News from June 2010
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 3, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) announced today released documents obtained from the Coast Guard including a log of events from the immediate aftermath of the April 20 explosion onboard the Deepwater Horizon shedding new information on the first days of the disaster.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 3, 2010
News Release: Potatoes offering elevated levels of phytonutrients thought to promote health could add a new dimension to the consumer diet. But the journey from farm to fork can be a perilous one fraught with sundry microorganisms ready to attack the spuds, either while they're still in the ground or during storage.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 2, 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 announced approximately $78 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding for airport security technology projects—designed to enhance the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) efforts to strengthen security at airports while creating jobs across the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2010
News Release: The former managing director of Pamrapo Saving Bank’s investment company was arrested today and charged with allegedly diverting and embezzling more than $600,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2010
News Release: A Colorado couple pleaded guilty in a Denver federal court to charges related to the illegal trapping and interstate sale of bobcats, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2010
News Release: A former official of the Republic of Haiti’s state-owned national telecommunications company was sentenced yesterday to 48 months in prison for his part in a money laundering conspiracy in connection with a foreign bribery scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division; ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Scott Tyree, 47, a former officer at the Lexington-Fayette County, Ky., Detention Center (FCDC), and Anthony Estep, 35, a former sergeant and supervisor at FCDC, were sentenced in federal court today in Lexington, Ky., for their roles in the systematic abuse of detainees at FCDC, the Justice ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Three Pennsylvania men were charged today with conspiracy to possess and intending to distribute oxycodone, ecstasy and marijuana, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer and U.S. Attorney Zane David Memeger for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON—The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (ADOT) has agreed to pay nearly $1 million to resolve allegations that it violated the Clean Water Act at numerous sites in Alaska, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. Two of ADOT contractors also entered into settlement agreements with the federal government and have agreed to pay more than a quarter million dollars in civil penalties.
By Fed Newswire | Jun 2, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between First Baldwin Bancshares, Inc., Foley, Alabama, a registered bank holding company, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
By Fed Newswire | Jun 2, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and among Bartow Bancshares, Inc., Cartersville, Georgia, a registered bank holding company, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, and the Banking Commissioner of the State of Georgia.
By Fed Newswire | Jun 2, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board has named Maeve Elise Brown, Executive Director of Housing and Economic Rights Advocates (HERA) in Oakland, California, to fill a vacancy on its Consumer Advisory Council.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 2, 2010
News Release: U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke today determined there has been a fishery disaster in the Gulf of Mexico due to the economic impact on commercial and recreational fisheries from the ongoing Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The affected area adds Florida to the earlier determination announced on May 24 for the states of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 2, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor is notifying all former Westinghouse Electric Corp. employees who worked at the Bloomfield, N.J., site between Aug. 13, 1942, and Dec. 31, 1949, about a new class of employees added to the Special Exposure Cohort of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation ...
By Labor Gazette | Jun 2, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor is notifying all former Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory employees who worked at the Livermore, Calif., site between Jan. 1, 1950, and Dec. 31, 1973, about a new class of employees added to the Special Exposure Cohort of the Energy Employees Occupational ...
By Labor Gazette | Jun 2, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor is notifying all former Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory employees who worked at the Berkeley, Calif., site between Aug. 13, 1942, and Dec. 31, 1961, about a new class of employees added to the Special Exposure Cohort of the Energy Employees Occupational ...
By Labor Gazette | Jun 2, 2010
News Release: ARLINGTON, Va. – The U.S. Department of Labors Mine Safety and Health Administration this week launched its annual roof fall prevention awareness program aimed at reducing the high number of roof falls that occur in the nations underground coal mines. Statistics show that more accidents and injuries ...
By Labor Gazette | Jun 2, 2010
News Release: MERRITT ISLAND, Fla. – During a visit to the John F. Kennedy Space Center today, Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis announced a grant of $15 million to assist approximately 3,200 workers who will be impacted by the impending retirement of NASAs Space Shuttle Program. The grant will impact workers from major aerospace contractors, including ASRC Aerospace Corp., Boeing and United Space Alliance.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 2, 2010
News Release: Arlington – Business World Management Inc. of Arlington and its officers must restore $50,950 in plan assets and interest to the company's 401(k) plan under a consent judgment obtained by the U.S. Department of Labor. The company formerly operated as Breil Worldwide Management Inc.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 2, 2010
News Release: Lansdale, Pennsylvania – The U.S. Department of Labor has sued Michael G. Morgan, president of defunct Brandywine Mortgage Corp., for failure to remit employee contributions to the company's SIMPLE IRA plan in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
