News from October 2009
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 28, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano will travel to Belgium, Denmark, Spain, the United Arab Emirates and United Kingdom on Nov. 2-8 to meet with her international counterparts to discuss information ...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 28, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 HUD: 202-708-0685 Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan and Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced the launch of DisasterRecoveryWorkingGroup.gov —a new interagency website that will allow federal disaster recovery officials to solicit public comments from state, local and tribal partners and the public.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON — A former New Jersey subcontractor representative pleaded guilty today to charges contained in an indictment involving his role in kickback and fraud conspiracy at a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund site in New Jersey, announced the Department of Justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - The United States this week has filed civil injunction lawsuits across the country against seven individuals, the Justice Department announced today. The federal suits – filed in Los Angeles; Panama City, Fla.; Salt Lake City; Nashville, Tenn.; and Pocatello, Idaho – allege that the defendants promote a tax fraud scheme designed to siphon hundreds of millions of dollars from the U.S. Treasury through fraudulent tax refund claims.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2009
News Release: The Justice Department today announced an agreement with LaPorte County, Ind., to improve access to all aspects of civic life for persons with disabilities. The agreement was reached under the department's Project Civic Access initiative, which aims to bring state and local governments into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This agreement is the 169th under Project Civic Access and the eighth this year.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that it has reached a settlement that will resolve its suit filed on behalf of former Utah Army National Guardsman and current Air Force Reservist Matthew T. Denning against Stonescape Pavers LLC. The settlement must be approved by the federal court ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – Bill J. Allen and Richard L. Smith were each sentenced in separate hearings today for their participation in a corruption scheme in which they provided approximately $395,000 in corrupt payments to public officials from the state of Alaska, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division. Allen and Smith were sentenced in U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska by U.S. District Court Judge John W. Sedwick.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2009
News Release: A Highland Falls, N.Y., woman pleaded guilty today for her role in a scheme to defraud and embezzle funds from the U.S. government by authorizing nearly $3 million in payments from the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., to a bogus corporation she controlled.
By Fed Newswire | Oct 28, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and among Cascade Bancorp, Bend, Oregon, a registered bank holding company, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, and the State of Oregon, Department of Consumer and Business Services, Division of Finance and Corporate Securities.
By Fed Newswire | Oct 28, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between EvergreenBancorp, Inc., Seattle, Washington, a registered bank holding company, and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 28, 2009
News Release: Thank you, Mr. Ambassador, for the kind words. And thank you to our hosts for inviting me to speak with you.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 28, 2009
News Release: U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and U.S Trade Representative Ron Kirk today presided over the signing of a business agreement between U.S. and Chinese firms in Hangzhou, China. The U.S. company Harsco Corporation, based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, signed a construction service joint venture agreement ...
By Commerce News Now | Oct 28, 2009
News Release: Innovative public-private partnership to promote U.S. clean energy business in China U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke announced today that he will witness a signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to support the U.S.-China Energy Cooperation Program (ECP) by the U.S. Trade and Development Agency ...
By Commerce News Now | Oct 28, 2009
News Release: United States Trade Representative Ambassador Ron Kirk: Thank you ladies and gentlemen. It’s a pleasure to be here in lovely, and historic Hangzhou for the 20th session of the US-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 28, 2009
News Release: Exporters from around the country are set to discuss current trade issues and best practices for exporting at the upcoming National District Export Council (DEC) Conference, November 3-5, in Washington, D.C. This year’s conference theme is “Global Competitiveness and the Opportunities for U.S. Exporters,” and will highlight how companies—large and small—can survive and thrive in today’s economy through exporting.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 28, 2009
News Release: Award will help increase electric reliability, create clean energy jobs Las Vegas – U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today announced the award of $138 million in federal funds to NV Energy for smart grid technology. Matching funds increase the value of this project to $298 million. These funds will help transition an electric distribution system to a smarter, more efficient and reliable electric system, and spur the creation of clean energy jobs across Nevada.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 28, 2009
News Release: Boston – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment and order recovering more than $25,000 owed to the Benes Communications Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan. The plan was sponsored by the now defunct Michael Benes Communications Inc. of Lexington, Massachusetts, and was controlled by Robert Feige, who was the president, treasurer, secretary, director and majority owner of Benes Communications.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 28, 2009
News Release: San Francisco — The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a court order permanently barring Raymond Palombo of Riverside, California, from serving in a fiduciary or service provider capacity to any employee benefit plan governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). Palombo and other defendants were sued by the department when they left thousands of workers and their families in Arizona, Georgia, Illinois, Texas and other states with unpaid health claims.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 28, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Oct. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Oct 28, 2009
The US State Department published a two page notice on Oct. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
