News from November 2010
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON -A jury in Rochester, N.Y., convicted Keith Gordon-Smith, and his Rochester-based asbestos abatement company, Gordon-Smith Contracting, Inc. (GSCI) of eight counts of knowing violations of the Clean Air Act asbestos work practice standards. The jury also convicted Gordon-Smith and GSCI of lying to hide the violations at a demolition site in Rochester.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the state of Rhode Island announced today that Bouchard Transportation Co. Inc. and its affiliates will pay more than $6 million to settle a portion of the federal and state natural resource damages claims for the April 2003 ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today made available online the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design (2010 Standards or Standards). These standards were adopted as part of the revised regulations for Title II and Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). The standards can be found at www.ada.gov/2010ADAstandards_index.htm.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Rico Rodrigus Williams, 33, a former Air Force senior airman, was convicted today of second degree murder and witness tampering charges in connection with the death of Army Sergeant Juwan Johnson in Hohenecken, Germany, in 2005, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today a federal jury in Washington convicted Kevin A. Ring, a former lobbyist who worked with Jack A. Abramoff, on five counts related to a scheme to corrupt public officials by providing a stream of things of value, the Department of Justice announced.
By Fed Newswire | Nov 15, 2010
News Release: In light of the Thanksgiving holiday, the minutes of the November 2-3 meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) and a summary of participants' economic projections will be released at 2 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Nov. 23, one day earlier than normal. The minutes of each regularly scheduled meeting ...
By Commerce News Now | Nov 15, 2010
News Release: Remarks at the Americas Competitiveness Forum Opening Ceremony Thank you, Mayor Reed, for the kind introduction.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 15, 2010
News Release: Commerce Secretary Gary Locke 122nd Annual Meeting of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Thank you, Phil, for that kind introduction. It’s a pleasure to be here with so many of the nation’s leading regulators.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 15, 2010
News Release: The Commerce Department’s U.S. Census Bureau today released retail sales data for October 2010. Retail sales rose 1.2 percent, exceeding private-sector expectations of a 0.7-percent advance and growing at the strongest rate since March 2010. This is the fourth consecutive month of strong growth in retail ...
By Commerce News Now | Nov 15, 2010
News Release: NTIA Identifies Significant Amount of Spectrum, Down Payment on Reaching the President’s 10-Year Goal The Commerce Department, through the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), today announced it is recommending that 115 MHz of spectrum be reallocated for wireless broadband ...
By Commerce News Now | Nov 15, 2010
News Release: U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke met today with senior government officials representing the countries of the Central America-Dominican Republic-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR).
By Labor Gazette | Nov 15, 2010
News Release: DETROIT High schools and junior high schools in Michigan will receive valuable information this week from the U.S. Department of Labor about state and federal work rules designed to keep teens safe at work and productive at school.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 15, 2010
News Release: Office of Personnel Management and other federal agencies discuss steps taken toward hiring reforms, simplified application process for job candidates WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of Labor joined representatives from across the federal government to mark the progress made over the past six ...
By Labor Gazette | Nov 15, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Employee Benefits Security Administration Phyllis C. Borzi will hold a conference call with members of the media on Nov. 16, to discuss a nationwide enforcement initiative to protect the retirement and health benefits of workers. The employee contributions initiative protects contributions deducted from workers’ paychecks by ensuring that the funds are deposited into their plans in order to pay future benefits.
By DOE Gazette | Nov 15, 2010
The US Energy Department published a three page notice on Nov. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Nov 15, 2010
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Nov. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | Nov 15, 2010
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Nov. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | Nov 15, 2010
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Nov. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | Nov 15, 2010
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Nov. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 15, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Nov. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
