News from June 2011
By DOE Newswire | Jun 14, 2011
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2011
News Release: War in the Pacific National Historical Park will present a Curator's Corner on Saturday, June 18th, focusing on the Battle of Saipan, the first major Japanese community to be encountered by American troops in World War II. The presentation will take place at the T. Stell Newman Visitor Center near the front gate to Naval Base Guam from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2011
News Release: Recent rains should make this another banner year for the annual eruption of wildflowers at Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve. Peak bloom is approaching and should last through early July.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 14, 2011
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Phil Roe, M.D. (R-TN), today held a hearing to review the state of private pension plans and the challenges facing plan sponsors, workers, and retirees.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 14, 2011
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., June 14, 2011 - Today, the House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs held a legislative hearing on H.R. 946, the “Endangered Salmon Predation Prevention Act," a bipartisan bill introduced by Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings to protect endangered Columbia River salmon from predation by California sea lions.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2011
News Release: In the early morning hours of Sunday June 12th, within Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park, a single vehicle accident on Highway 11 near milepost 35 claimed the life of 20-year old Bryson Areola from Kea`au, Hawaii. Another occupant in the vehicle, 19-year old Julien Quiocho from Hilo, Hawaii was flown to Queen's Medical Center on Oahu in critical condition with head and spinal injuries.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 14, 2011
News Release: I thank the Chairman for holding this hearing today. We both agree that improper payments should not happen. However, we disagree on how to fix the problem. I believe that we need to fund the agency. Republican budget cuts harm beneficiaries, harm taxpayers, and harm the Social Security Trust Fund. We will see this clearly today.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2011
News Release: June 14, 2011, 18:00 - The seach on Liberty Ridge for Rob Planker, age 50 of Olympia, WA, was suspended this afternoon due to strong winds, The climber fell ill during a climb up the challenging Liberty Ridge route. During an aerial search today a 2,000' slide track was detected leading down a 50 degree...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A settlement has been reached with Hecla Mining Company to resolve one of the largest cases ever filed under the Superfund statute. Under the settlement, Hecla will pay $263.4 million plus interest to the United States, the Coeur d’Alene Tribe and the state of Idaho to resolve claims stemming ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2011
News Release: ATLANTA – Bidemi Bello, 41, a former resident of Suwanee, Ga., and a citizen of Nigeria, was convicted on eight counts by a federal jury late on Friday on charges of two counts of forced labor, two counts of trafficking for forced labor, one count of document servitude, one count of alien harboring and two counts of making false statements in an application to become a U.S. citizen. The trial lasted one week.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - A former U.S. Army major pleaded guilty today to bribery related to his work as a contracting officer’s representative in Kuwait from 2004 to 2006, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By Fed Newswire | Jun 13, 2011
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced the adoption of an interim final rule that allows small bank holding companies that are S-Corps or that are organized in mutual form to exclude subordinated debt issued to Treasury under the Small Business Lending Fund (SBLF) from treatment as "debt" for purposes of the debt-to-equity standard under the Board's Small Bank Holding Company Policy Statement.
By Fed Newswire | Jun 13, 2011
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday adjusted Regulation Z (Truth in Lending) and Regulation M (Consumer Leasing) by increasing the dollar threshold for exempt consumer credit and lease transactions. Transactions at or below the threshold are subject to the protections of the regulations. These adjustments ...
By Fed Newswire | Jun 13, 2011
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday published its annual adjustment to the amount of fees that triggers additional disclosure requirements under the Truth in Lending Act and the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994 for home mortgage loans that bear rates or fees above a certain amount.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 13, 2011
News Release: Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Remarks at Jobs and Competitiveness Round Table, Durham, North Hello everybody, it’s great to be here, and I’m excited for our discussion today.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 13, 2011
News Release: When foreign companies invest in U.S. businesses, known as foreign direct investment (FDI), it not only provides jobs but relatively high-paying jobs – indeed, up to 30% higher-paying. Encouraging more FDI and expanding the number of countries that invest in the United States would potentially lead to more economic growth and create even more new, high-paying U.S. jobs.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 13, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $1,263,164 National Emergency Grant increment to continue services for about 1,050 workers affected by layoffs at Monaco Coach Corp. in Coburg, Ore.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 13, 2011
News Release: Date of Action: June 13, 2011 Name(s) of Defendant(s): The Open Webs Corp.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 13, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on June 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
