News from March 2011
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 10, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Speaking at a news conference today on the Japanese tsunami, the budget debate, and other issues, President Barack Obama continued to leave the option open to use the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in light of continued Middle East strife and potential harm to the U.S. economy. Reflecting the...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 10, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power took a strong stand today in support of jobs and against higher gasoline and energy costs by approving H.R. 910, the Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011. The bipartisan measure passed by voice vote, and no amendments were offered. The bill now moves to the full Energy and Commerce Committee for consideration, with a markup scheduled for early next week, commencing with opening statements Monday afternoon.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 10, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power took a strong stand today in support of jobs and against higher gasoline and energy costs by approving H.R. 910, the Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011. The bipartisan measure passed by voice vote, and no amendments were offered. The bill now moves to the full Energy and Commerce Committee for consideration, with a markup scheduled for early next week, commencing with opening statements Monday afternoon.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 10, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leaders of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee today sent a letter to White House Counsel Robert Bauer, repeating their calls for the White House to release records of closed-door negotiations with special interest groups while writing the health care law. On Feb. 18, 2011, ...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 10, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C.- U.S. Representative Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), top Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today gave the keynote address at the 4th Annual Transportation & Infrastructure Convention in Washington, D.C.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 10, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and other EPW Committee members released the following statement in response to House subcommittee action on a bill that would permanently block the Environmental Protection Agency from curbing carbon ...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 10, 2011
News Release: U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement today praising the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform’s approval of the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results (SOAR) Act (H.R. 471), which includes language to reauthorize the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program (D.C. OSP)...
By State Newswire | Mar 10, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Senate Foreign Relations Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) joined today with Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT) in announcing plans to introduce legislation creating two new enterprise funds for Egypt and Tunisia. These funds support private entrepreneurs and businesses and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON -- The Attorney General made the following statement today: “Yesterday’s tragic shootings in St. Louis are yet another solemn reminder of the dangers that United States Marshals confront on a daily basis. These brave men and women routinely put their lives on the line in their work to combat ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - A State Department contract employee pleaded guilty today to illegally accessing confidential passport application files, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal court in Providence, R.I., has ordered that Michael Brier, the owner of the tax return preparation firm Refunds Now Inc., and his employees, Jeffrey Sroufe, Esther Santiago and Carmen Miranda, be permanently barred from preparing federal income tax returns for others, the Justice ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Thirty-five members and associates of the Barrio Azteca (BA) gang have been charged in a third superseding indictment unsealed today with various counts of racketeering, murder, drug offenses, money laundering and obstruction of justice, announced Attorney General Eric Holder. Of the 35 ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Houston bus company was fined $55,000 for violating passenger carrier accessibility requirements under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), announced the Departments of Justice and Transportation. In addition to the fine, a consent agreement reached with the Federal Motor Carrier ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – An Ohio man was sentenced to 51 months in prison for setting fire to the First Azusa Apostolic Faith Church of God in Conneaut, Ohio , the Department of Justice announced today. Ronald J. Pudder, 23, of Conneaut, pleaded guilty last year to one count of intentionally damaging, destroying and attempting to destroy religious property because of the race, color, and ethnic characteristics of individuals associated with that property.
By Commerce News Now | Mar 9, 2011
News Release: Commerce Secretary Gary Locke U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke's Remarks on His Nomination as the U.S. Ambassador to China Thank you, Mr. President.
By Commerce News Now | Mar 9, 2011
News Release: New advisory board established by the America COMPETES Act to focus on U.S. economic competitiveness and innovation The U.S. Commerce Department has announced the creation of a new Innovation Advisory Board to guide a study of U.S. economic competitiveness and innovation and has opened the application ...
By Labor Gazette | Mar 9, 2011
News Release: Temporary supervisors misclassified under Fair Labor Standards Act MAITLAND, Fla. — Beck Disaster Recovery Inc. has agreed to pay $754,578 in overtime back wages to 89 current and former temporary field supervisors after the U.S. Department of Labor found, among other violations, that the company had ...
By Labor Gazette | Mar 9, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor's Veterans' Employment and Training Service today announced the availability of $600,000 in "Stand Down" grants that will provide an estimated 10,000 homeless veterans with opportunities to reintegrate into society. The grants are being awarded under the department's Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Program.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 9, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $1,570,907 grant to assist about 400 workers affected by the closing of Sonoco Packaging Products in Devens, Mass., and layoffs at Debbie's Staffing in Ayer, Mass.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 9, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on March 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
