News from June 2009
By DOL Newswire | Jun 30, 2009
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee’s Senior Republican Member, today announced new Republican leaders for two of the panel’s five subcommittees.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2009
News Release: Today the National Park Service (NPS) announced an update to the progress on the lease agreement between the NPS and Sandy Hook Partners, LLC. Sandy Hook Partners submitted a Phase I financing and development package to the NPS on March 24, 2009. With the assistance of PriceWaterhouseCoopers the NPS has been conducting an evaluation of the package.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 30, 2009
News Release: Camp: CBO Analysis Shows Savings Proposals Delivered to the White House Fall Well-Short of Their Goal.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 30, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Kevin Brady, Ranking Member of the House Ways & Means Trade Subcommittee, issued the following statement in response to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative’s (USTR) announcement that the United States will continue the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) negotiations...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 30, 2009
News Release: It may not always pay for ranchers to use herbicides to kill exotic invasive weeds such as leafy spurge, according to a 16-year study by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and colleagues.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 30, 2009
News Release: Deleting two genes in mice responsible for repairing DNA strands damaged by oxidation leads to several types of tumors, providing additional evidence that such stress contributes to the development of cancer. That's the conclusion of a recent study* in DNA Repair by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) and the New York University School of Medicine (NYUSM).
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 30, 2009
News Release: Washington,DC - Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) and Trade SubcommitteeRanking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued the following statement today inresponse to the second anniversary of the expiration of Trade PromotionAuthority (TPA)...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2009
News Release: Fort McHenry Commemorates July 4th in Grand Style.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 30, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today made the following statement regarding the Obama Administration's announcement on the California waiver...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2009
News Release: Homestead, Florida: The National Park Service (NPS), in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, plans to prepare an environmental assessment (EA) to evaluate options and potential impacts for acquiring lands owned by the Florida Power and Light Company (FPL) within the East Everglades...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 30, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) today issues the following reaction to President Obama’s press conference...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 30, 2009
News Release: What do the mystery of how proteins fold, the unexpected behavior of nanoparticles, and the key to making hydrogen fuel cells have in common? All can be investigated with beams of slow-moving neutrons-and scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) took a week this summer to teach the next generation of scientists how to use these beams to explore innovative materials.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2009
News Release: A former executive of Philadelphia-based Nexus Technologies Inc. pleaded guilty today in connection with his participation in a conspiracy to bribe Vietnamese government officials in exchange for lucrative contracts to supply equipment and technology to Vietnamese government agencies, in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2009
News Release: Haji Bagcho, aka Haji Bagh Chagul, an Afghan national, was ordered detained today by Magistrate Judge John M. Facciola in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia while he awaits trial on U.S. narcotics charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2009
News Release: Miami physician Roberto Rodriguez, 54, was sentenced today to 97 months in prison for his role in a Medicare fraud scheme involving HIV infusion services. Rodriguez was also ordered to pay more than $9 million in restitution to the Medicare program during today’s sentencing hearing before U.S. District Judge Paul C. Huck.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2009
News Release: The Department today filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas against Stonescape Pavers LLC alleging that the company willfully violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) by firing Matthew T. Denning without cause when he returned from active duty.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2009
News Release: A former Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) social work associate was sentenced to three years in prison for her role in a scheme to defraud the United States of her honest services in connection with her work finding suitable housing and daily care for mentally ill and disabled military veterans and ...
By Fed Newswire | Jun 29, 2009
News Release: The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency today issued the host state loan-to-deposit ratios that the banking agencies will use to determine compliance with section 109 of the Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994. These ratios update data released on June 26, 2008.
By Fed Newswire | Jun 29, 2009
News Release: On June 29, 2009, the Federal Reserve will offer $150 billion in 28-day credit through its Term Auction Facility. Additional information regarding the auction is listed below; the auction will be conducted as specified in this announcement, Regulation A, and the terms and conditions of the Term Auction Facility (www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/taf.htm).
By Commerce News Now | Jun 29, 2009
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke hosted a meeting with Colombian President Álvaro Uribe at the Commerce Department today. This was the first meeting between President Uribe and Secretary Locke.
