News from May 2010
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2010
News Release: A dead humpback whale was sighted on a beach at Scidmore Cut in the upper West Arm of Glacier Bay on Wednesday May 5th. Marine mammal observer Nat Drumheller, onboard the Park’s first cruise ship of the year, M/V Amsterdam, spotted the whale from a few miles away. His photographs, taken through a spotting...
By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2010
News Release: Criticism of the big Wall Street banks is nothing new. Nearly a century ago, Louis Brandeis wrote...
By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) released the following statement today regarding the pending proposal Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will be unveiling this afternoon regarding the Department of Minerals and Management Service (MMS):
By DOL Newswire | May 11, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, praised the action plan released by the Task Force on Childhood Obesity this morning. On February 9th, the President created the interagency Task Force and directed it to produce a plan...
By US DOT Newswire | May 11, 2010
News Release: OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR BARBARA BOXER
By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2010
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
By USDA Newswire | May 11, 2010
News Release: A joint Agricultural Research Service (ARS)-multi-university study across the central Great Plains on the effects of more than 19 years of various tillage practices shows that no-till makes soil much more stable than plowed soil.
By USDA Newswire | May 11, 2010
News Release: Today, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a resolution recognizing the 75th anniversary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS).
By Homeland Newswire | May 10, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Nashville—Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today visited Nashville, Tenn., to meet with Governor Phil Bredesen and federal, state and local officials to discuss the impact of historic flooding and view firsthand the response and recovery efforts ongoing in the state.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Commerce’s United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced today that they will hold a joint public workshop on the intersection of patent policy and competition policy and its implications for ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON — The Pep Boys – Manny, Moe & Jack - have agreed to pay $5 million in civil penalties and take corrective measures to settle claims that it violated the Clean Air Act by importing and selling motorcycles, recreational vehicles and generators manufactured in China that do not comply with environmental ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The former ABN AMRO Bank N.V., now named the Royal Bank of Scotland N.V., has agreed to forfeit $500 million to the United States in connection with a conspiracy to defraud the United States, to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and to violate the Trading with ...
By Fed Newswire | May 10, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between Farmers Bancorporation, Inc., Buhl, Idaho, a registered bank holding company, and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
By Fed Newswire | May 10, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between Advantage Bancorp, Inc., Loveland, Colorado, a registered bank holding company, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.
By Fed Newswire | May 10, 2010
News Release: The Federal Open Market Committee has authorized re-establishment of its temporary U.S. dollar liquidity swap arrangement with the Bank of Japan. This arrangement is similar to the arrangements announced yesterday with the Bank of England, the European Central Bank, and the Swiss National Bank in that it will provide the Bank of Japan with the capacity to conduct tenders of U.S. dollars at fixed rates for the full allotment.
By Fed Newswire | May 10, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board has authorized up to five small-value offerings of term deposits under the Term Deposit Facility (TDF) to be conducted in coming months. The Board had indicated in its announcement on April 30 that it anticipated conducting such small-value offerings. These small-value offerings ...
By Labor Gazette | May 10, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that it soon will release to the public a large portion of a greatly enhanced version of its Site Exposure Matrices website. The new version will contain more data and provide additional ways to look for information regarding toxic substances ...
By Labor Gazette | May 10, 2010
News Release: Public invited to submit job videos for chance to win $1,000 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the kickoff of the first phase of the Career Videos for America's Job Seekers Challenge, which invites members of the public to produce and submit one to three minute videos focusing ...
By Labor Gazette | May 10, 2010
News Release: Tulsa, Oklahoma – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration and the Oklahoma Insurance Department will host a free health law compliance assistance seminar on May 19 and 20 in Tulsa at the Tulsa Technology Center, Lemley Campus, 3420 South Memorial Drive, Health Science Building, Room HSC 3117.
By State News Post | May 10, 2010
The US State Department published a two page notice on May 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
