News from May 2010
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Sander Levin (D-Mich.) will today release legislative text of the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act, legislation to provide critical tax cuts and support for American workers through the end of this year. Provisions included in the legislation would...
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., May 20, 2010 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement regarding the Obama Administration’s Federal Columbia River Power System (FCRPS) biological opinion (BiOp) filed in federal court today.
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that the Bureau of Reclamation's Mid-Pacific Region has awarded a $67 million contract under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) for Phase II of the Red Bluff Fish Passage Improvement Project.
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senator Chuck Grassley said today that changes proposed today by the National Institutes of Health, or NIH, to its conflict of interest policies for federally funded medical research would be an important step in the right direction.
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2010
News Release: Senator Chuck Grassley issued the comment below about his vote to continue debate on S.3217, the Financial Stability Bill.
By State Newswire | May 20, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Rep. Howard L. Berman (D-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today applauded House passage of H.R. 5327, the US-Israel Rocket and Missile Defense Cooperation and Support Act. This important legislation authorizes President Obama’s request to provide U.S. assistance to support the deployment of Israel’s Iron Dome rocket and missile defense system.
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2010
News Release: Come visit the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument for free on Saturday, June 5 and Sunday, June 6, 2010 in celebration of National Trails Day. Spend the day hiking the Monument’s trails and discovering more than just fossils. There are 14 miles of hiking trails of various difficulty levels from which you can choose.
By DOL Newswire | May 20, 2010
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee’s senior Republican member, issued the following statement today regarding ongoing congressional efforts to conduct oversight of underground coal mining safety and investigate compliance with, and enforcement of, federal mine safety laws and regulations...
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2010
News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, with jurisdiction over tax policy, today made the following comment on an Associated Press “fact check" report that the Administration’s tax credit purported to help small businesses afford health insurance for their employees won’t help some of those small businesses, despite portrayal of the tax credit as broadly available.
By USDA Newswire | May 20, 2010
News Release: Six new corn inbred lines with resistance to aflatoxin contamination have been found to be free of seed-borne diseases foreign to the United States, and seeds of these lines are now available in the United States for further development toward commercialization. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) plant pathologist Robert Brown, working in collaboration with Abebe Menkir at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture in Ibadan, Nigeria, developed the lines.
By USDA Newswire | May 19, 2010
Release: Washington, DC, May 19, 2010 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced new resources designed to increase participation and expand access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, including new promotional materials proclaiming "We Welcome SNAP Benefits." The new display will be used...
By DOL Newswire | May 19, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) was honored today by the Harvard School of Public Health for his leadership in developing policies that support and promote good nutrition, healthier lifestyles and disease prevention. Harkin was named the 2010 Healthy Cup Award winner at a lecture sponsored...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON — A former employee of a financial services company pleaded guilty today for his participation in bid-rigging and fraud conspiracies related to contracts for the investment of municipal bond proceeds and other related municipal finance contracts, the Department of Justice announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Orlando Moncada entered a guilty plea in Miami federal district court to a charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, the Justice Department and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service announced today. Moncada, a resident of south Florida, worked as a reference for American Merchant Technologies ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that John Jay College, a New York City public college in the City University of New York (CUNY) system, has agreed to pay $23,260.00 in civil penalties and $10,072.23 in back pay to a former employee in order to settle a lawsuit filed by the Justice ...
By Fed Newswire | May 19, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and DBT Holding Company, Vidalia, Georgia, a registered bank holding company, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, and the Banking Commissioner of the State of Georgia.
By Fed Newswire | May 19, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on April 27-28, 2010. A summary of economic projections made by Federal Reserve Board members and Reserve Bank presidents for the April 27-28, 2010 meeting is also included as an addendum to these minutes.
By Commerce News Now | May 19, 2010
News Release: Secretary of Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Remarks at American Chamber of Commerce Shanghai and U.S.-China Business Council, Shanghai Press release Thank you for that kind introduction.
By Commerce News Now | May 19, 2010
News Release: Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Addresses American Chamber of Commerce Shangai and U.S.-China Business Council in Shanghai Remarks SHANGHAI – U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke delivered remarks today at a luncheon hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce Shanghai and the U.S.-China Business Council ...
By Labor Gazette | May 19, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the publication of final regulations updating protections for young employees in non-agricultural work for the 21st century economy.
