News from March 2011
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 27, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - On this day in 1979, the Three Mile Island nuclear accident began, highlighting the need to keep American families prepared for nuclear emergencies. The ongoing Fukushima nuclear meltdown in Japan now brings new urgency to implement a law passed in 2002, but ignored by two presidential administrations, to distribute radiation emergency pills to people living within 20 miles of a reactor here in the United States.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 27, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), the top Democrat on the Natural Resources Committee, today asked the Department of Interior to explain how it intends to address the recent finding that design faults in blowout preventers could cause widespread failure by the devices should a blowout occur.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 26, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today issued the following statement on the death of Geraldine Ferraro: "I was saddened to learn about the passing of Geraldine Ferraro today. Geri will forever be remembered as a trailblazer in American history. She was a fighter for the security, dignity ...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 26, 2011
News Release: Electrical power has been restored to Yosemite National Park today, March 26, 2011. The park has been without electrical power since Sunday, March 20, after a severe winter storm affected the area. The winter storm dropped several feet of new snow on Yosemite National Park over the last week causing snowy and icy conditions on the roadways, downed trees on the roadways, landslides, and damage to the electrical power lines throughout the park and surrounding communities.
By State Newswire | Mar 26, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -Senator John Kerry (D-MA), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, wrote an op-ed that appears in today's Wall Street Journal titled "Libya And The Just Use of American Force."
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today filed suit against Rawland Leon Sorensen, the owner and manager of more than 50 residential rental properties in Bakersfield, Calif., alleging a pattern or practice of sexual harassment in violation of the Fair Housing Act. The suit, filed in the U.S. District ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today the arrest of Russell County Sheriff’s Office Detectives Kirby Dollar, 37, and Timothy Watford, 42. A federal grand jury in Montgomery, Ala., returned an indictment on Mar. 22, 2011, charging Dollar and Watford with civil rights offenses related to their assault of a man in custody on Nov. 26, 2010.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights today entered into a settlement agreement with the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) to ensure that Arizona’s English Language Learner (ELL) students receive the educational services ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Chris Allen Oake, 59, of Acton, Mass., was arrested today on child pornography charges, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts Carmen M. Ortiz, and Bruce M. Foucart, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) of the Department of Homeland Security in Boston.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice today filed a lawsuit on behalf of Jon Fultz, a U.S. Marine Corps reservist, against the city of Winchester, Va., alleging that it violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) by failing to properly reemploy Fultz in September 2009 when he returned from military service during which he sustained a knee injury.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Attorney General made the following statement today: During my tenure as both Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General, it has been a privilege to work closely with Director Harley Lappin. For more than a quarter of a century, including eight years as Director, his service to the Bureau of Prisons has helped improve public safety, strengthen our corrections systems, and advance the Justice Department’s most critical goals.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Miami-area doctor, Fred Dweck, was sentenced to 24 months in prison today for his role in a wide-ranging Medicare fraud scheme involving several Miami-area home health agencies, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today. U.S. District Judge Adalberto ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Charles Douglas Johnson, 47, of Garden Valley, Calif., was sentenced today to 10 years and one month in prison for receiving child pornography, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner for the Eastern District of California.
By Fed Newswire | Mar 25, 2011
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday adopted two rules that would expand the coverage of consumer protection regulations to credit transactions and leases of higher dollar amounts.
By Fed Newswire | Mar 25, 2011
News Release: The Federal Open Market Committee on Friday announced its tentative meeting schedule for 2012: January 24-25 (Tuesday-Wednesday) March 13 (Tuesday) April 24-25 (Tuesday-Wednesday) June 19-20 (Tuesday-Wednesday) July 31 (Tuesday) September 12 (Wednesday) October 23-24 (Tuesday-Wednesday) December 11 (Tuesday) January 29-30, 2013 (Tuesday-Wednesday)
By Commerce News Now | Mar 25, 2011
News Release: Commerce Secretary Gary Locke U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke's Remarks at Ron Brown Way Dedication Ceremony It only takes one look at the large crowd assembled here today to know that Ron Brown left a permanent mark on Washington, DC and on the U.S. Commerce Department.
By Commerce News Now | Mar 25, 2011
News Release: Commerce Secretary Gary Locke U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke's Remarks at Ron Brown Recognition Ceremony and Reception I’d like to welcome you all to the U.S. Commerce Department. That was a beautiful ceremony we just had outside, and I’m happy so many of you could join us in here.
By Commerce News Now | Mar 25, 2011
News Release: CommerceConnect business assistance initiative in New York is one of 16 to launch this year Following the launch of its Michigan office last September, the U.S. Commerce Department’s CommerceConnect is expanding into New York – one of 16 regions where the service is being launched this year.
By Commerce News Now | Mar 25, 2011
News Release: The U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis today released the third estimate of gross domestic product (GDP) for the fourth quarter of 2010. Real GDP grew 3.1 percent at an annual rate, higher than the previous estimate of 2.8 percent and exceeding private sector expectations. The increase in GDP is a result of higher private investment and inventories than were originally reported.
By Commerce News Now | Mar 25, 2011
News Release: Following President Obama’s trip to Brazil, the U.S. Commerce Department has opened the recruitment period for U.S. companies to apply for private sector membership in the U.S.-Brazil CEO Forum. Secretary Gary Locke co-chaired the sixth meeting of the U.S.-Brazil CEO Forum this past weekend, where U.S. and Brazilian business leaders discussed concrete recommendations to improve trade between the two countries.
