News from October 2009
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 5, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - A report released today by the Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) confirmed findings of an Oversight and Government Reform Committee investigation that key players in the financial crisis took unprecedented actions but the impact of these decisions remains difficult to assess.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 5, 2009
News Release: The National Park Service is accepting applications for a Commercial Use Authorizations (CUA) from businesses or individuals interested in providing visitor services from Key West to Dry Tortugas National Park for the two year period starting January 2010 and ending Dec. 31, 2011. Applications are...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 5, 2009
News Release: Ultrasound technology routinely used to accurately predict characteristics that indicate carcass yield and value in cattle and swine can also be used in live sheep, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and cooperators have found.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 5, 2009
News Release: A road construction project to improve access at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore will require a temporary closure in the coming weeks. The Chapel Road will be temporarily closed from 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 13, to 6 p.m., on Friday, October 16.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 5, 2009
News Release: WEST BRANCH, IOWA- Before the Civil War, men, women, and children seeking to escape slavery in the South often sought refuge among Northern abolitionists in Cedar County, Iowa. “Cedar County, Iowa: A Door to Freedom", an exhibit on the Underground Railroad, is on display at the Visitor Center of Herbert...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 4, 2009
News Release: Steve Schwartz, U.S. Navy senior archaeologist and historian, will discuss the intriguing question of who were the first people to live on San Nicolas Island during the November “From Shore to Sea" lectures.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 2, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 "Department of Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Jane Holl Lute will travel to Mexico City on Oct. 5-6 to meet with her Mexican and Canadian counterparts to discuss continued collaboration to confront the spread of global H1N1 flu and further develop cooperative efforts to inform and educate the public in preparation for the fall H1N1 season."
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - The United States has sued a tax return preparer in Marietta, Ga., seeking to bar him from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. According to the Government complaint, Robert Knupp of Marietta prepares federal income tax returns for customers, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - Timothy Smith, a resident of Cullman, Ala., was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for tax evasion by Judge R. David Proctor, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. As part of the plea agreement, Smith agreed to a binding sentence of thirty months in prison and agreed to pay $170,380 in restitution to the IRS, including a lump sum payment of $50,000, which was paid prior to sentencing.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2009
News Release: Three members of the violent gang known as the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (ALKQN)pleaded guilty today to charges related to their participation in a drive-by shooting and a drug conspiracy, and two other members were sentenced for their roles in a drug conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON—A federal judge today assessed the Southern Union Company $18 million for illegally storing mercury at a company-owned site in Pawtucket. The sentence imposed in federal court includes a $6 million criminal fine and $12 million in payments to community initiatives including the Rhode Island Foundation, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) Emergency Response Fund and Hasbro’s Children’s Hospital.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 2, 2009
News Release: Deeply qualified IP attorney named to key USPTO post U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke today appointed Sharon Barner to the post of deputy director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
By Labor Gazette | Oct 2, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis issued the following statement on the September 2009 Employment Situation report released today: "This past September, the economy lost 263,000 jobs, and the unemployment rate increased to 9.8 percent.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 2, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor would like to notify all former Standard Oil Development Co. workers who worked in Linden, N.J., from 1942 to 1945 about a new class of employees added to the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act's (EEOICPA) Special Exposure Cohort (SEC). ...
By Labor Gazette | Oct 2, 2009
News Release: Washington – The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) today announced a proposed exemption that, if granted, would allow the New Chrysler Corp. to transfer approximately $4.59 billion promissory note and company securities to a Voluntary Employees Benefit Association ...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 2, 2009
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Oct. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 2, 2009
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Oct. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 2, 2009
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Oct. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Oct 2, 2009
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Oct. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 2, 2009
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Oct. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
