size exemption threshold for depository institutions under Regulation C, which implements the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA).
By Fed Newswire | Dec 22, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Trade Commission today announced final rules that generally require a creditor to provide a consumer with a notice when, based on the consumer's credit report, the creditor provides credit to the consumer on less favorable terms than it provides to other consumers. Consumers who receive this "risk-based pricing" notice will be able to obtain a free credit report to check the accuracy of the report.
