News from May 2010
By DOE Newswire | May 18, 2010
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
By Homeland Newswire | May 18, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., Monday indicated that the federal government and BP PLC were unprepared to deal with the type of massive oil spill occurring now in the Gulf of Mexico.
By US DOT Newswire | May 18, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - This morning, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, chaired by U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), received a call from a senior official with British Petroleum (BP) indicating that BP has agreed to comply with a request made by Senator Boxer and Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) ...
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Treasury Department today released a reportexamining implementation of the $75 billion Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP), the most active and highest profile of the Obama Administration’s foreclosure mitigation programs. Earlier this year, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Domestic Policy Subcommittee Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-OH) released a report highlighting HAMP’s shortcomings.
By Interior Newswire | May 18, 2010
News Release: (Calumet, MI) The National Park Service at Keweenaw National Historical Park and the Keweenaw NHP Advisory Commission are awarding a total of 24 Keweenaw Heritage Grants this week. The NPS has been offering the grants to owners of historic properties within the legislated park boundaries for three years;...
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - In their new “YouCut" project, House Republicans call for the elimination of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Emergency Contingency Fund (TANF ECF) describing it as a “new non-reformed welfare program." One slight problem: the program they describe does not exist. TANF ECF...
By Homeland Newswire | May 17, 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 applauded President Obama’s intent to nominate John S. Pistole as Assistant Secretary for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2010
News Release: Nine hospitals located in Alabama, Indiana, Florida, Michigan, South Carolina, New York and Minnesota have agreed to pay the United States more than $9.4 million to settle allegations that the health care facilities submitted false claims to Medicare, the Justice Department announced today. The settlements ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON- Daniel Lee Jones, a Portland, Ore., white supremacist, pleaded guilty to using the Postal Service to send a threatening communication to the president of the Lima, Ohio, chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2010
News Release: Following a five-week trial, a federal jury in Massachusetts found two Chinese nationals, one of whom resided in the United States, guilty of illegally conspiring to violate U.S. export laws and illegally exporting electronic equipment from the United States to China, the Justice Department announced today. Several Chinese military entities were among those receiving the exported equipment.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal court has barred Robert Knupp of Marietta, Ga., from preparing federal income tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. The preliminary injunction order, signed by Chief Judge Julie E. Carnes of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, ...
By Fed Newswire | May 17, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced the issuance of a Consent Order of Prohibition against Antonio Garcia-Adanez, a former private banking relationship manager and institution-affiliated party of Standard Chartered Bank International (Americas) Limited ("SCBI"), Miami, Florida.
By Fed Newswire | May 17, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between Pacific Capital Bancorp, Santa Barbara, California, a registered bank holding company, and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
By Fed Newswire | May 17, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and among Cowboy State Bank, Ranchester, Wyoming, a state-chartered member bank, the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, and the Wyoming Department of Audit, Division of Banking.
By Commerce News Now | May 17, 2010
News Release: Thank you, TDC Executive Director Lam for that kind introduction and for co-organizing today’s lunch with AmCham Hong Kong.
By Commerce News Now | May 17, 2010
News Release: U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and Hong Kong Commerce and Economic Development Bureau Secretary Rita Lau signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) today on Cooperation in Wine-Related Businesses on behalf of the U.S. and Hong Kong governments. The agreement, which was signed during a ceremony at ...
By Commerce News Now | May 17, 2010
News Release: The U.S. Commerce Department today launched its redesigned website, which features a new look and feel, modern blogging tools and a commenting feature that runs throughout the site. The site can be found here: http://www.commerce.gov.
By Commerce News Now | May 17, 2010
News Release: Commerce Deputy Secretary Hightower announces Big Sky will host May 2011 meeting WASHINGTON – Big Sky, Mont., will host the 2011 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Small and Medium Enterprise Ministerial Meeting (SMEMM) and other related meetings the week of May 23, 2011, Deputy U.S. Commerce Secretary Dennis Hightower announced today.
By Labor Gazette | May 17, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor announced the transmittal of the Unemployment Compensation Integrity Act of 2010 to Congress. The draft legislation, if enacted, will help states fight employer fraud and reduce improper benefit payments.
By Labor Gazette | May 17, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the availability of more than $12 million in competitive funding to states through the Workforce Data Quality Initiative. Grants funded through this competition will be used to create longitudinal workforce databases and improve the quality and breadth of the data within existing systems.
