News from February 2009
By DOL Newswire | Feb 25, 2009
News Release: Earlier today, top Republicans in the House and Senate introduced the Secret Ballot Protection Act, legislation that would create a firewall against the undemocratic “card check" scheme that congressional Democrats are expected to soon unveil. The Secret Ballot Protection Act would ensure that workers ...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 25, 2009
News Release: Saturday, Feb. 28, 7:00 p.m. - Essence of Landscapes, My Love of Aspen.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 25, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 25, 2009 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings released the following statement regarding President Obama’s Address to the Joint Session of Congress.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 25, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) released the following statement on President Obama’s address to a Joint Session of Congress this evening...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 25, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 25, 2009 - At the House Natural Resources Committee’s third oversight hearing on development of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), Ranking Member Doc Hastings criticized the Secretary of the Interior’s decision to “delay" OCS leasing, noting that it’s really a continuation of the moratorium.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 25, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 25, 2009 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) spoke on the House floor today against the rule for H.R. 1105, the Omnibus Appropriations Act, highlighting a secret Democrat policy rider (Sec. 429) that threatens job creation and economic growth across the country.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 25, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC -- A project supported by the Office of Fossil Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has given rise to a major new research consortium to promote advanced technology for low-impact oil and gas drilling. Announced earlier this month by the Houston Advanced Research Center...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 25, 2009
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By Commerce Newswire | Feb 25, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 25, 2009 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings released the following statement today regarding plans by the Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar to cancel a proposed plan for expanded oil shale RD&D leases.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 25, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today announced the panel’s subcommittees for the 111th Congress. The five subcommittees are Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure; Social Security, Pensions, and Family; International...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2009
News Release: Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and The Johns Hopkins University have constructed a unique tool for exploring the properties of promising new materials with unprecedented sensitivity and speed-potentially allowing them to identify quickly those most useful for nanotechnology and industrial applications.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - Gary Moss and Devan Klausegger of Medford, Ore., pleaded guilty today to conspiring to interfere with civil rights, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Loretta King for the Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney Karin J. Immergut for the District of Oregon.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – A former employee of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) has been indicted on corruption and tax violations arising from her alleged receipt of a $100,000 bribe while working at the Ex-Im Bank, Acting Assistant Attorney General Rita M. Glavin of the Criminal Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente for the Eastern District of Virginia announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - Three former Atlanta Police Department (APD) officers were sentenced to prison today by Chief U.S. District Judge Julie E. Carnes on a charge of conspiracy to violate civil rights resulting in death, arising from the fatal police shooting of Kathryn Johnston, a 92-year old Atlanta woman. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2009
News Release: TAMPA, FLA. – U. S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday today sentenced the Japanese corporation Hiong Guan Navegacion Japan Co. Ltd., that operates the commercial cargo ship M/V Balsa-62, to three years probation and $1.75 million in penalties for conspiring to falsify and falsifying environmental compliance records, the Justice Department announced.
By Fed Newswire | Feb 24, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday released the minutes of its discount rate meeting on Jan. 26, 2009.
By Fed Newswire | Feb 24, 2009
News Release: On Feb. 23, 2009, the Federal Reserve conducted an auction of $150 billion in 84-day credit through its Term Auction Facility. Following are the results of the auction: Stop-out rate: 0.250 percent Total propositions submitted: $111.683 billion Total propositions accepted: $111.683 billion Bid/cover ...
By Labor Gazette | Feb 24, 2009
News Release: Seattle – The U.S. Department of Labor has sued Seatoma Convalescent Center of Des Moines, Washington, to give workers access to nearly $14,000 in profit-sharing trust assets. The nursing home facility allegedly failed to fulfill its fiduciary duties to participants covered by the plan.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 24, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 24, 2009
The US Commerce Department published a three page rule on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
