News from January 2010
By DOL Newswire | Jan 5, 2010
News Release: Flouting the transparency and accountability they promised the American people, members of the House and Senate Democrat leadership have been meeting behind closed doors on Capitol Hill to hash out the final version of their government takeover of health care. During an interview today on Fox Business, ...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 5, 2010
News Release: The Twin Creeks Science and Education Center at Great Smoky Mountains National Park has just received certification at the Gold Level under the US Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Rating System.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 5, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) has sent a letter to Committee Chairman Edolphus Towns (D-NY) calling for “oversight of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) expressing concern that absent bipartisan cooperation and oversight the “numerous problems at FHA may result in another taxpayer-funded bailout which this country cannot afford and which the American people do not want."
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 5, 2010
News Release: To: Reporters and Editors. Fr: Jill Gerber for Sen. Grassley, 202/224-6522. Re: Taiwan on U.S. beef. Da: Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following comment on Taiwan’s advancement of a ban on some U.S. beef imports. Grassley is ranking member and former chairman of the...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 5, 2010
News Release: In the months ahead, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists plan to collect walnuts from Kyrgyzstan, grasses from Russia, and carrots and sunflowers from fields across the Southeastern United States in efforts that will enhance one of the nation's most effective tools for protecting the food supply.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 4, 2010
News Release: Floor Statement of Senator Max Baucus (D?Mont.).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Wheaton Community Hospital, the City of Wheaton, Minn. and Dr. Stanley Gallagher (collectively WCH) have agreed to pay $846,461 to settle allegations that their hospital admission practices violated the False Claims Act, the Justice Department announced today.
By Fed Newswire | Jan 4, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced the issuance of a Prompt Corrective Action Directive with the consent of Sun American Bank, Boca Raton, Florida, a state chartered member bank.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 4, 2010
News Release: HOUSTON – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today issued CES Environmental Services Inc. willful and serious citations after an investigation into a fatal explosion at the company's Griggs Road facility in Houston. Proposed penalties total $1,477,500.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 4, 2010
News Release: 34 mining deaths in US is record-setting number Arlington, Va. – Preliminary data from the U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) released today indicate that mine fatalities in 2009 fell to an all-time low for the second straight year. Coal mines recorded 18 mining deaths, and metal/nonmetal mines recorded 16 mining deaths, for a combined total of 34 mining deaths nationwide and a significant drop from last year's total of 52 deaths.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 4, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor has announced a $1,238,564 National Emergency Grant award to assist clean-up and recovery efforts after the October severe storms, tornadoes and flooding that affected much of Arkansas.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 4, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the "Explore and Recommend" phase of its "Tools for America's Job Seekers Challenge." A first of its kind effort, the challenge brings together a plethora of online resources for job seekers. It also allows them, and workforce professionals, to vote for their favorite job search and career sites.
By DOE Gazette | Jan 4, 2010
The US Energy Department published a four page notice on Jan. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jan 4, 2010
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Jan. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jan 4, 2010
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Jan. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jan 4, 2010
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Jan. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jan 4, 2010
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Jan. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jan 4, 2010
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Jan. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jan 4, 2010
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Jan. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | Jan 4, 2010
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Jan. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
