News from July 2011
By DOL Newswire | Jul 8, 2011
News Release: LIVE Webcast - This morning, the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training will hold a joint subcommittee hearing with the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform’s Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs, Stimulus Oversight, and Government Spending.m. ET.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2011
News Release: HARTFORD, CT. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Tomas Ocasio, 50, of Park Street, Hartford, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Christopher F. Droney in Hartford to 41 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release for his involvement in a Hartford-area heroin trafficking ring.
By State Newswire | Jul 8, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Howard Berman, Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement in advance of South Sudan declaring independence tomorrow, July 9, and officially creating the Republic of South Sudan.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 8, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 8, 2011 - The Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources and the Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy and Forestry today held a joint oversight hearing on “Challenges facing Domestic Oil and Gas Development: Review of Bureau of Land Management/U.S...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 8, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) are pressing Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko for more answers and documents as part of their investigation into the Obama administration’s...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 7, 2011
News Release: (Remarked as Delivered). I often say that militaries are always fighting the last war instead of the one they’re in. And that’s exactly what today’s markup feels like. The Republicans seem to be stuck in the past, reopening debates that were raging before I got here and I thought were settled long ago...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 7, 2011
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today unveiled an unprecedented cross-component Maritime Operations Coordination (MOC) plan to enhance the Department’s coordination capabilities when responding to threats against the United States and its interests.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 7, 2011
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 NOGALES, Ariz. - Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today joined National Drug Control Policy Director Gil Kerlikowske, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Alan Bersin, DHS Office of Counternarcotics ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Following a public comment period, the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have made changes to reduce the filing burden and streamline the form parties must file when seeking antitrust clearance of proposed mergers and acquisitions under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act and the Premerger Notification Rules.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Armor Group North America Inc. (AGNA) and its affiliates have paid the United States $7.5 million to resolve allegations that AGNA submitted false claims for payment on a State Department contract to provide armed guard services at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, the Justice Department ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – JPMorgan Chase & Co. has entered into an agreement with the Department of Justice to resolve the company’s role in anticompetitive activity in the municipal bond investments market and has agreed to pay a total of $228 million in restitution, penalties and disgorgement to federal and state agencies, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Freedman Farms, Inc. and its president, William B. Freedman, pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in New Bern, N.C., to violating the Clean Water Act when they discharged hog waste into a stream that leads to the Waccamaw River, the Department of Justice’s Environment and Natural Resources ...
By Fed Newswire | Jul 7, 2011
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday released a report that contains 2010 payment and account information about more than 1,000 agreements between institutions of higher education or affiliated organizations and credit card issuers. The Board also updated an online database that includes the full text of each agreement that was in effect during 2010.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 7, 2011
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of the following enforcement actions: Bank of the Commonwealth (14 KB PDF), Norfolk, Virginia Prompt Corrective Action Directive dated July 1, 2011 FirstFed Bancorp, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and FirstFed Bancorp, Inc. (18 KB PDF), ...
By Fed Newswire | Jul 7, 2011
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between JPMorgan Chase & Co., New York, New York, a registered bank holding company, and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The agreement addresses issues associated with anti-competitive activities at JPMorgan ...
By Fed Newswire | Jul 7, 2011
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the appointment of David W. Wilcox as director of the Division of Research and Statistics, effective October 1. Wilcox, currently the deputy director of the division, will succeed David J. Stockton, who will retire on September 30 after 30 years of service with the Board, including 11 as division director.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 7, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division has obtained an agreement for Maryland's Prince George's County Public Schools system to pay $4,222,146 in back wages due 1,044 workers to resolve violations of the H-1B temporary foreign worker program. Investigators from the department found that PGCPS illegally reduced the wages of the H-1B workers by requiring them to pay fees that the school system was required to pay.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 7, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration is seeking nominations for membership to the Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health by Sept. 6.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 7, 2011
News Release: Special Factor: Minnesota has indicated that approximately 2,500 of their reported initial claims are a result of state employees filing due to the state government shutdown.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 7, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today issued the following statement regarding the introduction of federal legislation to reform the unemployment insurance system: "I am pleased that Sen. Jack Reed and Rep. Rosa DeLauro have introduced legislation to reform the UI system to benefit both ...
