News from May 2010
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2010
News Release: During the May “From Shore to Sea" lectures Ernestine Ygnacio-De Soto and Dr. John Johnson will present a film directed by Paul Goldsmith on the history of Chumash family called “6 Generations. The film explores the lives of De Soto’s ancestors by telling the story of six generations of Chumash women from the Spanish mission period through the present day. For thousands of years the Chumash people occupied the California coast from San Luis Obispo to Malibu.
By Commerce Newswire | May 7, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., May 7, 2010 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the unemployment rate rose to 9.9 percent for April.
By Commerce Newswire | May 7, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics issued its monthly employment report finding that in the month of April, the economy created 290,000 jobs, including 231,000 in the private sector, for the largest number of new jobs in four years. Ways and Means Committee Chairman Sander Levin (D-MI), issued the following statement...
By USDA Newswire | May 7, 2010
News Release: Algae-already being eyed for biofuel production-could be put to use right away to remove nitrogen and phosphorus in livestock manure runoff, according to an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist. That could give resource managers a new eco-friendly option for reducing the level of agricultural pollutants that contaminate water quality in the Chesapeake Bay.
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2010
News Release: Jamaica Bay. International. Migratory Bird Day. Migratory Bird Count. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Saturday, May 8. 10 a.m. -12 p.m. Partner up to seek out birds during migration and do a count of what we find. We’ll cover the East Pond Trail, West Pond Trail, and the Gardens - counting all the way.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2010
News Release: VANCOUVER, WA - Superintendent Tracy Fortmann has announced that the Fort Vancouver Village Grand Opening Celebration will take place at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 19, 2010. This free event will be held at the site of the historic Village, located to the west of the reconstructed stockade at Fort Vancouver and north of the Land Bridge.
By DOL Newswire | May 6, 2010
News Release: “The Committee will come to order. We have convened this hearing to examine the issue of employment discrimination against older workers and the need, in the face of a very misguided and harmful Supreme Court decision, to enact legislation to ensure that older workers are treated with the fairness they deserve.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The National Park Foundation announced today that 5,000 teachers have registered for the upcoming Electronic Field Trip to Utah’s Bryce Canyon National Park. Nearly 100,000 students will be in the classrooms with those teachers on the date of the live broadcast, participating in activities led by Park Rangers and calling into the show to have questions answered live on air.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Ciena Capital LLC, a private, non-depository lender located in New York City, has reached an agreement with the United States to settle fraud claims related to its small business lending for $26.3 million, the Justice Department announced today. Ciena and a subsidiary, Business Loan Center ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ricardo A. Nunez of Lindenhurst, N.Y., pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the United States and filing a false tax return, the Department of Justice and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2010
News Release: A New York corporation, whose principal place of business is Newnan, Ga., and its former president have agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to allocate customers for the sale of food service equipment hardware, including walk-in refrigeration equipment, the Department of Justice today announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2010
News Release: Operation Network Raider, a domestic and international enforcement initiative targeting the illegal distribution of counterfeit network hardware manufactured in China, has resulted in 30 felony convictions and more than 700 seizures of counterfeit Cisco network hardware and labels with an estimated retail value of more than $143 million.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2010
News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder today announced the appointment of four new U.S. Attorneys to serve two-year terms on the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee (AGAC): Loretta E. Lynch, Eastern District of New York; Stephanie M. Rose, Northern District of Iowa; Benjamin B. Wagner, Eastern District of California; and Sally Quillian Yates, Northern District of Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced that it has reached an agreement with Argosy University in Nashville, Tenn., and its parent company, Education Management Corporation (EDMC) of Pittsburgh, to settle allegations that Argosy refused to hire a lawful permanent resident because he is a non-United States citizen and intimidated him for reporting the school’s refusal to hire.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that it has filed a lawsuit alleging that the state of Arkansas is systemically violating the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA).
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Rodolfo Rodriguez Cabrera, 43, a Cuban national, and Henry Mantilla, 35, of Cape Coral, Fla., pleaded guilty today in front of U.S. District Court Judge Philip M. Pro in Las Vegas to one count of conspiracy to produce and sell counterfeit International Game Technology (IGT) video gaming ...
By Fed Newswire | May 6, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and among AliKat Investments, Inc., Gurnee, Illinois, a registered bank holding company, Northside Community Bank, Gurnee, Illinois, a state chartered member bank, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Banking. A copy of the Written Agreement is attached.
By Fed Newswire | May 6, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below. Terminations of enforcement actions are listed on the Federal Reserve's web site, www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/enforcement, as they occur.
By Commerce News Now | May 6, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today issued regulations establishing the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program in the Affordable Care Act. The new law provides $5 billion in financial assistance to employers to help them maintain coverage for early retirees age 55 and older who are not yet eligible for Medicare.
By Labor Gazette | May 6, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration requests information and comment on occupational exposure to infectious agents in settings where health care is provided, including hospitals, outpatient clinics, school clinics and correctional facilities, and settings such as laboratories that handle potentially infectious biological materials, medical examiner offices and mortuaries.
