News from September 2011
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 7, 2011
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on the Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on the state of Homeland Security. The report, entitled "Department of Homeland Security: Progress Made...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 7, 2011
News Release: BEDFORD HEIGHTS, Ohio - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited ILAPA Inc., doing business as Lasting Impressions Event and Party Rentals in Bedford Heights, for 19 safety violations. The company faces $154,000 in proposed fines.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 7, 2011
News Release: Wednesday, September 7th, 2011. Press Contact: Ryan Nickel (202) 225-3481. WASHINGTON, D.C., September 7th-- House Appropriations Committee Ranking Democratic Member Rep. Norm Dicks made the following comments after release of the FY2012 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 7, 2011
News Release: (WASHINGTON) Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa released the following statement on the Department of Justice transferring cases related to Operation Fast and Furious out of the Arizona U.S. Attorney’s Office...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 7, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., September 7, 2011 - Speaking today at the Energy Jobs Summit hosted by The Hill and the American Petroleum Institute, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings stated that the Committee will actively promote new opportunities for both offshore and onshore drilling, including...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 7, 2011
News Release: Why the Generalized System of Preferences Program is good for American workers and businesses.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 7, 2011
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Committee on Homeland Security Ranking Member Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) delivered the following prepared remarks for the full Committee hearing entitled The Attacks of September 11th: Where are We Today...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 7, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ten years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has matured to the point where it has significantly contributed to the nation’s security, said Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Maine.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 6, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - In the first nine months of a Republican-led House Natural Resources Committee, much energy has been spent on perpetuating myths on offshore drilling and regulation, while ignoring many job-creating proposals that could put Americans back to work. This is the message sent to House Natural Resources Republicans today by Ranking Member Ed Markey (D-Mass.) in a letter detailing the Democratic proposals that deserve consideration in the last few months of 2011.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 6, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy today announced that Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman will lead the U.S. delegation to the International Framework for Nuclear Energy Cooperation (IFNEC) Executive Committee Meeting on Sept. 29 in Warsaw, Poland. The ministerial-level conference...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Braynert Marquez of Miami pleaded guilty to a one-count information charging him with aiding and assisting in the preparation and filing of a false employment tax return, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - A New York stock broker was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for his role in a wide-ranging international stock fraud scheme involving the illegal use of bulk commercial emails, or “spamming,” to promote thinly-traded Chinese penny stocks, announced A ssistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade for the Eastern District of Michigan.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced a settlement with Henrico County, Va., resolving allegations that the county violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA) when it denied the application of a Muslim organization to rezone property to construct a mosque. The settlement, which must still be approved by a federal district judge in Richmond, resolves a lawsuit between the United States and the county of Henrico.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Justice announced today that it has reached a settlement with the city of Winchester, Va., to resolve allegations that the city violated the reemployment rights of U.S. Marine Corps reservist Jon Fultz. The suit alleged the city violated Fultz’s reemployment rights under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) when he returned to work after military training during which he suffered a knee injury.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Las Vegas man pleaded guilty today for his role in a scheme to fraudulently gain control of condominium homeowners’ associations (HOA) in the Las Vegas area so that the HOAs could direct business to a certain law firm and construction company, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny ...
By Fed Newswire | Sep 6, 2011
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of the following enforcement actions: JCO Ventures, LLC, Union, JCO Partners, L.P., JCO Partners II, L.P., HAO Management Company, LLC, HAO Partners, L.P., HAO Partners II, L.P., FOJ Management Company, LLC, FOJ Partners, L.P., FOJ Partners ...
By Fed Newswire | Sep 6, 2011
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday released the minutes of its discount rate meetings from July 11 through August 8, 2011.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 6, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor has released $9,278,599 in unemployment insurance modernization incentive funds to the state of Vermont. Vermont qualified for its remaining share of funds available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act by including in its law provisions that assist part-time workers and people who are upgrading their skills.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 6, 2011
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Sept. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 6, 2011
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Sept. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
