News from September 2010
By State Newswire | Sep 30, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Last night, the Senate approved a treaty that will make it easier for Americans to recover child support payments from a non-custodial parent living abroad. The Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance is a multilateral treaty ...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 30, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Washington, D.C. - Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced a key milestone in the Department's efforts to develop a robust small business preparedness plan - soliciting public comment on a private sector readiness certification program specifically tailored to the needs of small businesses.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 30, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Washington, D.C. - Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today marked the deadline for awarding American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding by highlighting the jobs, new infrastructure, and enhanced security created as a result of the approximately $2.6 billion in ARRA funding the Department has awarded to date.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON — Six international freight forwarders have agreed to plead guilty and to pay criminal fines totaling $50.27 million for their roles in several conspiracies to fix a variety of fees and charges in connection with the provision of freight forwarding services for international air cargo shipments, the Department of Justice announced today.These are the first charges filed as a result of the department’s antitrust investigation of the freight forwarding industry.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON — Panasonic Corporation and a Whirlpool Corporation subsidiary, Embraco North America Inc., have agreed to plead guilty and to pay a total of $140.9 million in criminal fines for their role in an international conspiracy to fix the prices of refrigerant compressors, which are used in refrigerators and freezers in homes and businesses, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Two officers with the New Orleans Police Department have been charged with committing perjury and obstructing justice during the course of a federal civil suit related to the shooting death of civilian Danny Brumfield in September 2005, announced Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division; Jim Letten, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana; and David Welker, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI New Orleans Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that BP Products North America Inc. has agreed to pay a $15 million penalty to resolve federal Clean Air Act violations at its Texas City, Texas, petroleum refinery. The penalty is both the largest ever ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation has agreed to pay $422.5 million to resolve criminal and civil liability arising from the illegal marketing of certain pharmaceutical products, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2010
News Release: HOUSTON – The Department of Justice announced today $298 million in grants to fund the hiring and retaining of 1,388 state, local and tribal law enforcement officers by 379 police and sheriffs departments in 49 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. The funding will be administered by the department’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), and is being awarded under the COPS Hiring Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The United States filed a civil complaint today against Coltec Industries Inc., a subsidiary of EnPro Industries Inc., and the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO), a subsidiary of General Dynamics Corp. The complaint was filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia under the Clean Air Act and the marine diesel engine rules issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Justice Department and EPA announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department today announced agreements with the cities of Fort Myers, Fla., and Newport, R.I., to improve access to all aspects of civic life for individuals with disabilities. The agreements were reached under Project Civic Access (PCA), the department’s wide-ranging initiative ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Cynthia Peters and Melissa Edwards pleaded guilty to one count each of aiding and assisting in the filing of a false tax return in U.S. District Court in Baton Rouge, La., the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. The court has not yet set a sentencing date.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Rodney D. King, 44, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge David Alan Ezra to 300 months in prison followed by a life term of supervised release in federal court, the Justice Department announced. King pleaded guilty on May 25, 2010, to sex trafficking involving two adult women ...
By Fed Newswire | Sep 30, 2010
News Release: On Monday, October 4, 2010, the Federal Reserve will offer $5 billion in 28-day term deposits through its Term Deposit Facility. Additional information regarding the auction is listed below; the auction will be conducted as specified in this announcement, Regulation D, and the terms and conditions of the Term Deposit Facility.
By Fed Newswire | Sep 30, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced that it will implement changes to its Payment System Risk (PSR) policy on March 24, 2011. The Board approved these revisions in late 2008 for implementation approximately two years later, following substantial changes to the Reserve Banks' credit risk management infrastructure.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 30, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON — As part of its "Add Us In" initiative, the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy awarded four two-year cooperative agreements totaling more than $2.4 million to consortia led by the University of Missouri-Kansas City in Kansas City, Mo.; Community Partners-Integrated Recovery Network in Los Angeles, Calif.; The Workplace Inc. in Bridgeport, Conn.; and the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Okla.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 30, 2010
News Release: Benefits.gov provides enhanced search tools to navigate government programs WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that the former GovBenefits.gov website has been redesigned and rebranded to become Benefits.gov. Along with a new look, Benefits.gov provides enhanced site features to ...
By Labor Gazette | Sep 30, 2010
News Release: ARLINGTON, Va. – The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced the second phase in major reforms to its pattern of violations process, which includes tougher provisions for mines with chronic and persistent violations of significant health and safety regulations. ...
By Labor Gazette | Sep 30, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs has announced a $9.5 million competitive grant solicitation listed at http://www.grants.gov seeking applications from qualified organizations to combat the worst forms of child labor in the cotton and other agriculture sectors in Egypt.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 30, 2010
News Release: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending Sept. 25, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 453,000, a decrease of 16,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 469,000. The 4-week moving average was 458,000, a decrease of 6,250 from the previous week's revised average of 464,250.
