News from November 2010
By DOE Gazette | Nov 17, 2010
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Nov. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Nov 17, 2010
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Nov. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Nov 17, 2010
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Nov. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Nov 17, 2010
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Nov. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 17, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., - as well as all four witnesses at a Committee hearing on a new cyber security threat - said Wednesday that the public and private sectors must work...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today applauded progress toward protecting patients and modernizing America’s health care system at a hearing to examine the progress made by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) since Congress enacted the Affordable...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON DC - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Sander M. Levin (D-MI) and Income Security and Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Jim McDermott (D-WA) today introduced the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Continuation Act. The legislation would extend Federal unemployment insurance (UI) programs...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 17, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., Wednesday - as well as all four witnesses at a Committee hearing on a new cyber security threat - said the public and private sectors must work together to deter...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 17, 2010 - On the heels of a Wall Street Journal report outlining America’s dependence on China’s tightening rare earth element (REE) market, the USGS released a report today revealing 13 million metric tons of REEs exist within known deposits in 14 U.S. states. While the largest...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 17, 2010
News Release: The tannins that help make good red wine and bright fall colors also may help make good soil and healthy livestock, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) researchers.
By State Newswire | Nov 17, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - This morning, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) chaired a nomination hearing for Thomas Nides to be Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, William Brownfield to be Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement ...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 17, 2010
News Release: Opening Statement of Senator Barbara Boxer
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON — An Atlanta grand jury returned an indictment today against a former executive of Japan Airlines International Co. Ltd. (JAL) and two former executives of Nippon Cargo Airlines Co. Ltd. for participating in a conspiracy to fix and coordinate components of rates for air cargo shipments to and from the United States, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Bedford, Va., man was sentenced today to 96 months in prison and lifetime supervised release for transporting, receiving and possessing child pornography, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Heaphy of the Western District of Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Jeffery Leon Ceaser, a resident of Montgomery, Ala., pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to defraud the United States and one count of identity theft, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. The guilty plea took place in U.S. District Court in Montgomery.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Two former humanitarian aid workers were convicted today for defrauding the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) of $1.9 million, announced Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Lanny A. Breuer and U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. of the District of Columbia. ...
By Fed Newswire | Nov 16, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of the following enforcement actions: Fentura Financial, Inc. (57 KB PDF), Fenton, Michigan Written Agreement dated November 4, 2010 First Personal Financial Corp. (49 KB PDF), Orland Park, Illinois Written Agreement dated Nov. 1, 2010 Valley Community Bancorp, Inc. (48 KB PDF), St. Charles, Illinois Written Agreement dated Nov. 1, 2010 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 16, 2010
News Release: One of the important outcomes of the Americas Competitiveness Forum last year was the launch of the Inter-American Competitiveness Network (RIAC). We note with satisfaction the progress made through the ACF in the establishment of a high-level public policy dialogue on competitiveness in the Americas through the RIAC with the support of the Organization of American States (OAS) and other international institutions.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 16, 2010
News Release: U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke met today with El Salvador President Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena at the Fourth Annual Americas Competitiveness Forum (ACF), to reaffirm the United States’ commitment to expand trade and develop renewable energy options.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 16, 2010
News Release: U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke today hosted a trilateral meeting of North American Industry Ministers with Canada’s Minister of Industry Tony Clement and Mexico’s Secretary of Economy Bruno Ferrari. The officials discussed North American economic competitiveness and deeper trilateral cooperation on trade and economic issues.
