News from June 2011
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2011
News Release: Prior to the Obama administration’s rush to terminate the Yucca Mountain project, the landmark effort was nearing the finish line for full construction authorization with the Energy Department’s submission of a license application in June 2008. Federal law requires NRC to complete license review within...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2011
News Release: NEW YORK, NY. - JOHN P. GILBRIDE, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement ("DEA") and PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JOSE CABRERA, a/k/a "Jose Luis Cabrera Marcelino" was sentenced yesterday in...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 16, 2011
News Release: Statement of Senator Barbara Boxer Joint Hearing: Full Committee and Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety "Oversight Hearing: the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Preliminary Results of the Nuclear Safety Review in the United States following the Emergency at the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Citing constitutional and ethical concerns, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), the senior Democrat of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. George Miller (D-CA), the senior Democrat of the Education and the Workforce Committee, called on Chairman Darrell Issa today...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 15, 2011
News Release: "There has been a historic flood season in the Mississippi and Missouri River Basins. We know that the clean-up and recovery from these disasters will stress the Corps' budget even further. That is why it is imperative that we make the upfront investments in flood and storm damage reduction projects.".
By DOL Newswire | Jun 15, 2011
News Release: LIVE Webcast - Click here to watch the LIVE webcast of the markup beginning at 10:00 a.m. ET.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 15, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON- At a congressional hearing today Earl Devaney, chairman of the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, praised H.R. 2146, the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA). The DATA Act will establish an independent body to track federal spending, including grants, contracts, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Bruce Schwartz, 53, Sam Wongsesanit, 40, and Shane Germann, 42, have pleaded guilty to human trafficking violations involving the Los Angeles based recruiting company Global Horizons, the Justice Department announced today. Schwartz pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit forced labor, and Germann and Wongsesanit pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit document servitude.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal jury in New Haven, Conn., today voted unanimously to impose the federal death penalty against Azibo Aquart for his role in the murder of three individuals, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney David B. Fein for the District of Connecticut.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Laquanta Grant, a resident of Montgomery, Ala., has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to file false claims for refunds, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON — A former vice president of an Illinois refuse disposal container repair company was sentenced today to serve 16 months in prison and to pay a $40,000 criminal fine for his role in a conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud in connection with bids on a contract with the city of Chicago, the Department of Justice announced.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 15, 2011
News Release: Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Remarks at Business Roundtable, SelectUSA event Thank you for the kind introduction. And I want to thank the Business Round Table for hosting us this morning. It’s great to be here.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 15, 2011
News Release: New government-wide initiative will help remove federal investment barriers in support of a stronger economy and new jobs U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke announced today - at an event hosted by the Business Roundtable - the first coordinated federal effort to aggressively pursue and win new business ...
By Labor Gazette | Jun 15, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration is soliciting applications under the Susan Harwood Training Grant Program, through which a total of $4.7 million is available to nonprofit, community and faith-based organizations, employer associations and labor ...
By Labor Gazette | Jun 15, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor has certified for release $838,680,283 in unemployment insurance modernization incentive funds to the state of California. California qualified for its full share of the funds available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act by including in its law provisions that assist recent entrants to the workforce, part-time workers and workers who become unemployed because of compelling family reasons.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 15, 2011
The US Labor Department published a five page notice on June 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Jun 15, 2011
The US State Department published a one page notice on June 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 15, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on June 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2011
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on June 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2011
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on June 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
