News from December 2010
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 13, 2010
News Release: Senator Chuck Grassley issued the comment below about the ruling by a federal judge in Virginia that said Congress could not order individuals to buy health insurance.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 13, 2010
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee’s senior Republican member, issued the following statement today after a federal judge in Virginia ruled unconstitutional the individual mandate in the Democrats’ government takeover of health care...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 13, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement panel today found in favor of the United States in a dispute brought by China concerning additional duties on imports of Chinese tires under the safeguard mechanism included in China’s Protocol of Accession to the WTO. The panel found that the United States acted consistently with its WTO obligations.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 13, 2010
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec. 13, 2010 Alaska Delegation Seeks Timely Resolution of NPR-A Permitting Issue WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Mark Begich and Congressman Don Young recently sent a letter to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator ...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 12, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, released the following statement following the conclusion of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change meeting in Cancun, Mexico.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 11, 2010
News Release: In celebration of the holiday season, Chickasaw National Recreation Area and the Sulphur Chamber of Commerce would like to invite children of all ages to a Holiday Story Time at the Travertine Nature Center on Monday, December 20. The family-friendly event will take place from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 11, 2010
News Release: The elk reduction effort in Theodore Roosevelt National Park has reached the halfway mark for the season. To date, 200 elk have been removed from the park. The goal is to remove at least 275 elk from the population by the time the program is finished on January 20.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 11, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Saturday evening hailed Senate passage of bipartisan legislation that strengthens protections for federal whistleblowers and encourages federal employees to report waste, fraud, and abuse. The bill must now be passed by the House of Representatives before being sent to the President.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 11, 2010
News Release: Holiday Open House December 11 and 12.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2010
News Release: PALM SPRINGS, Calif. – Attorney General Eric Holder served as the keynote speaker at the 12th National Indian Nations Conference in Palm Springs, Calif., during a week of outreach events organized by the Department of Justice that brought together tribal leaders and youth, law enforcement officers, lawyers and judges, policy experts and health and social services providers, and representatives from federal, state, local and tribal governments.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Restitution trust funds for the benefit of two minor victims of sex tourism in the Philippines were executed and implemented yesterday through the signing of trust documents by Filipino social welfare authorities and a U.S. based trustee, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer of the Southern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – A woman was indicted today in the Eastern District of Louisiana for allegedly filing fraudulent claims for compensation due to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Four other individuals were charged this week in Alabama, Michigan and Mississippi for fraud related to oil spill compensation claims, in addition to two defendants previously indicted on Nov. 22 and Nov. 24, 2010, in Texas and North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced that it has reached an agreement with Virginia officials to help ensure that military service members and U.S. citizens living overseas have an opportunity to participate fully in future federal general elections.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department announced today that Sophia Manuel and Alfonso Baldonado Jr., owners of Quality Staffing Services Corporation, a labor contracting service, were sentenced for conspiring to hold approximately 39 Filipino nationals in forced service to work in country clubs and hotels ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The former CEO of The Morgan Crucible Company plc, a United Kingdom corporation, was sentenced to serve 18 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to obstruct a federal grand jury investigation into price fixing of carbon brushes and other carbon products sold in the United States and elsewhere, the Department of Justice announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – RAE Systems Inc., a publicly-traded U.S. corporation headquartered in San Jose, Calif., has entered into an agreement with the Department of Justice to pay a $1.7 million penalty for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer for the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag for the Northern District of California.
By Fed Newswire | Dec 10, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board announced on Friday that a live webcast of its December 16 open meeting will be available on the Board's website. At the meeting, which is scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m. EST, the Board will discuss proposed rules governing debit card interchange fees and routing. This will ...
By Commerce News Now | Dec 10, 2010
News Release: U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke issued the following statement today on the release of the October 2010 U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services report by the Commerce Department’s U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Today’s report showed that U.S. exports of goods and ...
By Labor Gazette | Dec 10, 2010
News Release: WORCESTER, Mass. – The U.S. Department of Labor has sued Christopher Wong and his company, Wong’s Motor Corp. of Phillipston, Mass., for allegedly violating the Employee Retirement Income Security Act by using employees’ 401 (k) plan contributions for the benefit of the company.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 10, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Dec. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
