News published on Federal Newswire in September 2009

News from September 2009


News Release: WASHINGTON—The city of Jeffersonville, Ind., has agreed to make extensive improvements to its sewer systems that will significantly reduce the city’s longstanding sewage overflows into the Ohio River in a comprehensive Clean Water Act settlement with federal and state government, the Justice Department, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the state of Indiana announced today.


News Release: Thomas S. Pendleton of Wilmington, Del., was found guilty today of traveling in foreign commerce to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor under the age of 16.


News Release: Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (ALKQN) member Marie Chavez, aka "Shorty," wife of an alleged ALKQN leader, Jose Nava, aka "Chino," was sentenced today, while her brother-in-law Luis Nava, aka "Flaco," re-entered a guilty plea to a superseding indictment that charged them and 14 others with various offenses related to alleged narcotics and weapons trafficking, as well as violent activities throughout Texas.


Written agreement with Century Bank of Florida

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and among Century Bank of Florida, Tampa, Florida, a state chartered member bank, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, and the State of Florida Office of Financial Regulation.


Written agreement with Security Financial Services Corporation and Security Financial Bank

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and among Security Financial Services Corporation, a registered bank holding company, Security Financial Bank, a state chartered member bank, both of Durand, Wisconsin, the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, and the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions.


Approval of proposal by Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the approval of an application by Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Toronto, Canada, to retain an agency in New York, New York.


News Release: The Commerce Department’s U.S. Bureau of the Census today released data on new residential construction in August 2009. Permits rose 2.7 percent in August and have increased 16.3 percent from their low in April, after plummeting a total of 78.0 percent between September 2005 and April 2009. Starts have followed a similar pattern, increasing 1.5 percent in August.


News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke today joined President Barack Obama in announcing and congratulating the 2008 winners of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. The medal is the nation’s highest honor for technological and scientific achievement. President Obama will present the medals at a White House ceremony on October 7.


U.S. Labor Department awards cooperative agreements to improve registered apprenticeship training for youth and young adults with disabilities

News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) has awarded cooperative agreements to The Workplace Inc. in Bridgeport, Conn., and the SkillSource Group Inc. in Vienna, Va., to lead consortia to develop innovative models of providing inclusive registered apprenticeship training to youth and young adults with disabilities.


ETA Press Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims    Report

News Release: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending Sept. 12, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 545,000, a decrease of 12,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 557,000. The 4-week moving average was 563,000, a decrease of 8,750 from the previous week's revised average of 571,750.


U.S. Department of Labor certifies approximately 4,700 workers in 13 states as eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance

News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that approximately 4,700 workers from companies in 13 states – Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee and Wisconsin – are eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA).


U.S. Department of Labor announces more than $300,000 to assist workers affected by layoffs in Maines paper manufacturing industry

News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $323,565 grant to assist workers affected by layoffs at NewPage Corp.'s Rumford Paper Mill in Rumford, Maine.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Sept. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a five page notice on Sept. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Sept. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Sept. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Sept. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Sept. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Sept. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Sept. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.