News from January 2011
By DOL Newswire | Jan 31, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) released the following statement on today’s ruling by Florida U.S. District Court judge Roger Vinson on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 31, 2011
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 En Español EL PASO, Texas—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today delivered remarks at the University of Texas at El Paso highlighting the Department’s unprecedented efforts over the past two years to secure the Southwest ...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 31, 2011
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Washington, D.C. — Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today joined National Football League (NFL) Vice President of Security Milt Ahlerich and Arlington, Texas Chief of Police Theron Bowman to announce a new partnership ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – An Illinois food processing company has agreed to pay a $390,000 civil penalty to the United States to settle allegations that its Baxter Springs, Kan., processing facility overloaded the city’s wastewater treatment system with millions of gallons of industrial wastewater, at times causing pollution along a 22-mile-long section of the Spring River in southeast Kansas and northeast Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Oracle America Inc. has agreed to pay the United States $46 million to settle claims that Sun Microsystems Inc., a corporation that merged with Oracle in 2010, submitted false claims and caused others to submit false claims to the General Services Administration (GSA) and other federal agencies, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Stephen Sims, of Palm Springs, Calif., was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Gustave Diamond in the Western District of Pennsylvania to 17 years in prison for engaging in a child exploitation enterprise, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Maxwell Technologies Inc., a publicly-traded manufacturer of energy-storage and power-delivery products based in San Diego, has agreed to pay an $8 million criminal penalty to resolve charges related to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) for bribing Chinese government officials to ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today filed a lawsuit against Cincinnati landlord Henry E. Bailey alleging that Bailey sexually harassed female tenants at residential properties he has owned and managed in the Cincinnati metropolitan area.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department today announced a comprehensive settlement agreement under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with HRB Tax Group Inc., H&R Block Tax Services LLC and HRB Advance LLC (H&R Block) to ensure effective communication with individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing in the provision of income tax preparation services and courses at more than 11,000 owned and franchised offices nationwide.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Andrew Kerber, 22, of Chico, Calif., pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill in Fresno, Calif., to violating the civil rights of congregants of Congregation Beth Shalom, a synagogue in Modesto, Calif.
By Fed Newswire | Jan 31, 2011
News Release: The federal bank, thrift and credit union regulatory agencies, along with the Farm Credit Administration, announce that the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry will begin accepting federal registrations today.
By Commerce News Now | Jan 31, 2011
News Release: Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Remarks at "Startup America" Initiative Event, The White House You know, there are a lot of explanations for why America experienced the slowest job growth from 2001-2008 of any comparable period since World War II.
By Commerce News Now | Jan 31, 2011
News Release: The U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis today released data on personal income and outlays for December 2010. Personal income and real personal consumption expenditures rose 0.4 percent in December, consistent with private-sector expectations. In November, personal income rose a similar 0.4 percent.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 31, 2011
News Release: Rule would eliminate potential POV notification and use of final orders in review ARLINGTON, Va. – The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced that a proposed rule to revise its pattern of violations regulation in 30 Code of Federal Regulations Part 104 will be ...
By Labor Gazette | Jan 31, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $707,096 National Emergency Grant increment to continue to provide services to about 600 workers affected by the closure of the Taylor, Bean and Whitaker Mortgage Corp. and its subsidiary companies.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 31, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $1,179,312 increment to continue providing assistance to about 500 workers affected by layoffs from multiple companies in the construction and manufacturing industries in central and southeastern Texas.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 31, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Jan. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 31, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Jan 31, 2011
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Jan. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 31, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a five page notice on Jan. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
