News from February 2010
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 5, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Chairman Edolphus “Ed" Towns (D-NY) and Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) are calling on the State Department to aid the Committee’s investigation into the events leading up to, and including, the Christmas Day attack on Northwest Airlines Flight 253. Chairman Towns and Ranking Member...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 5, 2010
News Release: Washington,DC - Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) and Trade SubcommitteeRanking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued the following statements today after atentative agreement with Canada was reached on procurement.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2010
News Release: The Justice Department today announced that the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) has joined its year-long campaign to commemorate the 15 year anniversary of President Bill Clinton signing the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) into law. The NFLPA has "Joined the List," a group of more ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Jack Barouh of Golden Beach, Fla., pleaded guilty today to filing a false tax return, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. Sentencing has been set for Apr. 16, 2010, before U.S. District Judge Adalberto Jordan in Miami. The defendant remains free on a $1 million bail pending sentencing. He faces a maximum sentence of three years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON—Travis Dardenne and Jeffery Brown of Plaquemine, La., were both sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Baton Rouge, La., to pay a $2,000 fine and serve one year of probation for violations of the Lacey Act for knowingly attempting to acquire an American alligator in violation of the federal Endangered Species Act and Louisiana law, the Justice Department announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2010
News Release: David Kris, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, Jeffrey H. Sloman, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Michael Johnson, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Export Enforcement, Anthony V. Mangione, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON — The Justice Department announced today that it has reached a settlement in its lawsuit against MasTec Advanced Technologies on behalf of Eugene C. Burress, a U.S. Army Reserve member, alleging that MasTec willfully violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2010
News Release: Miami-Dade County resident Dulce Briceño was sentenced today to 63 months in prison for her role in a $2.3 million Medicare fraud scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer of the Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan Barbara L. McQuade; Special Agent in ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Former co-owners of a New Jersey-based computer services provider were each sentenced to 27 months in jail for participating in a conspiracy to defraud the federal E-Rate program, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice today advised the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York that despite the substantial progress reflected in the proposed amended settlement agreement in The Authors Guild Inc. et al. v. Google Inc., class certification, copyright and antitrust issues remain. The department also said that the United States remains committed to working with the parties on issues concerning the scope and content of the settlement.
By Fed Newswire | Feb 4, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and among Citizens Bancshares, Inc., a registered bank holding company, The Citizens Bank of Edmond, a state chartered member bank, both of Edmond, Oklahoma, the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, and the Oklahoma State Banking Department.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 4, 2010
News Release: Thank you all for coming today.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 4, 2010
News Release: New effort central to President Obama’s goal of doubling U.S. exports and supporting new jobs Remarks C-SPAN VIDEO Commerce Secretary Gary Locke unveiled details of President Obama’s National Export Initiative (NEI) at a luncheon today at the National Press Club. During last week’s State of the Union speech, the president announced a goal of doubling exports over the next five years to support two million jobs in America.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 4, 2010
News Release: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending Jan. 30, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 480,000, an increase of 8,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 472,000. The 4-week moving average was 468,750, an increase of 11,750 from the previous week's revised average of 457,000.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 4, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that approximately 7,200 workers from companies in 15 states – California, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin – are eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA).
By Labor Gazette | Feb 4, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced an $880,000 grant to provide an estimated 800 jobless workers in Maine with partial premium payments for health insurance coverage.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 4, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the results of its Tools for America's Job Seekers Challenge. Recommendations have been tallied, and the top-rated sites in each of six categories – general job boards, niche tools, career tools, career exploration tools, Web 2.0 and "other" – are now available at http://www.careeronestop.org/jobseekertools.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 4, 2010
The US Labor Department published a four page notice on Feb. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 4, 2010
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Feb. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 4, 2010
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Feb. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
