News from December 2010
By DOL Newswire | Dec 8, 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 the bipartisan defeat of H.R. 6495...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 8, 2010
News Release: A community effort to raise $75,000 to help fund daily winter access to Hurricane Ridge reached its target on Monday, giving the go-ahead for Olympic National Park staff to begin recruiting the additional employees and supplies needed to maintain daily access this winter.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 8, 2010
News Release: Yosemite National Park announces the release of the Invasive Plant Management Plan Update (IPMP Update) Environmental Assessment (EA) for a 45-day public review, ending Jan. 30, 2011. The IPMP update builds upon key elements of the existing plan (Invasive Plant Management Plan for Yosemite National...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 8, 2010
News Release: Washington - With winter on its way, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today that its National Farmers Market Directory lists 898 winter farmers markets across the country, accounting for more than 14 percent of the nation’s 6,132 operating farmers markets and extending opportunities for consumers to access locally grown food.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 7, 2010
News Release: This funding Act freezes FY 2011 discretionary appropriations at the FY 2010 level; providing $45.9 billion less than the President requested for the year.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 7, 2010
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Steve Martin, Superintendent of Grand Canyon National Park, has announced his retirement on Jan. 1, 2011. Martin, who began and now ends his career at Grand Canyon, is a 35 year career National Park Service (NPS) veteran with experience as a park ranger, natural and cultural resource manager, business manager, superintendent and senior leader.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON — The president of an Iowa ready-mix concrete company pleaded guilty yesterday to participating in a conspiracy to fix prices for sales of ready-mix concrete, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON — Abbott Laboratories Inc., B. Braun Medical Inc. and Roxane Laboratories Inc. n/k/a Boehringer Ingelheim Roxane Inc. and affiliated entities have agreed to pay $421 million to settle False Claims Act allegations, the Justice Department announced today. These settlements resolve claims by ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Bank of America entities have agreed to pay a total of $137.3 million in restitution to federal and state agencies for its participation in a conspiracy to rig bids in the municipal bond derivatives market and as a condition of its admission into the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Corporate Leniency Program, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Four Detroit-area residents were arrested today by federal agents from the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General (HHS-OIG) and FBI as part of an ongoing investigation into a $14.5 million home health care fraud scheme, announced the Departments of Justice and HHS.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON -- Kos Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Abbott Laboratories, has agreed to pay more than $41 million to resolve criminal and civil liability arising from conduct relating to its drugs Advicor and Niaspan, the Justice Department announced today.
By Fed Newswire | Dec 7, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of the following enforcement actions: Lino Lakes Banc Shares, Inc. (46 KB PDF), Forest Lake, Minnesota Written Agreement dated Dec. 2, 2010 Village Bancshares, Inc. (48 KB PDF), St. Francis, Minnesota Written Agreement dated Dec. 1, 2010 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions.
By Fed Newswire | Dec 7, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between Bank of America Corporation, Charlotte, North Carolina, a registered bank holding company, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. The agreement addresses issues associated with anti-competitive activities ...
By Commerce News Now | Dec 7, 2010
News Release: U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke today joined seven other U.S. government agencies in launching a coordinated effort to promote renewable energy and energy efficiency exports – the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Export Initiative.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 7, 2010
News Release: Company debarred for 1 year from participating in H-1B program NEWARK, N.J. — Following a consent order obtained by the U.S. Department of Labor, Peri Software Solutions Inc. and its owner, Saravanan Periasamy, have agreed to pay $638,449 in back wages and interest to 67 workers for violating the H-1B provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 7, 2010
News Release: NEW YORK — The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered nearly $339,000 in back wages for 27 workers employed as electrical mechanics by Sant-Tec Electric Inc., a company incorporated in both New York and New Jersey.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 7, 2010
News Release: COFFEEN, Ill. – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited U.S. Minerals LLC with willfully exposing its workers to dangerously high levels of hazardous dust, and not providing adequate breathing protection and training for workers at its facility in Coffeen. The company, headquartered in Dyer, Ind., has been issued a total of 28 health and safety citations with proposed penalties of $396,000.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 7, 2010
News Release: Resource made available by US Labor Department WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Defense, today made available the 2011 Workforce Recruitment Program for College Students with Disabilities database. This resource is intended to assist federal and private-sector employers in identifying workers with disabilities.
By DOE Gazette | Dec 7, 2010
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Dec. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Dec 7, 2010
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Dec. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
