News from October 2009
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 16, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John Tanner and Ranking Member Sam Johnson joined with leaders from the House Committee on Armed Services and the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs in praising the Social Security Administration (SSA), the Department of Defense...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 16, 2009
News Release: Senior Republicans Hold Roundtable; Point to Job Loss Created by Careless Buy American Expansion.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 16, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that the Agency was backing away from its inappropriate and unconstitutional gag order on all Medicare Advantage (MA) and prescription drug plans. On Sept. 21, 2009, CMS issued an order prohibiting all MA and prescription...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 16, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Wally Herger (R-CA), Ranking Member of the Ways & Means Subcommittee on Health, today challenged the Obama Administration’s flawed defense of its “gag order" prohibiting Medicare Advantage (MA) and prescription drug plans from communicating with enrollees about benefit cuts in proposed health care legislation.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 16, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Democrats today shut down the committee process, blocking Republicans from offering amendments to H.R. 3200, the House Democrats’ health care legislation. In doing so, Democrats rammed through a letter to the Budget Committee that paves the way for health care to be considered under reconciliation - which requires only 51 votes for passage in the Senate as opposed to the normal 60 votes.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 15, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced new proposed standards for a 9/11 Commission-recommended program for the private sector to improve preparedness for disasters and emergencies.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 15, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano today applauded the launch of FEMA's redesigned Spanish-language website—designed to support DHS' mission of building a culture of readiness and resilience across the nation.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – Panagiotis Lekkas, the captain of the cargo ship, M/V Theotokos, was sentenced today in federal court in New Orleans to 10 months confinement, the Justice Department announced. Lekkas pleaded guilty on July 15, 2009, to one count of obstruction of justice, one count of violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships, and two counts of violating the Ports and Waterways Safety Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON—MFG Chemical Inc. has agreed to pay $270,000 in civil penalties to resolve claims resulting from a toxic release on Apr. 12, 2004 of extremely hazardous chemicals at the company’s Dalton, Ga., plant, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - Roy W. Bradford of Ludlow Falls, Ohio, was indicted on two counts of filing a false tax return and one count of corruptly endeavoring to impede the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Justice Department and IRS announced today.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 15, 2009
News Release: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending Oct. 10, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 514,000, a decrease of 10,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 524,000. The 4-week moving average was 531,500, a decrease of 9,000 from the previous week's revised average of 540,500.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 15, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that approximately 2,329 workers from companies in 14 states – Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee and Wisconsin – are eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA).
By Labor Gazette | Oct 15, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today certified the release of $84,979,841 in unemployment insurance (UI) modernization incentive funds to the state of Colorado. The state qualified for the remaining two-thirds of its share of funds available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) by making it easier for unemployed workers seeking part-time work and those unemployed for compelling family reasons to be eligible for benefits.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 15, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Oct. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 15, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Oct. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Oct 15, 2009
The US State Department published a one page notice on Oct. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 15, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Oct. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 15, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Oct. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 15, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Oct. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 15, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Oct. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
