News from February 2010
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2010
News Release: Pinnacles National Monument - Pinnacles National Monument has completed 2 planning documents (‘Habitat Restoration Including an Update to the Fire Management Plan Environmental Assessment’ and ‘Radio Coverage Improvement Project Environmental Assessment’) and is seeking the public’s input during the 30-day public comment period from February 4 through March 5, 2010. The full EA documents are available on the park’s web page at: www.nps.gov/pinn/parkmgmt/planning.htm.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 2, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced more than $23 million in Fire Station Construction Grants (SCG) funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)—designed to support the nation’s first responders while creating jobs and stimulating local economies.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2010
News Release: Deputy Associate Attorney General Karol V. Mason, Acting Director for the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) Catherine Pierce, and actress and advocate Mariska Hargitay addressed nearly 300 attendees today at theServices-Training-Officers-Prosecutors (STOP) Conference in San Francisco. The four-day ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Isidro Hinojosa Benavides, 77, a U.S. citizen extradited from Argentina, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., to engaging in illicit sexual conduct in foreign places, announced Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Lanny A. Breuer and U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Channing D. Phillips.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Atricure Inc., a medical device manufacturer, has agreed to pay the United States $3.76 million to resolve civil claims in connection with the alleged promotion of its surgical ablation devices, the Justice Department announced today. Surgical ablation devices use focused energy to create controlled lesions or scar tissue on a patient’s heart or other organs.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON—Wayne D. Breitag of Aberdeen, S.D., was sentenced in federal court in Aberdeen yesterday to pay a $20,000 fine and serve six months of home confinement for smuggling the hide of a leopard into the United States in violation of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that it has reached a settlement agreement with the Alameda County, Calif., Sheriff’s Office, under which it will provide sign language interpreters and other auxiliary aids and services to arrestees, detainees, suspects, victims, witnesses, complainants ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal jury has convicted an Arlington, Texas, husband and wife, Emmanuel and Ngozi Nnaji, of engaging in a nine-year scheme to compel the labor of a Nigerian victim as their domestic servant, the Justice Department announced today. The jury found the defendants guilty of conspiracy, forced labor, document servitude, alien harboring and false statements. Ngozi and Emmanuel Nnaji each face a maximum sentence of up to 55 years in prison.
By Fed Newswire | Feb 2, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and among Rising Sun Bancorp, a registered bank holding company, NBRS Financial Bank, a state chartered member bank, both of Rising Sun, Maryland, the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, and the Maryland Division of Financial Regulation.
By Fed Newswire | Feb 2, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced its approval of the application by The Warehouse Trust Company LLC ("Warehouse Trust"), New York, New York, to become a member of the Federal Reserve System. Warehouse Trust proposes to operate a central trade registry for credit default swap contracts and to offer related services, including the processing of life-cycle events for the contracts and facilitation of payments settlement.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 2, 2010
News Release: U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke today met with Germany’s Minister of Economics and Technology Rainer Bruederle to discuss the importance of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to both countries’ economies and the need for continued economic cooperation. This was their first meeting.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 2, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON — A protracted case that started with a U.S. Department of Labor Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) investigation has resulted in an administrative law judge's (ALJ) recommended ruling that Bank of America discriminated against African-American job applicants for entry level positions in Charlotte, N.C., in 1993 and from 2002 to 2005.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 2, 2010
News Release: Warning system could avert pinning, crushing accidents underground Arlington, Va. – The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced that a request for information on proximity detection systems for underground mines was published in the Federal Register on Feb. 1. ...
By Labor Gazette | Feb 2, 2010
News Release: Rules to Live By targets most often cited standards in fatal accident investigations Arlington, Va. – The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) today announced it has launched a new outreach and enforcement program designed to strengthen efforts to prevent mining fatalities. ...
By Labor Gazette | Feb 2, 2010
News Release: Washington – The U.S. Departments of Labor and the Treasury today announced the publication of a request for information (RFI) soliciting public comments to assist the agencies in determining what steps to take to enhance retirement security for workers in employer-sponsored retirement plans through lifetime annuities or other arrangements that provide a stream of income after retiring. The RFI appears in today’s edition of the Federal Register.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 2, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 2, 2010
The US Labor Department published a two page proposed rule on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 2, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 2, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 2, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
