News from December 2009
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice today announced a settlement agreement under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with Intellitec Colleges in Colorado Springs, Grand Junction, and Pueblo, Colo., to ensure access to its technical colleges for individuals with disabilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2009
News Release: The Justice Department today announced an agreement with Santa Rosa, Calif., to improve access to all aspects of civic life for persons with disabilities. The agreement was reached under Project Civic Access (PCA), the department’s wide-ranging initiative to ensure that cities, towns and counties throughout the country comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2009
News Release: Credit Suisse AG, a Swiss corporation headquartered in Zurich, has agreed to forfeit $536 million to the United States and to the New York County District Attorney’s Office in connection with violations of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and New York state law. The forfeiture is the largest ever entered against an entity for IEEPA violations.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – A former owner of three Kansas computer service companies was sentenced to 57 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to defraud the federal E-Rate program and for making a false statement to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Department of Justice announced today.
By Fed Newswire | Dec 16, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced the issuance of a consent Order to Cease and Desist against Credit Suisse AG, Zurich, Switzerland. The Order requires that Credit Suisse improve its program for compliance with U.S. economic sanctions requirements on a global basis.
By Fed Newswire | Dec 16, 2009
News Release: Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in November suggests that economic activity has continued to pick up and that the deterioration in the labor market is abating. The housing sector has shown some signs of improvement over recent months. Household spending appears to be ...
By Commerce News Now | Dec 16, 2009
News Release: I want to thank Vice President Biden for convening this Middle Class Task Force meeting on revitalizing American manufacturing. It is a subject of vital concern to all of us in this administration.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 16, 2009
News Release: The Commerce Department’s U.S. Bureau of the Census today released data on new residential construction in November 2009. Permits rose 6.0 percent in November and starts increased 8.9 percent, in both cases exceeding market expectations. Permits have risen 17.3 percent above their low in April, and starts have advanced 19.8 percent above their April low point. These gains reflected increases in single-family activity, while multi-family starts have increased modestly.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 16, 2009
News Release: Raleigh, NC - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment requiring Dale Everett White and Howell Anderson Vaughan to restore $73,432.25 to the Carolina Express Care P.A. 401(k) plan and removing them as fiduciaries of the plan. The judgment resulted from an investigation into alleged violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).
By Labor Gazette | Dec 16, 2009
News Release: Atlanta - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a default judgment barring People Unlimited Consulting Inc. and two of its officers, Janice Love and Linda Marler, from serving in a fiduciary capacity to any employee benefit plan governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).
By Labor Gazette | Dec 16, 2009
News Release: Nashville, TN - The U.S. Department of Labor has sued Mark Black, Tom Black and their former company, Synergy Holdings Inc. in Nashville, for allegedly violating the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) by failing to administer the company's 401(k) plan.
By USDA Wire | Dec 16, 2009
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Dec. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 16, 2009
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 16, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a one page rule on Dec. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 16, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 16, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 16, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 16, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 16, 2009
The US Interior Department published a four page proposed rule on Dec. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Dec 16, 2009
The US Agriculture Department published a one page rule on Dec. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
