News from June 2009
By DOL Newswire | Jun 9, 2009
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the top Republican on the Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee, today raised serious questions about tomorrow’s scheduled hearing on “Examining the Single Payer Health Care Option." Kline noted the hearing - which will examine one of the most radical options on ...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 9, 2009
News Release: It's time to make your reservations for one of the annual Fire Island Treks. This year's programs include a one-day, noon-to-9:00 p.m. Twilight Trek on Thursday, June 25. Hikers on this 15-mile trek will leave from the Wilderness Visitor Center at noon. The first half of the program entails a 7-mile...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 9, 2009
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By Commerce Newswire | Jun 9, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Democratic Members of the House Committee on Ways and Means, led by Chairman Charles B. Rangel (D-NY), met with President Obama today to discuss the upcoming legislative agenda and their continuing efforts to reform America’s health care system to reduce costs, protect current coverage and preserve choice for patients to ensure affordable, quality care for all.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 9, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Edolphus Towns (D-NY) and Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) today agreed to have a subpoena served on the Federal Reserve (the Fed) to compel it to turn over documents related to Bank of America’s acquisition of Merrill Lynch.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 9, 2009
News Release: An Environmental Assessment (EA) for the construction of park road improvements between Mile 73 and 86 is now available for public review and comment, announced Park Superintendent Paul R. Anderson.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 9, 2009
News Release: Denali National Park and Preserve’s mountaineering rangers are excited to host volunteer mountaineering ranger PhuNuru Sherpa, a member of the Mt. Everest mountain climbing community, a guide with International Mountain Guides, and an instructor with the Khumbu Climbing School in Phortse Village, Nepal.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 9, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, and Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics and Environmental Health, released the following statements regarding a report by the Government Accountability ...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 9, 2009
News Release: Channel Islands National Park Superintendent Russell E. Galipeau Jr. invites the public to attend open houses on June 17th in Ventura and June 18th in Santa Barbara to learn about and comment on the wilderness proposal process for Channel Islands National Park.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 9, 2009
News Release: Grass and other perennial plants may be just what the doctor ordered for farmers facing the uncertainties of climate change. And beef and dairy products from free-ranging, grass-fed cattle--along with legumes and grains grown in addition to grass--may be just what the doctor ordered for consumers.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 9, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - For the past year, Chairman Edward M. Kennedy and Democratic Members and staff of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) have been working to develop legislation that reduces health care costs, allows Americans to keep the coverage they have if they want it, and makes health insurance affordable to those who do not have it today.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 9, 2009
News Release: NPS RELEASES ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR PROPOSED WATER TREATMENT FACILITIES, PUBLIC COMMENT THROUGH JULY 10.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2009
News Release: The Department filed a lawsuit today against Essex County, N.J., alleging that it discriminated against a Muslim corrections officer on the basis of her religion in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The suit alleges that the county refused to permit Yvette Beshier to wear a religiously mandated headscarf while working as a corrections officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2009
News Release: A former employee at the U.S. Embassy in Haiti was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for stealing more than $800,000 from the U.S. Department of State.
By Fed Newswire | Jun 8, 2009
News Release: The federal bank and thrift regulatory agencies today announced the availability of the 2009 list of distressed or underserved nonmetropolitan middle-income geographies in which revitalization or stabilization activities will receive Community Reinvestment Act consideration as "community development." ...
By Fed Newswire | Jun 8, 2009
News Release: The 10 banking organizations required by the Supervisory Capital Assessment Program to bolster their capital buffers have all submitted capital plans that, if implemented, would provide sufficient capital to meet the required buffer under the assessment's more-adverse scenario. As supervisors, we will be working with the institutions to ensure their plans are implemented quickly and effectively.
By Fed Newswire | Jun 8, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and among First Commerce Community Bankshares, Inc., Douglasville, Georgia, a registered bank holding company, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, and the Banking Commissioner of the State of Georgia.
By Fed Newswire | Jun 8, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below. Terminations of enforcement actions are listed on the Federal Reserve's public website, http://www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/enforcement, as they occur.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 8, 2009
News Release: U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke hosted a meeting with Mongolia's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Sukhbaatar Batbold at the Commerce Department today. This was the first meeting between Minister Batbold and Secretary Locke.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 8, 2009
News Release: Washington – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) will host a free webcast to assist plan sponsors and service providers with upcoming changes to the Form 5500 and electronic filing requirements that start with the 2009 plan year filings.
