News published on Federal Newswire in June 2009

News from June 2009


Free Tours Offered Three Weekends this Summer at Wind Cave 

News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. - Rangers at Wind Cave National Park will be offering free tours of the Natural Entrance, Garden of Eden, and Fairgrounds on the weekends of June 20-21, July 18-19, and August 15-16.


News Release: WASHINGTON - After a bench trial held last week in the Northern District of Georgia, U.S. District Judge William S. Duffey, Jr., announced today that Syed Haris Ahmed, 24, has been found guilty of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists.


News Release: FBI and BLM agents, joined by the U.S. Marshals and local and state law enforcement partners, were simultaneously arresting defendants and executing search warrants in Utah Wednesday morning following a more than two-year undercover operation targeting a network of individuals allegedly involved in the ...


Written agreement with Sterling Bank

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and among, Sterling Bank, Lantana, Florida, a state member bank, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, and the State of Florida, Office of Financial Regulation.


Federal Reserve issues first monthly report on its credit and liquidity programs

News Release: The Federal Reserve on Wednesday issued the first of an ongoing series of monthly reports providing considerable new information on its credit and liquidity programs.


Order to cease and desist against Nexity Financial

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced the issuance of a consent cease and desist order against Nexity Financial Corporation, Birmingham, Alabama, a registered bank holding company.


News Release: U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke issued the following statement on the release of the April 2009 U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services report by the Commerce Department’s U.S. Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Today’s report showed that U.S. exports decreased by 2.3 percent to $121.1 billion since March 2009. Imports decreased 1.4 percent to $150.3 billion. Overall, the trade deficit grew 2.2 percent during the same time period.


News Release: U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke White House Press Conference on DTV Transition MR. GIBBS: Again, in my endeavoring pursuit to bring you special guests, today obviously we have the Secretary of Commerce, Gary Locke, who is going to talk to you guys and give you a little bit of an update on the impending deadline of the transition for digital television, which takes place at the end of this week.


U.S. Labor Departments OSHA issues letters to oil refineries  stressing compliance with process safety management standard

News Release: WASHINGTON – Oil refineries nationwide have received letters from the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) emphasizing the need to comply with all applicable OSHA standards, particularly the Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals (HHCs).


U.S. Department of Labor marks 2009 World Day Against Child Labor with roundtable of employers, unions, academics, organizations, experts and activists

News Release: WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today marked the 2009 World Day Against Child Labor by hosting a roundtable discussion at the department with Sen. Tom Harkin; Tina Tchen, executive director of the White House Council on Women and Girls; representatives of many U.S. companies, unions, ...


U.S. Department of Labor announces $720,000 grant to assist  in recovery efforts as result of recent flooding in West Virginia

News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $720,000 grant to create approximately 40 temporary jobs for eligible workers to assist in clean-up and recovery efforts resulting from flooding in southern West Virginia.


U.S. Department of Labor releases more than $450 million in additional funds for Trade Adjustment Assistance

News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today released more than $450 million in Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) funding to states to provide career training, and employment and case management services to workers who lose their jobs due to outsourcing and foreign trade.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on June 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on June 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on June 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on June 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a nine page notice on June 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on June 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a five page proposed rule on June 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on June 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.