News from January 2011
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 19, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, released the following statement today upon House approval of H.R. 2, legislation to repeal Obamacare...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 19, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, made the following statement today on the House floor in support of the effort to repeal Obamacare (H.R. 2):
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 18, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today applauded the announcement by United States Trade Representative (USTR) Ron Kirk that the United States is requesting arbitration to end unfair Canadian practices that are harming the U.S. lumber industry. Baucus has urged...
By State Newswire | Jan 18, 2011
News Release: Congressman Howard L. Berman, Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement in advance of Chinese President Hu’s arrival in Washington, DC for this week’s US-China Summit.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 18, 2011
News Release: Programs during February, 2011. San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park celebrates African American History Month with programs throughout February, 2011. EXHIBIT: AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE MARITIME TRADES. Daily, throughout February. In the Visitor Center, 499 Jefferson Street, at Hyde Street.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Attorney General Eric Holder, Associate Attorney General Tom Perrelli and Director of the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) Susan B. Carbon today opened an event focused on the complexities and impact of stalking crimes. The program featured a panel of speakers who shared their involvement in one family’s experience as victims of stalking, and their work to investigate and identify stalking behavior, and make changes to a state law to protect victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Attorney General Eric Holder announced today the creation of a new Professional Misconduct Review Unit to handle disciplinary actions for career attorneys at the Department of Justice that arise from Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) investigations and appointed Kevin Ohlson to be its Chief.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice announced today a settlement with Comcast Corp. and General Electric Co.’s subsidiary NBC Universal Inc. (NBCU) that allows their joint venture to proceed conditioned on the parties’ agreement to license programming to online competitors to Comcast’s cable TV services, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON — The Justice Department today announced that it has reached a settlement on behalf of U.S. Army reservist Miguel Orozco Garduño (Orozco) in its lawsuit against Titan Laboratories Inc., and its owner Harvey Berger. The lawsuit alleges that Titan and Berger willfully violated the Uniformed ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON — The Justice Department today announced that it has reached a settlement on behalf of U.S. Army reservist Miguel Orozco Garduño (Orozco) in its lawsuit against Titan Laboratories Inc., and its owner Harvey Berger. The lawsuit alleges that Titan and Berger willfully violated the Uniformed ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2011
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. – Harold James Nicholson, 59, was sentenced today to 96 months imprisonment by U.S. District Judge Anna J. Brown following his guilty pleas to the crimes of conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government and conspiracy to commit international money laundering. This 8-year prison ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department today announced that Mississippi property owner Indigo Investments LLC, has agreed to pay $50,000 in monetary damages and civil penalties to settle the government’s Fair Housing Act lawsuit. The government alleged that Indigo and its former employees, Barbara A. Hamilton ...
By Fed Newswire | Jan 18, 2011
News Release: The Federal Reserve on Tuesday announced the establishment of offices to promote diversity and inclusion at the Federal Reserve Board and at all 12 of the Federal Reserve Banks.
By Commerce News Now | Jan 18, 2011
News Release: Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke Opinion Editorial, AOL News "Unlocking the Potential of U.S.-China Economic Cooperation" We have to keep working to build a commercial environment in China that's friendly to global innovation and international competition, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke says. We are at a turning point in the U.S.-China economic partnership.
By Commerce News Now | Jan 18, 2011
News Release: Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke Opinion Editorial, The Seattle Times "Repealing Health-Care Law Will Hurt American Competitiveness" When Republicans vote next week to repeal the Affordable Care Act, they are voting to repeal a new level of control that American families have over their health-care decisions.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 18, 2011
News Release: Chicago-area contractor previously issued 13 citations, $360,000 for failing to protect workers CHICAGO – The U.S. Department of Labor is seeking an administrative court order requiring Gerardi Sewer & Water Co., a Norridge, Ill.-based contractor, to provide a monthly report of its work locations to ...
By Labor Gazette | Jan 18, 2011
News Release: Revised methodology better protects US workers WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration today announced the publication of a final rule that improves the H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker program and better protects U.S. workers. The final rule, to be published in the Jan. 19 edition of the Federal Register, addresses the calculations used to set wage rates for H-2B workers.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 18, 2011
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS – A federal district court in Minneapolis has granted the U.S. Department of Labor's motion for summary judgment requiring Copy Cat Business Systems Inc. and its former owners, Susan Blackford and Joel Blackford, to repay $13,218.76 in employee contributions and lost interest owed to the ...
By DOE Gazette | Jan 18, 2011
The US Energy Department published a three page notice on Jan. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jan 18, 2011
The US Energy Department published a four page notice on Jan. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
