News from June 2010
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC- Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus, Senator Jeff Bingaman of the Senate Finance Committee, and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse joined Barbara Easterling of the Alliance for Retired Americans and Stella Johnson, a retired Washington, D.C. school teacher at a press conference today to...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 10, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., and Federal Financial Management Subcommittee Chairman Tom Carper, D-De., Thursday introduced comprehensive legislation to modernize, strengthen, and coordinate the security of federal civilian and select private sector critical infrastructure cyber networks.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 10, 2010
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2010
News Release: Today’s hearing provides an opportunity for the Committee to engage Secretary Geithner on the outcome of last month’s Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Beijing.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2010
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - The Grand Canyon Visitor Center, the National Park Service’s primary visitor contact station on the South Rim, will soon be getting an addition - a theater for the park’s interpretive orientation film which is currently in production.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2010
News Release: As Congress works to create jobs and get our economy moving again, it is essential to maintain the support programs families and communities need to help them get through these tough economic times. The American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act extends several provisions to ensure American families and communities continue to have access to the support they depend on.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 10, 2010
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today issued the following statement in honor of the 47th anniversary of the signing of the Equal Pay Act on June 10, 1963. Harkin is a cosponsor of the Paycheck Fairness Act, which would strengthen penalties for discrimination, and has introduced the Fair...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 10, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Today Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement following a Senate floor vote to reject a proposal by Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) that would have overturned the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) scientific finding that greenhouse gas pollution is a danger to public health and welfare.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Cochlear Americas, a Colorado-based cochlear implant manufacturer, has agreed to pay $880,000 to resolve allegations that it paid illegal remuneration to health care providers to induce purchases of cochlear implant systems, the Justice Department announced today. Cochlear Americas is a subsidiary of an Australian company, Cochlear Limited.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON- The Justice Department today announced an agreement with Lancaster County, Pa., to improve access to civic life for persons with disabilities. The agreement was reached under Project Civic Access (PCA), the department's wide-ranging initiative to ensure that cities, towns and counties throughout the country comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON- The Justice Department today announced an agreement with Smyth County, Va., to improve access to all aspects of civic life for persons with disabilities. The agreement was reached under Project Civic Access (PCA), the department’s wide-ranging initiative to ensure that cities, towns and counties throughout the country comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON—Three men, a father and two sons, were sentenced to prison today in federal court in Syracuse, N.Y., for multiple violations of asbestos-related environmental laws, announced Ignacia S. Moreno, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resource Division, and Richard S. Hartunian, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2010
News Release: Two U.S. military officials deployed to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, two Department of Defense (DOD) contractors and a contracting company were charged late yesterday for their roles in an alleged bribery and money laundering scheme related to the award of a DOD trucking services contract in Afghanistan, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Florence Nakakuni for the District of Hawaii.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2010
News Release: Andres Echevarria, aka "B-Boy" and "King B-Boy," pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise, in connection with his gang activities as a member of the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (Latin Kings).
By Fed Newswire | Jun 9, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between SouthwestUSA Corporation, Las Vegas, Nevada, a registered bank holding company, and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
By Fed Newswire | Jun 9, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and among PremierWest Bancorp, Medford, Oregon, a registered bank holding company, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, and the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services, Division of Finance and Corporate Securities.
By Fed Newswire | Jun 9, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced its approval of the application under section 3 of the Bank Holding Company Act ("BHC Act") by City Holding Company ("CityHolding"), Charleston, West Virginia, to increase its ownership interest from 4.9 percent to 7.5 percent of the voting shares of First ...
By Commerce News Now | Jun 9, 2010
News Release: Representing the U.S. Department of Commerce, General Counsel Cameron Kerry emphasized the importance of strengthening commercial ties between the United States and Spain at today’s Spain-U.S. Latino Business Forum.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 9, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs is seeking input from the public on ways to strengthen its regulations requiring federal contractors to take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified individuals with disabilities. In an ...
By Labor Gazette | Jun 9, 2010
News Release: DENVER — The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has announced that The Wackenhut Corp., doing business as G4S Wackenhut, has entered into a consent decree to settle findings of hiring discrimination at its Aurora, Colo., facility. The consent decree settles OFCCP's ...
