News from October 2010
By USDA Newswire | Oct 15, 2010
News Release: ChoiceBatter's® transformation from a federal laboratory bench technology to a grocery shelf product is among topics that will be discussed here today by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) officials and other participants attending the 17th annual conference of the National Association of Seed and Venture Funds (NASVF).
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 15, 2010
News Release: Los Angeles, California - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today provided an advance look at an upcoming U.S. Department of Transportation announcement of a significant new federal investment to accelerate construction of the Crenshaw line, part of the city's 30/10 transit initiative. Detailed information on the final award will be made available next week.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced that it has awarded $720,321 in grants to 13 organizations throughout the country to conduct public education programs for workers and employers about federal protections against immigration-related job discrimination.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice’s Environment and Natural Resources Division announced the filing of a major lawsuit today against 10 companies and two municipalities to require continued environmental cleanup work at Wisconsin’s Lower Fox River and Green Bay Site. The lawsuit also seeks payment ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - The United States has sued a Bryson City, N.C., tax return preparer seeking to bar her and her company from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. The civil injunction suit alleges that Jody S. Ball, doing business as Jody Ball Accounting and The Tax Lady Inc., claims bogus deductions and credits on customers’ federal tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – A McCormick, S.C., tax return preparer pleaded guilty today to two counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. Teresa Little Moss, formerly known as Teresa Waller Little, appeared before U.S. District Judge J. Michelle Childs in Greenville, S.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal grand jury in San Francisco returned an indictment against a former executive of a Taiwan thin-film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) producer for participating in a global conspiracy to fix prices of TFT-LCD panels, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal jury in Scranton, Pa., has convicted Brandon Piekarsky and Derrick Donchak, both of Shenandoah, Pa., of a hate crime arising out of the fatal beating of Luis Ramirez. The jury found the defendants guilty of violating the criminal component of the federal Fair Housing Act, which ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – A patient recruiter and operator of a Detroit-area home health agency was sentenced to 63 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to defraud the Medicare program, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services announced today.
By Fed Newswire | Oct 14, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of the following enforcement actions: Gregg Bancshares, Inc. (44 KB PDF), Springfield, Missouri Written Agreement dated October 5, 2010 Investors Financial Corporation of Pettis County, Inc. (59 KB PDF), Sedalia, Missouri Written Agreement dated Oct. 12, 2010 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 14, 2010
News Release: U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke issued the following statement on the release of the August 2010 U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services report by the Commerce Department’s U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Today’s report showed that U.S. exports in August 2010 increased ...
By Commerce News Now | Oct 14, 2010
News Release: Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Leads Inaugural Meeting of Manufacturing Council Council to work with administration to enhance competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing sector U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke met today with the 24 members of the recently-appointed Manufacturing Council.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 14, 2010
News Release: GUAYNABO, Puerto Rico — The U.S. Department of Labors Wage and Hour Division and the Puerto Rico Department of Labor and Human Resources, Labor Standards Division, have entered into a partnership agreement aimed at ensuring compliance among employers in Puerto Rico with both federal and the commonwealths labor laws.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 14, 2010
News Release: ARLINGTON, Va. – The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration Assistant Secretary Joseph A. Main released the following statement in response to the successful rescue of 33 Chilean miners who had been trapped in an underground copper mine for 69 days, following a massive cave-in ...
By Labor Gazette | Oct 14, 2010
News Release: Aim is to end black lung disease among miners ARLINGTON, Va. – The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced the release of a proposed rule on lowering miners' exposure to respirable coal dust in all underground and surface coal mines. The proposed rule is the latest element of MSHA's "End Black Lung – Act Now" campaign.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 14, 2010
News Release: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending Oct. 9, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 462,000, an increase of 13,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 449,000. The 4-week moving average was 459,000, an increase of 2,250 from the previous week's revised average of 456,750.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 14, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $984,248 grant to assist approximately 130 workers affected by layoffs at five Severstal locations four in Ohio and one in West Virginia and one supplier, Kinder-Morgan, located in Pennsylvania. Those eligible for services under this grant are Ohio residents.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 14, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration today announced a final rule to give the estimated 72 million participants covered by 401(k)-type retirement plans greater information regarding the fees and expenses associated with their plans in order to better manage their retirement savings.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 14, 2010
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A federal district court in Missouri has appointed the law firm of Spencer Fane Britt & Brown LLP of Overland Park, Kan., to manage the abandoned Lone Wolf Enterprises 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan, wind down the affairs of the plan and distribute its assets to eligible participants and service providers, according to a consent decree obtained by the U.S. Department of Labor.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 14, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a four page notice on Oct. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
