News from February 2011
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today restated his commitment to serious, substantive, and substantial oversight of the executive branch, industry, and all matters within the committee’s purview. Upton’s comments come in response to...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) issued the following statement today after the Senate last night formally ratified his selection to serve as Ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 4, 2011
News Release: Recent storms have brought additional snow to the park, and the Superintendent has determined that there is now adequate snow cover for the use of snowmobiles for traditional activities in all of the 1980 additions to Denali National Park and Preserve. The open areas include the park and preserve additions north and south of the crest of the Alaska Range.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 4, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today announced that asparagus producers financially impacted by the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA) can officially sign-up to recover lost revenue beginning on Monday, February ...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 4, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Friday issued the following statement in connection with the announcement regarding collective bargaining rights for Transportation Security Administration employees...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 4, 2011
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement regarding news from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), that after careful consideration, Administrator John Pistole has determined that Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) should be allowed to participate in collective bargaining activities that relate to employment and not security matters.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 4, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, names Mary Kerr as the EPW Committee's Communications Director.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 4, 2011
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 4, 2011 Sen. Murkowski Introduces Bill to Resolve Salmon Lake Land Claim WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Salmon Lake Land Selection Resolution Act was reintroduced today by Alaska’s U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Mark Begich. The bill ratifies a settlement between the state of ...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 4, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today issued the following statement as her appointment, and all committee assignments, were officially announced today by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).
By DOE Newswire | Feb 4, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today restated his commitment to serious, substantive, and substantial oversight of the executive branch, industry, and all matters within the committee’s purview. Upton’s comments come in response to...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 3, 2011
Release: Washington, DC, Feb. 3, 2011 - USDA today announced that children placed into the foster care system by a state or court are categorically eligible to receive free meals in all USDA child nutrition programs. The expansion of categorical eligibility to foster children is a component of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 which President Obama signed into law Dec. 13, 2010.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), the Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, today announced a hearing for next Thursday, February 10th entitled, “Regulatory Impediments to Job Creation."
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas ordered that Juan Antonio Gaona must adhere to a 25-foot buffer zone around a Planned Parenthood Reproductive Health Services Clinic in San Antonio, Texas. The court order is the result of a consent decree entered into by Gaona to resolve a civil complaint filed against him by the United States for violation of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE Act).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced a settlement of its lawsuit alleging that Chandi Biswas, Kenneth R. Scott and Frankie L. Roberson violated the Fair Housing Act by making discriminatory statements against African-American renters at Rolling Oaks Apartments in Clanton, Ala. The settlement, in the form of a consent decree, was approved by a federal district judge in Montgomery, Ala.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Brandon Smith, aka “Little One” and “King Little One,” 26, of Hyattsville, Md., pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise, in connection with his gang activities as a member and leader of the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (Latin Kings.) The guilty ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON— A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Choctaw County, Miss., Sheriff’s Deputy Billy C. Scott Jr. with civil rights violations and obstructing justice.
By Fed Newswire | Feb 3, 2011
News Release: The federal bank and thrift regulatory agencies announced proposed changes today to reporting requirements for savings associations and savings and loan holding companies regulated by the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS).
By Fed Newswire | Feb 3, 2011
News Release: On Monday, February 7, 2011 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 Labor Gazette | Feb 3, 2011
News Release: GREEN BAY, Wis. Federal contractor Green Bay Dressed Beef LLC will pay $1.65 million in back wages, interest and benefits to 970 women who were subjected to systemic discrimination by the company. The settlement follows an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, which found that the women were rejected for general laborer positions at the company's Green Bay plant in 2006 and 2007.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 3, 2011
News Release: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending Jan. 29, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 415,000, a decrease of 42,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 457,000. The 4-week moving average was 430,500, an increase of 1,000 from the previous week's revised average of 429,500.
