News from December 2011
By State Newswire | Dec 14, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Howard L. Berman, Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, applauded today’s passage by the House of H.R 1905, the Iran Threat Reduction Act. One of the most important provisions of this bill is an amendment authored by Congressman Berman that imposes tough sanctions on the Central Bank of Iran.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In an ongoing effort to identify and eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse in federal programs, members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today requested an update on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Medicare oversight.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In an ongoing effort to identify and eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse in federal programs, members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today requested an update on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Medicare oversight.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 14, 2011 - Today the Obama Administration’s Interior Department conducted the first offshore lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico since the tragic explosion and oil spill that occurred nearly 20 months ago. With just 17 days left this year, the Administration narrowly avoided making 2011 the first year since 1953 without an offshore lease sale.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In an ongoing effort to identify and eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse in federal programs, members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today requested an update on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Medicare oversight.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 14, 2011
News Release: Wednesday, December 14 at 3:00 p.m., Colorado National Monument will reopen the upper section of Rim Rock Drive from DS Road to Independence Monument Overlook to all traffic. Today, the Upper Section of Rim Rock Drive was plowed, sanded, and cleared of 4 inches of snow.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 14, 2011
News Release: “One month ago, Mr. Brady, Mr. Levin and I were in Honolulu, Hawaii talking to TPP country officials. In our meetings, I was struck by the urgency that so many representatives of other countries had for a strong agreement. I think we all see big potential in the TPP.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Eight former executives and agents of Siemens AG and its subsidiaries have been charged for allegedly engaging in a decade-long scheme to bribe senior Argentine government officials to secure, implement and enforce a $1 billion contract with the Argentine government to produce national identity ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Ilios Shipping Company S.A., pleaded guilty in federal court in New Orleans for violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS) and obstruction of justice, announced Assistant Attorney General Ignacia S. Moreno and U.S. Attorney Jim Letten.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Three Korean Hitachi-LG Data Storage Inc. (HLDS) executives have agreed to plead guilty and to serve prison time in the United States for their participation in a series of conspiracies to rig bids and fix prices for the sale of optical disk drives, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice announced today that it has entered into a consent decree that, if approved by the court, will resolve the department’s claims that H.M. Grimmett, sheriff of Bolivar County, Miss., retaliated against Robert E. Brown, a former employee of the sheriff.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - A retired major in the U.S. Army was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for engaging in money laundering of criminally derived property totaling $400,000, which he received from a contractor following his deployment to Kuwait, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that it has reached a settlement agreement with S.W.J.J. Inc., or Sernak Farms, based in Weatherly, Penn., to settle allegations that Sernak engaged in discrimination on the basis of citizenship status by preferring to hire temporary visa holders over ...
By Fed Newswire | Dec 13, 2011
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of the following enforcement actions: Alliance Financial Services, Inc. (PDF), Saint Paul, Minnesota Written Agreement dated December 8, 2011 Patriot Bancshares, Inc. (PDF), Houston, Texas, and Patriot Holdings Nevada, Inc., Reno, Nevada Written Agreement dated Nov. 17, 2011 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions.
By Fed Newswire | Dec 13, 2011
News Release: Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in November suggests that the economy has been expanding moderately, notwithstanding some apparent slowing in global growth. While indicators point to some improvement in overall labor market conditions, the unemployment rate remains elevated. ...
By Commerce News Now | Dec 13, 2011
News Release: Secretary of Commerce John Bryson Remarks at National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship Hello, everyone–thanks for being here today. I mostly want to hear from you, so I’ll be brief.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 13, 2011
News Release: Commerce Secretary John Bryson Remarks at U.S. Chamber of Commerce Luncheon Honoring Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki Thank you, Hussain, for the kind words and for your leadership of the U.S. Business Council in Iraq.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 13, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today made available a $3,390,230 National Emergency Grant increment to continue providing re-employment services to approximately 2,500 workers of 79 companies, predominantly in the manufacturing sector, who have been affected by layoffs and plant closures in Wisconsin.
By USDA Wire | Dec 13, 2011
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Dec. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 13, 2011
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
