News published on Federal Newswire in January 2010

News from January 2010


National Park Service to Host Trail-building Experts

News Release: Chickasaw National Recreation Area is hosting the International Mountain Bicycling Association's (IMBA) Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew on Saturday, March 6, 2010 to talk trails, teach people proper trail-building techniques, and spend quality time digging in the dirt. The event will begin at 9:00 A.M. at...


News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member, Senator Collins, R-Me., who co-sponsored the law creating the SIGTARP, said she found his newly released quarterly report “extremely troubling.".


News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division today announced that it has filed a motion for immediate relief to protect individuals confined in seven state-run psychiatric hospitals in Georgia from the imminent and serious threat of harm to their lives, health and safety. The motion, filed ...


News Release: WASHINGTON - Jose Marvin Martinez, a Salvadoran national, was surrendered to U.S. authorities today in the first extradition from El Salvador to the United States, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division.


News Release: The U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis today released the advance estimate of gross domestic product (GDP) for the fourth quarter of 2009. Real GDP rose 5.7 percent at an annual rate, the second consecutive advance and the strongest increase since the third quarter of 2003.


US Labor Department resolves back wage case against Pittsburg, Texas-based Pilgrims Pride Corp.

News Release: Workers to recover more than $1 million in overtime back wages DALLAS — The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the filing of a consent judgment in a case against Pilgrims Pride Corp. the countrys largest poultry processor — recovering $1,001,438 in overtime back wages for 798 former and current ...


Officials of both nations meet on US-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement

News Release: WASHINGTON — Officials from the United States and Peru yesterday participated in the first meeting of the Labor Affairs Council that was created under the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA). The meeting took place in Lima, Peru.


US Department of Labor awards $225 million to Senior Community Service Employment Program grantees

News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced $225 million in additional funding for the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) in fiscal year 2010. This funding was provided in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2010 to allow SCSEP grantees to immediately address unmet needs for employment and job training among low-income, older American workers.


US Department of Labor calls on states to apply for unemployment insurance modernization funding

News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today called on states to apply for more than $4 billion in unemployment insurance modernization funding made available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) for those states that expand access to unemployment benefits. These funds can be used by states to pay unemployment insurance benefits and may be used for other defined purposes if appropriated by state legislatures.


Obama Administration issues rules requiring parity in treatment of mental, substance use disorders

News Release: Washington – The U.S. Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Treasury today jointly issued new rules providing parity for consumers enrolled in group health plans who need treatment for mental health or substance use disorders.


U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis announces new appointments and leadership to 2010 ERISA Advisory Council

News Release: Washington – Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today announced the appointment of five new members and new leadership to the 2010 Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans, also known as the ERISA Advisory Council.


The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a three page notice on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a five page notice on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a seven page notice on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a three page notice on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a five page notice on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.