News from May 2009
By Fed Newswire | May 26, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday released the minutes of its discount rate meetings on April 6 and 27, 2009.
By Commerce News Now | May 26, 2009
News Release: Rebecca Blank, Ph.D, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate May 21 as the Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs. As the Economic Advisor to the Secretary of Commerce, and head of the Economic and Statistics Administration (ESA), Dr. Blank will also have management responsibility for the two top statistical agencies in the United States, the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA).
By Commerce News Now | May 26, 2009
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke joined Congresswoman Doris Matsui and Mayor Kevin Johnson at the Sacramento public library today to urge residents to prepare for the national switch to digital television (DTV) before the June 12 deadline. In the final month before the national switch, the Commerce ...
By Labor Gazette | May 26, 2009
News Release: WESTBURY, N.Y. – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Wal-Mart Stores Inc. for inadequate crowd management following the Nov. 28, 2008, death of an employee at its Valley Stream, N.Y., store. The worker died of asphyxiation after he was knocked to the ground and trampled by a crowd of about 2,000 shoppers who surged into the store for its annual "Blitz Friday" pre-holiday sales event.
By Labor Gazette | May 26, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today issued the following statement on President Obama's nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court of the United States: "I applaud President Obama's choice to nominate Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the United States Supreme Court. Today's ...
By Labor Gazette | May 26, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that it has paid more than $500 million in compensation and medical benefits to 4,798 current and former employees of the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant and their survivors under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program ...
By Labor Gazette | May 26, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that it has paid more than $1 billion in compensation and medical benefits to 9,134 Tennessee residents under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA). The act was created to assist those individuals who became ...
By Labor Gazette | May 26, 2009
News Release: Washington – The Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans (also known as the ERISA Advisory Council) will meet June 11 in Washington at the U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue N.W., Room S-2508.
By Labor Gazette | May 26, 2009
News Release: Minneapolis – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent order and judgment appointing Midwest Fiduciary Services as an independent fiduciary to distribute the assets of the abandoned Nat Joseph Catering Inc. 401(k) plan to eligible participants and beneficiaries.
By DOT News Wire | May 26, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | May 26, 2009
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on May 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | May 26, 2009
The US Commerce Department published a five page proposed rule on May 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | May 26, 2009
The US Energy Department published a one page proposed rule on May 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | May 26, 2009
The US Commerce Department published a seven page proposed rule on May 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | May 26, 2009
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on May 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | May 26, 2009
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on May 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | May 26, 2009
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on May 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | May 26, 2009
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on May 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | May 26, 2009
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on May 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | May 26, 2009
The US Commerce Department published a nine page notice on May 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
