News from May 2010
By US DOT Newswire | May 6, 2010
News Release: Opening Statement of Senator Barbara Boxer
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Bureau of Reclamation, an agency of the Department of the Interior, has awarded a $2.8 million contract to AZCA Drilling & Pump, Inc., of Ehrenburg, Ariz., under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
By State Newswire | May 6, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) and Ranking Member Dick Lugar (R-IN) today released a U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) study of the Vietnam Education Foundation (VEF). The report was commissioned by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Congress ...
By DOE Newswire | May 6, 2010
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
By Commerce Newswire | May 6, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Income Security and Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Jim McDermott (D-WA), delivered the following statement today at a Ways and Means Subcommittee hearing examining the solvency of the unemployment insurance system...
By Commerce Newswire | May 6, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., May 6, 2010 - Yesterday, during a Full Committee markup, Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee voted against two amendments offered by National Parks, Forest and Public Lands Subcommittee Ranking Member Rob Bishop (UT-01) to ensure that National Park designations are not used to block or oppose the construction of wind, solar or coal power projects.
By Commerce Newswire | May 6, 2010
News Release: Thank you. I am honored to receive this award. For almost ten years now, I have served as either Chairman or Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee. During this time, I have learned a lot about the valuable role that small businesses play in our economy - and have become concerned about their growth.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Bureau of Reclamation, an agency of the Department of the Interior, has awarded a $1.58 million contract to Rafael Construction, Inc., of Las Vegas under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
By DOL Newswire | May 5, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), today announced the selection of his team leaders for health, education and labor and the development of a new investigation unit for the Committee.
By Homeland Newswire | May 5, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Two days after the failed Times Square terrorist was arrested, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., Wednesday heard top New York City officials advocate for barring terrorist suspects from purchasing firearms.
By Interior Newswire | May 5, 2010
News Release: LOWELL, MA - Lowell benefits from the dedication of committed individuals and organizations throughout the city. Several of these are being recognized for their accomplishments in the areas of historic preservation and cultural heritage by Lowell National Historical Park and Lowell Heritage Partnership.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2010
News Release: Four Brooklyn, N.Y.-area residents have been charged in connection with a health care fraud scheme operated out of the Solstice Wellness Center, a Brooklyn-area clinic that purported to specialize in providing physical therapy and various diagnostic tests, announced the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS).
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department has intervened in a whistleblower lawsuit against Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR), Panalpina Inc. and others that alleges that employees of two freight forwarders doing business with the companies provided unlawful kickbacks to KBR transportation department employees. KBR ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2010
News Release: Houston-area residents Basil Kalu and Ju-Ying Qian, and Louisiana resident Darnell Willis pleaded guilty today in connection with their roles in a durable medical equipment Medicare fraud scheme, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS) announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2010
News Release: A former Guatemalan special forces soldier was arrested today in Palm Beach County, Fla., for lying on his naturalization application about his participation in a 1982 massacre at a Guatemalan village known as Dos Erres, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer for the Southern District of Florida and Assistant Secretary John Morton of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
By Fed Newswire | May 5, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and among Tower Financial Corporation, Fort Wayne, Indiana, a registered bank holding company, Tower Bank & Trust Company, Fort Wayne, Indiana, a state chartered member bank, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and the Indiana Department of Financial Institutions.
By Fed Newswire | May 5, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and among Legacy Bancorp, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a registered bank holding company, Legacy Bank, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a state chartered member bank, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and the State of Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions.
By Labor Gazette | May 5, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor's Veterans' Employment and Training Service today announced a $4 million competition to fund at least 12 Incarcerated Veterans Transition Program grants designed to assist eligible veterans who are currently incarcerated and/or transitioning out of the justice ...
By Labor Gazette | May 5, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration will hold two meetings to gather information from stakeholders to help modify its current injury and illness recordkeeping regulation and develop a modernized recordkeeping system.
By Labor Gazette | May 5, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today issued the following statement regarding the Human Rights Watch report "Fields of Peril: Child Labor in U.S. Agriculture" on child labor in agriculture: "The Human Rights Watch report released today documents the many dangerous jobs that U.S. ...
