News from November 2010
By USDA Newswire | Nov 10, 2010
News Release: New hemlock hybrids that are tolerant to the invasive insect known as hemlock woolly adelgid have been created by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 10, 2010
News Release: Dear Secretary Sebelius: As Chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Finance, respectively, it is our duty to ensure that Americans have access to affordable prescription medication. It is in this interest that we have worked together to examine...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 10, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) today issued the following reaction to the announcement by the Social Security Administration that there would be no annual cost of living adjustment (COLA) next year...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 10, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX) today released the following statements in light of USTR’s announcement that it has resolved key bilateral issues related to Russia’s WTO accession process.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 10, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI), the top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following statement with regard to looming tax hikes and the President’s signal that he might be willing to compromise with Republicans on tax policy.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 10, 2010
News Release: Washington,DC - Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) and Trade SubcommitteeRanking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX) today made the following statements inreaction to the signing of the EU-South Korea free trade agreement today, witha provisional implementation date scheduled for July 1, 2011.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 9, 2010
News Release: National Park Fees Waived on Veterans Day.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 9, 2010
News Release: In two Federal Register notices, the Technology Innovation Program (TIP) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) asks for public comments on six NIST-prepared white papers outlining potential areas for research grants and, separately, requests detailed suggestions of critical national needs and associated technical needs for future TIP funding competitions.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – An attorney for a major pharmaceutical company was charged with obstruction and making false statements, the Justice Department announced today. Lauren Stevens of Durham, N.C., was charged with one count of obstructing an official proceeding, one count of concealing and falsifying documents to influence a federal agency, and four counts of making false statements to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department and Hilton Worldwide Inc. today announced a comprehensive, precedent-setting agreement under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) that will make state-of-the-art accessibility changes to approximately 900 hotels nationwide. The agreement is in the form of a proposed consent decree filed today in federal court to resolve a simultaneously filed lawsuit under the ADA.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The following statement may be attributed to Matthew Miller, Director, Office of Public Affairs: "In January 2008, Attorney General Michael Mukasey appointed Assistant United States Attorney John Durham to investigate the destruction by CIA personnel of videotapes of detainee interrogations. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Remy Heath, aka “Remy,” “King Remy,” and “King Mellow,” 26, of Hyattsville, Md., pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise, in connection with his gang activities as a member and leader of the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (Latin Kings).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2010
News Release: BALTIMORE – St. Joseph Medical Center (SJMC) in Towson, Md., has agreed to pay the United States $22 million to settle allegations under the False Claims Act that it paid unlawful remuneration under the Anti-Kickback Act and violated the Stark Law when it entered into a series of professional services contracts with the Pikesville, Md., based cardiology group, MidAtlantic Cardiovascular Associates (MACVA), the Justice Department announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced a settlement of its lawsuit alleging that Lee Enterprises Inc. and its subsidiary, Lee Publications Inc., violated the Fair Housing Act (FHA) by publishing an advertisement that discriminated on the basis of familial status in the Elko Daily Free Press. The Elko Daily Free Press is a newspaper serving Elko, Nev. Lee Enterprises Inc. is a publisher of 49 daily newspapers and nearly 300 specialty publications across 23 states.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal grand jury in San Francisco today returned an indictment against three former executives from two color display tube (CDT) manufacturing companies for their participation in a global conspiracy to fix prices of CDTs, a type of cathode ray tube used in computer monitors and other specialized applications, the Department of Justice announced today.
By Fed Newswire | Nov 9, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of the following enforcement actions: Bank of Choice Holding Company (68 KB PDF), Greeley, Colorado Written Agreement dated Nov. 2, 2010 Cascade Financial Corporation (64 KB PDF), Everett, Washington Written Agreement dated November 4, 2010 Crete Bancorporation, Inc. (52 KB PDF), Crete, Illinois Written Agreement date Nov. 1, 2010 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 9, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics today announced that the number of reported nonfatal occupational injury and illness cases that required days away from work to recuperate decreased by nine percent to 1,238,490 cases in 2009 for private industry, state government ...
By Labor Gazette | Nov 9, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON — Deputy Undersecretary of Labor Sandra Polaski today issued the following statement clarifying the U.S. Department of Labor's position on the use of child labor and forced labor in carpet production in India: "Recently the Carpet Export Promotion Council (India's Ministry of Textiles) hailed ...
By Labor Gazette | Nov 9, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor has announced a $1,160,391 National Emergency Grant award to assist clean-up and recovery efforts following three days of severe storms and flooding that struck Minnesota this past September.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 9, 2010
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The U. S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) today announced that Kim Ghi Martin was sentenced to three months in prison followed by three years of supervised release and was ordered to pay $56,957.18 in restitution.
