News from September 2009
By DOL Newswire | Sep 30, 2009
News Release: Republicans today called attention to the importance of effective teachers in improving student academic achievement and highlighted innovative, locally driven strategies to improve overall teacher quality and reward effective educators. Rep. John Kline (R-MN) offered remarks to open a hearing of the ...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 29, 2009
News Release: 2 pm. Visitor Center. Say goodbye to dusty, scraggly, sparse gardens, and hello to a vibrant native plant landscaping plan. On Saturday, Oct. 3, the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, in partnership with Bob Sussman, owner of Matilija Nursery, presents a class on successful native plant...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 29, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today marked the conclusion of National Preparedness Month by delivering a speech emphasizing America’s shared responsibility for preparedness and stressing the important role that individuals play in building a national culture of readiness and resilience.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – Six hospitals in Indiana and Alabama have agreed to pay the United States more than $8 million to settle allegations that the health care facilities submitted false claims to Medicare, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department today announced a settlement agreement under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to make Donna’s, a café and restaurant located in the Mt. Vernon neighborhood of Baltimore accessible to people with disabilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced that it has reached a consent decree with Franklin County, N.C., that, if approved in federal court in Raleigh, N.C., will resolve the department’s allegation that the county retaliated against a former employee in its Department of Public Utilities, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON—Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD), based in Virginia Beach, Va., has agreed to pay a $900,000 civil penalty and to take corrective actions to reduce alleged sanitary sewer overflows from its collection system and nine sewage treatment plants that have polluted the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, the Justice Department, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Commonwealth of Virginia announced today.
By Fed Newswire | Sep 29, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday proposed rules amending Regulation Z (Truth in Lending) to protect consumers who use credit cards from a number of potentially costly practices.
By Fed Newswire | Sep 29, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between First Utah Bank, Salt Lake City, Utah, a state chartered member bank, and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 29, 2009
News Release: At the closing of the 2009 Americas Competitiveness Forum (ACF) in Chile, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin announced that the United States will host the next ACF in Atlanta in the fall of 2010.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 29, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON — U.S. Department of Labor Deputy Undersecretary for International Affairs Sandra Polaski spoke at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Labor and Employment Ministerial taking place this week in Paris on the topic of "The Jobs Crisis: the Labor Market and Social ...
By Labor Gazette | Sep 29, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced three National Emergency Grants totaling $38,033,600 to assist workers affected by documented layoffs from multiple companies in three defined regional economies throughout Michigan. These grants will provide flexibility to serve 2,161 workers ...
By Labor Gazette | Sep 29, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $2,066,981 grant to assist approximately 300 workers affected by 2009 layoffs from RR Donnelley in Wells, Maine.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 29, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $430,417 grant to assist approximately 65 workers affected by May 2009 layoffs at two locations of the Standard Insurance Co. in Portland and South Portland, Maine.
By DOT News Wire | Sep 29, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Sept. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Sep 29, 2009
The US State Department published a one page notice on Sept. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 29, 2009
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Sept. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 29, 2009
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Sept. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Sep 29, 2009
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Sept. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 29, 2009
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Sept. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
