News from April 2010
By Interior Newswire | Apr 28, 2010
News Release: The National Park Service, in conjunction with the United States Military Academy at West Point, marked the 188th birthday of Ulysses S. Grant with a special ceremony inside General Grant National Memorial on April 27.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 28, 2010
News Release: “Today’s hearing will focus on the important role that standards and assessments play in our education system. Given the foundational role of standards and assessments, we had planned to have this hearing at the beginning of our ESEA hearing series, but had to reschedule due to the Senate calendar. I want thank our witnesses and the other members of the HELP Committee for their flexibility.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 28, 2010
News Release: Mr. President. Last Thursday, I wrote Secretary Geithner asking why the Treasury Department allowed General Motors to use TARP money from a Treasury escrow account to repay its multi-billion dollar TARP taxpayer loan. This afternoon, I received a response from Treasury. I’d like to say a few words about...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 28, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON- Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., Wednesday said they were prepared to bring before the Committee a resolution to enforce their subpoenas to the Departments of Justice and Defense for documents and...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 28, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa today asked Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Chairman Sheila Bair to respond to questions about the timing and events behind the FDIC takeover of Illinois based Broadway Bank at the cost of $394.3 million dollars.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 28, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON --- Senator Chuck Grassley today testified before a House Subcommittee hearing chaired by Representative Rosa DeLauro regarding drug safety and the work of the Food and Drug Administration.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 28, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Sander M. Levin (D-MI) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT), along with Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (D-MI), Finance Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) introduced legislation today to...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 28, 2010
News Release: Senator John Kerry and Congresswoman Niki Tsongas announced that the City of Lowell received a $5 million grant from the Department of Energy’s Recovery Act Retrofit Ramp-Up program for the “The Carbon-Neutral Lowell National Park and Preservation District initiative." The grant will support programs...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 27, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Contact: Clark Stevens (DHS), 202-282-8010 Kendra Barkoff (DOI), 202-208-6416 Washington, D.C. - As they emphasized the importance of continued vigilance and interagency coordination in the joint response to the Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf of Mexico, Secretary of Homeland ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2010
News Release: AstraZeneca LP and AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP will pay $520 million to resolve allegations that AstraZeneca illegally marketed the anti-psychotic drug Seroquel for uses not approved as safe and effective by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services’ ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2010
News Release: A Rosemount, Minn., man was sentenced today to 117 months in prison for his role in running a Ponzi scheme involving commodity pools, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney B. Todd Jones for the District of Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2010
News Release: A New York City federal grand jury returned an indictment against four individuals and three corporations for participating in mail and wire fraud conspiracies related to contracts for work performed at New York Presbyterian Hospital (NYPH), the Department of Justice announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2010
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that it has reached a settlement that will require Baker Hughes Inc. and BJ Services Company to divest two specially equipped vessels and other assets in order to proceed with their proposed merger. The department said that the transaction as originally proposed ...
By Fed Newswire | Apr 27, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between Sun West Capital Corporation, Las Vegas, Nevada, a registered bank holding company, and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
By Fed Newswire | Apr 27, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and among Liberty Financial Group, Inc., Eugene, Oregon, a registered bank holding company, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, and the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services, Division of Finance and Corporate Securities.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 27, 2010
News Release: The U.S. Department of Commerce and its International Trade Administration will be organizing or assisting at least 25 commercial trade missions to foster stronger commercial and trade ties. Commercial Service outreach events will be held in 10 countries including: Algeria, Indonesia, Iraq, Malaysia, Qatar, Libya and Turkey. In addition, trade missions are being organized for Algeria, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Iraq.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 27, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor's Veterans' Employment and Training Service today announced a $5 million grant competition to provide job training, counseling and placement services (including job readiness, and literacy and skills training) to expedite the reintegration of homeless female veterans and veterans with families into the labor force.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 27, 2010
News Release: ARLINGTON, Va. – The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced that MSHA inspectors responded to three separate anonymous complaints about hazardous conditions at three coal mines owned by Massey Energy Co. Following each investigation, MSHA ordered the withdrawal ...
By Labor Gazette | Apr 27, 2010
News Release: Burnsville, Minnesota – The U.S. Department of Labor has sued Larry Lauterbach, the president and former owner of the Burnsville construction company Slate Cement Inc., for making untimely and delinquent participant contributions and loan repayments to the company’s 401(k) plan and to its health and dental plan in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2010
The US Interior Department published a seven page notice on April 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
