News from August 2010
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2010
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - The National Park Service (NPS) recently awarded a contract in the amount of approximately $8.1 million to Watts/Weitz, a joint venture from Denver, Colorado for the construction of eight, 8-plex apartments to be constructed on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 5, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu and U.S. Senator Dick Durbin announced the awarding of $1 billion in Recovery Act funding to the FutureGen Alliance, Ameren Energy Resources, Babcock & Wilcox, and Air Liquide Process & Construction, Inc. to build FutureGen 2.0, a clean coal repowering...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2010
News Release: WEST BRANCH, IOWA- A new audio tour at Herbert Hoover National Historic Site gives visitors another alternative for exploring the birthplace, gravesite, and other features of the park commemorating the 31st president.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 5, 2010
News Release: A new type of sustainable and environmentally friendly potting medium made from thinned pine trees has been created by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and their university cooperators.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 5, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Earlier today the Social Security Trustees issued their Annual Report. In a meeting with seniors in Jamestown, North Dakota today, Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security Chairman Earl Pomeroy (D-ND) said...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 4, 2010
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced that the 2010 National Farmers Market Directory lists 6,132 operational farmers markets, representing 16 percent growth over 2009 when the agency reported 5,274. The 2010 National Farmers Market Directory results are being released as part of National Farmers Market Week declared by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack between Aug. 1-7, 2010.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – A former executive from Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corporation has agreed to plead guilty and to serve jail time in the United States for participating in a global conspiracy to fix the price of thin-film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – In response to a federal enforcement action for excessive train engine idling, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) and the Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad Company (MBCR) will spend more than $2 million to reduce diesel locomotive emissions throughout the MBTA’s commuter ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – A former Kyrgyzstan country manager for a U.S. tobacco company has pleaded guilty for his role in a conspiracy to pay bribes to officials of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division, and Shawn Henry, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office.
By Fed Newswire | Aug 4, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and among Premier Financial Corp., Dubuque, Iowa, a registered bank holding company, Premier Bank, Dubuque, Iowa, a state-chartered member bank, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and the State of Iowa Division of Banking.
By Fed Newswire | Aug 4, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and among New Peoples Bankshares, Inc., Honaker, Virginia, a registered bank holding company, New Peoples Bank, Inc., Honaker, Virginia, a state-chartered member bank, the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, and the Virginia State Corporation Commission, Bureau of Financial Institutions.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 4, 2010
News Release: Thank you, Senator Stabenow, for the kind words and for hosting us today. And let me say how fortunate the people of Michigan are to have such a strong and effective leader and advocate working for them.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 4, 2010
News Release: OSHA issues warning letter to industry following series of similar incidents including suffocation last week of 2 teenagers in Illinois grain elevator BURLINGTON, Wis. – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed fines of $721,000 against Cooperative Plus ...
By Labor Gazette | Aug 4, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor has announced a $633,085 National Emergency Grant supplemental award to Missouri to continue providing services to workers affected by layoffs in the state's automotive industry.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 4, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor has announced a $419,150 National Emergency Grant increment to continue to provide services to about 475 workers affected by layoffs across multiple industries in the St. Louis region of Missouri.
By DOE Gazette | Aug 4, 2010
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Aug. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 4, 2010
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Aug. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 4, 2010
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Aug. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 4, 2010
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Aug. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 4, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a five page proposed rule on Aug. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
