News from April 2011
By State Newswire | Apr 14, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Last Friday, Iraqi Security Forces forcefully entered Camp Ashraf in Eastern Iraq. Members of the Mujahedin-e Khalq or MEK are housed at the camp. Earlier today, United Nations officials confirmed that the incursion by Iraqi Security Forces had resulted in scores of dead and injured MEK members. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) issued the following statement:
By DOE Newswire | Apr 14, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC -- The Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has signed a partnership deal with Duke Energy, one of the largest electric power companies in the United States, and with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), a non-profit research organization that...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman and Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin released an HHS analysis of the impact of H. Con. Res. 35 on Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program. The Republican Resolution would prohibit FY 2011 funds from being used to implement the landmark Affordable Care Act.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2011
News Release: Everglades National Park Celebrates Poetry Month.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 13, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Concluding a two-year bipartisan investigation, Senator Carl Levin, D-Mich., and Senator Tom Coburn M.D., R-Okla., Chairman and Ranking Republican on the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, today released a 635-page final report on their inquiry into key causes of the financial...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Two officers with the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) have been convicted of civil rights and obstruction of justice crimes in connection with the beating death of civilian Raymond Robair in July 2005, and a subsequent cover-up.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON– The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against the Berkeley County, S.C., Sheriff’s Office and Sheriff Wayne DeWitt for violating the First Amendment and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA). The Berkeley County Detention Center, a component of the sheriff’s office, enforces policies that prohibit inmates from receiving virtually all expressive material and substantially burden the rights of inmates to practice their faith.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today the Department of Justice and FBI announced the filing of a civil complaint, the execution of criminal seizure warrants, and the issuance of a temporary restraining order as part of the most complete and comprehensive enforcement action ever taken by U.S authorities to disable an international ...
By Fed Newswire | Apr 13, 2011
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced formal enforcement actions requiring 10 banking organizations to address a pattern of misconduct and negligence related to deficient practices in residential mortgage loan servicing and foreclosure processing. These deficiencies represent significant and pervasive compliance failures and unsafe and unsound practices at these institutions.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 13, 2011
News Release: The Commerce Department’s U.S. Census Bureau today released retail sales data for March 2011. Retail sales rose 0.4 percent, slightly below private-sector expectations. Retail and food services sales, excluding autos, were up 0.8 percent, consistent with private-sector expectations. Motor vehicle sales fell 1.7 percent, and sales at gasoline stations jumped 2.6 percent. Sales at gasoline stations comprise about 10 percent of total retail sales.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 13, 2011
News Release: JANESVILLE, Wis. – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment and court order requiring Janesville-based Premier Vending Inc. and David R. Biggerstaff, the president and former owner of the company, to restore a total of $31,204.46 in voluntary employee contributions plus lost interest ...
By State News Post | Apr 13, 2011
The US State Department published a one page notice on April 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 13, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on April 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Apr 13, 2011
The US State Department published a three page notice on April 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Apr 13, 2011
The US State Department published a one page notice on April 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 13, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on April 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 13, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on April 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 13, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on April 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 13, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on April 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 13, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on April 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
