News published on Federal Newswire in July 2009

News from July 2009


Washington Post Op-Ed: What Palin Got Wrong About Energy

News Release: Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin put the global warming debate front and center last week with a plea to avoid the "personality-driven political gossip of the day" and focus more "on the gravity of... challenges" facing our country.


News Release: This notice is to inform campers that the Queen Inlet camper dropoff will be relocated to Sundew Cove, effective July 24, 2009, due to recent bear activity near the Queen Inlet camper dropoff. The new dropoff location is on the western side of Glacier Bay near Hugh Miller Inlet (see map).


News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 “Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano will travel to New York City on Wednesday, July 29. Secretary Napolitano will deliver a major address on homeland security and the Department’s approach to preventing ...


News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Today, we joined together with White House Homeland Security Advisor John Brennan and Dr. Anne Schuchat of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at the request of Democratic and Republican leaders in the House and Senate, to brief members of Congress on preparation for the H1N1 flu virus this fall.


News Release: WASHINGTON – William Travis Brown, 39, of Sellersburg, Ind., was convicted today by a federal jury in Indianapolis of transporting and possessing child pornography, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana Timothy M. Morrison, and Indianapolis Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Resident Agent in Charge Daniel T. Dill.


News Release: WASHINGTON – Michael Bullard and Richard Armstrong were convicted yesterday by a jury in Boise, Idaho, on federal hate crime and conspiracy charges in connection with the racially-motivated assault of an African American man outside of a Wal-Mart store in July 2008, announced Loretta King, Acting Assistant ...


News Release: WASHINGTON - Bradley C. Brennecke, a resident of Pleasant Plain, Ohio, and Bruce A. Mrusek, a resident of Maineville, Ohio, appeared in federal court today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Timothy S. Hogan in Cincinnati on conspiracy and various tax charges, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service ...


News Release: WASHINGTON— Colorado Interstate Gas Company (CIG), the operator of the Natural Buttes Compressor Station located on the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation near Vernal, Utah, has agreed to pay more than $1 million and install environmental controls at its facility as part of a consent decree that resolves violations of the Clean Air Act, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today.


Federal Reserve proposes significant changes to Regulation Z (Truth in Lending) intended to improve the disclosures consumers receive in connection with closed-end mortgages and home-equity lines of credit

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday proposed significant changes to Regulation Z (Truth in Lending) intended to improve the disclosures consumers receive in connection with closed-end mortgages and home-equity lines of credit (HELOCs). These changes, offered for public comment, reflect the result of ...


Written agreement with Crescent Banking Company

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and among Crescent Banking Company, Jasper, Georgia, a registered bank holding company, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, and the Banking Commissioner of the State of Georgia.


Prompt corrective action directive against Bank of Elmwood

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the issuance of a consent Prompt Corrective Action Directive against Bank of Elmwood, Racine, Wisconsin, a state chartered member bank.


ETA Press Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims    Report

News Release: UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending July 18, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 554,000, an increase of 30,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 524,000. The 4-week moving average was 566,000, a decrease of 19,000 from the previous week's revised average of 585,000.


Partners HealthCare Systems agrees to pay 700 employees more than $2.7 million in overtime back wages to resolve U.S. Labor Department lawsuit

News Release: BOSTON — Partners HealthCare Systems Inc. and its affiliated hospitals and health care companies throughout eastern Massachusetts have agreed to pay 700 employees more than $2.7 million in overtime back wages to resolve a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Labor alleging violations of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on July 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a three page notice on July 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on July 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on July 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on July 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on July 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on July 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.