News from August 2011
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today welcomed the Federal Communications Commission’s announcement that it is eliminating the Fairness Doctrine from the Code of Federal Regulations.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 22, 2011
News Release: Surprisingly, transmitting information-rich photons thousands of miles through fiber-optic cable is far easier than reliably sending them just a few nanometers through a computer circuit. However, it may soon be possible to steer these particles of light accurately through microchips because of research* performed at the Joint Quantum Institute of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland, together with Harvard University.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 22, 2011
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today visited Anniston, Ala. where she joined Congressman Mike Rogers at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) to tour operations ...
By Fed Newswire | Aug 22, 2011
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board is proposing a two-year phase-in period for most savings and loan holding companies (SLHCs) to file Federal Reserve regulatory reports with the Board and an exemption for some SLHCs from initially filing Federal Reserve regulatory reports.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 22, 2011
News Release: LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles-based Japanese restaurant group has agreed to pay back wages of $144,721 to 66 employees following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division that disclosed systemic violations of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act's overtime, minimum wage ...
By Labor Gazette | Aug 22, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $1,825,595 National Emergency Grant to provide re-employment services to about 250 workers laid off by XL Four Star Beef Inc., following the June closure of the company's beef processing and packing plant in Nampa, Idaho.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 22, 2011
The US Interior Department published a three page proposed rule on Aug. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 22, 2011
The US Commerce Department published a two page proposed rule on Aug. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 22, 2011
The US Interior Department published a five page proposed rule on Aug. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Aug 22, 2011
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Aug. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 22, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Aug. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 22, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Aug. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 22, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Aug. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 22, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Aug. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 22, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Aug. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 22, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Aug. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 22, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a five page rule on Aug. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 22, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Aug. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 22, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Aug. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 22, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Aug. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
