News from July 2011
By EPA Newswire | Jul 21, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today praised introduction of the Senate’s EPA Regulatory Relief Act, a bipartisan Senate proposal that shares many features of a bill introduced last month in the House to protect hundreds of thousands of jobs. Reps.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 21, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., and Richard Shelby, R-Ala., today introduced legislation that calls for dedicating at least 80% of BP penalties paid under the Clean Water Act (CWA) to Gulf states to invest in the long-term health of the coastal ecosystem and its economies. Joining ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 21, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 21, 2011 - The Gulf Economic Survival Team (GEST) today released a on the devastating job losses and economic impacts as a result of the significant slowdown in drilling activity in the Gulf of Mexico. The study observed the pace and volume of offshore plans and examined the economic consequences of slowed energy production in the Gulf created by the Obama Administration’s de facto moratorium.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 21, 2011
News Release: Today, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce will vote on the Protecting Jobs from Government Interference Act (H.R. 2587), introduced on by Rep. Tim Scott (R-SC). This critical legislation would prohibit the National Labor Relations Board from ordering any employer to relocate, shut down, or transfer a business under any circumstance.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2011
News Release: ST. GEORGE, UT. - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) announced today that on July 16, 2011, the DEA, along with other federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, seized 13,806 marijuana plants found growing in the mountains outside of Veyo, Utah, and arrested 38 defendants who were in the process of harvesting the plants. Also seized during the operation was 100 pounds of processed marijuana, one loaded handgun, and four vehicles.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal court has permanently barred Cecil A. Collier from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. The civil injunction order was signed by Judge W. Louis Sands of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia. The court also ordered Collier to provide a list of his customers to the government and to mail a copy of the order to each person for whom he prepared a federal income tax return since Jan. 1, 2007.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Eliseo Roquiz of Erie, Penn., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Sean J. McLaughlin of the Western District of Pennsylvania to charges of filing a false document with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Justice Department and IRS announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON—Gabriel Henson, a supervisor for Integrated Production Services, Inc., a Houston-based natural gas and oil drilling contractor, pleaded guilty to a negligent violation of the Clean Water Act in federal court in Muskogee, Okla., the Department of Justice announced.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 20, 2011
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday issued a consent cease and desist order and assessed an $85 million civil money penalty against Wells Fargo & Company of San Francisco, a registered bank holding company, and Wells Fargo Financial, Inc., of Des Moines. The order addresses allegations that Wells ...
By Fed Newswire | Jul 20, 2011
News Release: On Monday, July 25, 2011, the Federal Reserve will offer $5 billion in 28-day term deposits through its Term Deposit Facility. As noted in the Federal Reserve Board's September 8, 2010 release, this offering is part of ongoing small-value operations designed to provide eligible institutions with an opportunity ...
By Commerce News Now | Jul 20, 2011
News Release: U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke certified to President Obama that Iceland’s commercial whaling and international trade in fin whale products is diminishing the effectiveness of the International Whaling Commission (IWC), and urged the Government of Iceland to cease permitting commercial whaling. Iceland ...
By Labor Gazette | Jul 20, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $248,878 National Emergency Grant to provide training and re-employment services for about 60 workers affected by layoffs at Thompson/Center Arms in Rochester, N.H., which began in January and will continue through the end of the year.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 20, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $379,500 National Emergency Grant to provide training and employment services to about 200 workers affected by the closure of the Premier Bankcard call center in Spearfish, S.D. The company announced in May that it would be closing the center and permanently laying off its workers.
By State News Post | Jul 20, 2011
The US State Department published a one page notice on July 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 20, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on July 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Jul 20, 2011
The US State Department published a one page notice on July 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 20, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on July 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 20, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on July 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 20, 2011
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on July 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Jul 20, 2011
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on July 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
