News from June 2010
By DOL Newswire | Jun 24, 2010
News Release: “For more than 50 years, the Federal government has provided students with grants and loans to help pay for college. That’s a public-private partnership between the government and students. It is an investment premised on the idea that a higher education will improve life for the borrower, and also will strengthen our society by giving more Americans the knowledge and skills to get good jobs and give back to their communities.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2010
News Release: Soar Productions presents "Murder On the Nile," a play by Agatha Christie, at Sandy Hook's historic Post Theater. Opening night on Friday, July 23 begins at 8 PM with a champagne toast.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today the Republican minority in the United States Senate filibustered and prevented the body from debating critical provisions to create jobs, cut taxes and provide vital assistance to millions of unemployed workers.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 24, 2010
News Release: Liz Friedlander (202) 225-1564. James Ryder (202) 225-0020. House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Chairman Leonard Boswell, D-Iowa, today held a hearing to review U.S. farm safety net programs in advance of the 2012 Farm Bill. Today’s hearing was the second held...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 24, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Last night, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) celebrated the U.S. Senate's passage of The Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act (S.1508). The bill, sponsored by Sens. Carper, Lieberman, Collins, McCaskill, McCain and Coburn in the Senate and Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-PA) in the House, requires...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) convened a hearing today with Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and United States Trade Representative (USTR) Ronald Kirk to examine the U.S.-China trade relationship. Baucus pressed Locke and Kirk to develop objective, measurable benchmarks...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 23, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Washington, D.C.—Over the past year and a half, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), working with its federal, state, local, tribal and Mexican partners, has made significant progress in cracking down on border-related crime and smuggling while facilitating legitimate travel and commerce.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 23, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Washington, D.C.—Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today delivered remarks about the Department's ongoing efforts—and announced new steps—to bolster security along the Southwest border.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 23, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Washington, D.C.—Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano and Salvadoran Foreign Minister Hugo Martinez today forged an agreement between the United States and El Salvador that will strengthen the capabilities ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Former Woonsocket, R.I., Police Officer John H. Douglas pleaded guilty today in federal court in Providence, R.I., to a federal criminal civil rights charge for assaulting a juvenile who was in his custody, the Justice Department announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON—Two Taiwanese nationals were sentenced to prison today in federal court in the U.S. Virgin Islands for conspiracy to ship internationally protected black coral into the United States in violation of federal wildlife statutes, the Department of Justice announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced that Darwin Kenneth Morgan and his company, D.K. Morgan Consolidated LLC, have agreed to pay $680,000 in monetary damages and civil penalties to settle a Fair Housing Act lawsuit alleging that Morgan discriminated against African-Americans and sexually harassed female tenants and prospective tenants at Morgan Mobile Home Parks in Bloomingdale, Ga.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2010
News Release: Timothy Christenbury, 47, was sentenced today in Charlotte, N.C., to 72 months in prison and 10 years of supervised release following his prison term for possessing child pornography, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina Edward R. Ryan.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2010
News Release: Seven Houston-area residents who worked for a home health agency have been charged for their alleged participation in a $5 million Medicare fraud scheme, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS) announced. The defendants made their initial appearance today in U.S. District Court in Houston before Magistrate Judge John R. Froeschner.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2010
News Release: Guillermo O. Mondino, 47, of Miami, pleaded guilty today to leading a scheme to defraud the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) of more than $24 million, announced Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Lanny A. Breuer, Osvaldo L. Gratacos, Acting Inspector General of the ...
By Fed Newswire | Jun 23, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced the issuance of a Prompt Corrective Action Directive against Thunder Bank, Sylvan Grove, Kansas, a state-chartered member bank.
By Fed Newswire | Jun 23, 2010
News Release: Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in April suggests that the economic recovery is proceeding and that the labor market is improving gradually. Household spending is increasing but remains constrained by high unemployment, modest income growth, lower housing wealth, and ...
By Commerce News Now | Jun 23, 2010
News Release: The U.S.-China Trade Relationship: Finding a New Path Forward Chairman Baucus, Ranking Member Grassley, Members of the Finance Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to testify today on this important topic. I agree that we need to work together to find a way to adjust the course of our economic relationship with China to make that relationship more balanced and to ensure that it provides more opportunities for American workers and businesses.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 23, 2010
News Release: U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke today met with India’s Minister of Commerce and Trade Anand Sharma at the Commerce Department to discuss bilateral trade and investment issues.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 23, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – On April 13, 2010, following the explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine that killed 29 men on April 5, U.S. Rep. George Miller, chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor, asked the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Inspector General to review the Mine ...
