News from October 2010
By Interior Newswire | Oct 5, 2010
News Release: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AWARDS NEARLY $4.5 MILLION.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 5, 2010
News Release: Hazard trees, along a one mile section of the Highway 7 corridor that passes through Rocky Mountain National Park, will be removed in October, weather permitting. Many of these trees were dead from a previous bark beetle infestation.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 4, 2010
News Release: Over 100,000 students and teachers from across the country.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 4, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Seattle, Wash. - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today launched the “Stop. Think. Connect.” public cybersecurity awareness campaign—a national initiative that promotes simple steps the public can take to increase their safety and security online.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Eleven individuals, including four current Alabama state legislators, three lobbyists, two business owners and one of their employees, and an employee of the Alabama legislature have been charged for their roles in a conspiracy to offer to and to bribe legislators for their votes and influence ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice announced today that it filed a civil antitrust lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York challenging rules that American Express, MasterCard and Visa have in place that prevent merchants from offering consumers discounts, rewards and information ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – A New Orleans-area medical doctor and the owner and operator of a medical equipment company each pleaded guilty today for their roles in a Baton Rouge-area durable medical equipment (DME) health care fraud scheme, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Medical ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Elden Ray Cibart, 61, of Redding, Calif., was sentenced today to 60 months in prison and a lifetime term of supervised release for possession and receipt of child pornography, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner of the Eastern District of California.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The owner and operator of a Los Angeles durable medical equipment (DME) company was sentenced to 46 months in prison today in connection with a power wheelchair scheme to defraud Medicare, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS) announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Saehan Bank has agreed to pay the United States $2.2 million to settle allegations arising under the False Claims Act and the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act with respect to a Small Business Administration (SBA) loan, the Justice Department announced today. The ...
By Fed Newswire | Oct 4, 2010
News Release: Janet L. Yellen and Sarah Bloom Raskin on Monday took the oath of office as members of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Dr. Yellen was also sworn in as Vice Chair of the Board. The oaths were administered by Chairman Ben S. Bernanke in the Board Room.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 4, 2010
News Release: First U.S. mission to Iraq since end of combat operations to promote U.S. exports Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade Francisco Sánchez arrived in Baghdad today, launching the first trade mission to Iraq since the end of U.S. combat operations in August. Sánchez is accompanied by representatives from 14 U.S. companies looking to help Iraq rebuild its infrastructure and its economy.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 4, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – In conjunction with Drive Safely Work Week, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced an education campaign calling on employers to prevent work-related distracted driving, with a special focus on prohibiting texting while driving.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 4, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration today announced the publication of a proposed rule that seeks to improve the H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker program and better protect American workers. The proposed rule, to be published in the Federal Register tomorrow, addresses the calculations used to set wage rates for H-2B workers.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 4, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration today announced a solicitation for grant applications for the YouthBuild program. Approximately $130 million is available through two separate appropriations.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 4, 2010
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Oct. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 4, 2010
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Oct. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 4, 2010
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Oct. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 4, 2010
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Oct. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 4, 2010
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Oct. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
