News from July 2010
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 28, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, joined with Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) today to praise Vivek Kundra, the Federal Government's first Chief Information Officer, for once again heeding their advice and taking important steps to root out wasteful spending that is too prevalent in agency information technology (IT) investments.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 28, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - * The CLEAR Act is being sold as a response to the Gulf oil spill crisis, yet the bill itself stretches far beyond addressing this tragedy to include page after page of provisions that are unrelated to the oil spill, will kill American jobs, and are premature by acting before Congress has the full facts from the numerous ongoing investigations into the Deepwater Horizon explosion and spill.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 28, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 “The court’s decision to enjoin most of SB1070 correctly affirms the federal government’s responsibilities in enforcing our nation's immigration laws. Over the past eighteen months, this Administration has dedicated unprecedented ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – A former executive from Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corporation (Chi Mei) has agreed to plead guilty and to serve jail in the United States for participating in a global conspiracy to fix the price of thin-film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Virginia man pleaded guilty today to one count of mail fraud for his participation in a scheme to defraud the U.S. Department of Defense, announced Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Lanny A. Breuer and U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride of the Eastern District of Virginia. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced that Madhatta Haipe, a citizen of the Philippines and founding member of Al-Harakat Al-Islamiyyah, also known as the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), pleaded guilty today in federal court in the District of Columbia to four counts of hostage taking in connection with ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that Leon Pullen, 32, of Foley, Mo., pleaded guilty to civil rights violations stemming from several incidents where he sexually assaulted and stole money from women. Pullen was a police officer employed by the Uplands Park Police Department in suburban St. Louis.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2010
News Release: "I congratulate the House of Representatives on today’s passage of the Fair Sentencing Act. The bill greatly reduces the unwarranted disparity in sentences for crack and powder cocaine offenses, and will go a long way toward ensuring that our sentencing laws are tough, consistent, and fair.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2010
News Release: BOSTON – A $13 million settlement has been reached between four parties and the United States to expedite cleanup of the contaminated Blackburn and Union Privileges Superfund Site in Walpole, Mass., the Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. The parties involved ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – A U.S. District Court in Montgomery, Ala., granted judgment in favor of the United States yesterday in a lawsuit brought to enforce the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) against the Alabama Department of Mental Health (ADMH).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department today filed a lawsuit against Dalton Township, Mich., alleging violations of the Fair Housing Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan, charges that the township discriminated against ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Donald Hertz, 70, of Spokane, Wash., pleaded guilty today in federal court in Spokane to one count of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act and one count of transmitting a threat in interstate commerce. The FACE Act makes it a federal crime to injure, intimidate or interfere with, by force or threat of force, employees of a facility that provides reproductive health services.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 28, 2010
News Release: Federal agencies issued final rules today requiring residential mortgage loan originators who are employees of national and state banks, savings associations, Farm Credit System institutions, credit unions, and certain of their subsidiaries (agency-regulated institutions) to meet the registration requirements ...
By Fed Newswire | Jul 28, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between Metro North Bancshares, Inc., Elk River, Minnesota, a registered bank holding company, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 28, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and among Farmers State Bank, Faith, South Dakota, a state member bank, the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, and the State of South Dakota Department of Revenue and Regulation, Division of Banking.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 28, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and among BOV Holding Company, Versailles, Missouri, a registered bank holding company, Bank of Versailles, Versailles, Missouri, a state-chartered member bank, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.
By Commerce News Now | Jul 28, 2010
News Release: Jerry, thank you so much for that introduction, and for sharing your experience with our local Export Assistance Center here in Louisville.
By Commerce News Now | Jul 28, 2010
News Release: Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Highlights Expanded Partnership With UPS Designed to Boost U.S. Exports U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke visited the UPS Global Operations Center in Louisville, Ky., today to highlight opportunities for local Kentucky businesses to sell their goods and services abroad ...
By Labor Gazette | Jul 28, 2010
News Release: TAMPA, Fla. — Following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division, GeoPharma Inc. has agreed to pay $1,360,098 in back wages to 187 employees for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 28, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced that it is issuing a new rule addressing the use of cranes and derricks in construction, which will replace a decades-old standard. Approximately 267,000 construction, crane rental and crane certification establishments employing about 4.8 million workers will be affected by the rule published today.
