News from April 2012
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2012
News Release: The United States has asked a federal court to bar three Philadelphia-area tax preparers from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. According to the government complaint in the civil injunction suit, defendants Deron Joe, Edmund Dassin and James Tokpawhiea ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2012
News Release: The Justice Department announced a settlement today with Orange County, N.Y., to protect the rights of Spanish-speaking Puerto Rican voters under Section 4(e) of the Voting Rights Act. Today’s consent decree is intended to resolve concerns that limited-English proficient Puerto Rican voters were being denied their full voting rights because the county failed to provide bilingual ballots and Spanish-language assistance as required by law.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice today released the executive summary of the report by an independent auditor of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF), the facility set up to process claims in the wake of the Apr. 20, 2010, Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The audit found that the GCCF claims process ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2012
News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder and Dominican Prosecutor General Radhamés Jiménez Peña met today in Washington, D.C., to sign a permanent agreement to share forfeited assets between the governments of the United States and the Dominican Republic. The permanent sharing agreement acknowledges the consistent ...
By Fed Newswire | Apr 19, 2012
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced its approval of a statement clarifying that an entity covered by section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, or the so-called Volcker Rule, has the full two-year period provided by the statute to fully conform its activities ...
By Fed Newswire | Apr 19, 2012
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below: Citizens Republic Bancorp, Inc. and Citizens Bank, both of Flint, Michigan Written Agreement dated July 28, 2010 Terminated April 17, 2012 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 19, 2012
News Release: Commerce Secretary John Bryson Oral Statement for Manufacturing Hearing before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade Thank you Chairwoman Bono Mack, Ranking Member Butterfield and members of the Subcommittee. And thank you for your support of the diverse array of manufacturers in your districts and throughout the U.S.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 19, 2012
News Release: “The blueprint reauthorizing the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act will enhance America’s ability to support innovation and competitiveness critical to ensuring students have the skills necessary for 21st century jobs,” said Deputy U.S. Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank. “Commerce’s America ...
By Commerce News Now | Apr 19, 2012
News Release: Commerce Deputy Secretary Rebecca Blank Remarks at Information Technology and Innovation Foundation Conference Thank you, Peter [Coy]. And thanks to ITIF for organizing this. It’s great to be on this panel to lay out some of the key issues for the rest of the day’s discussion.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 19, 2012
News Release: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending April 14, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 386,000, a decrease of 2,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 388,000. The 4-week moving average was 374,750, an increase of 5,500 from the previous week's revised average of 369,250.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 19, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced guidance for state demonstration projects to identify innovative strategies that quickly connect unemployed workers with good jobs. Today's announcement is a key component of the first major overhaul of the Unemployment Insurance system in decades, made possible by the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 signed by President Obama in February.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 19, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today awarded a $7,733,360 National Emergency Grant increment that will continue funding approximately 700 temporary jobs for eligible dislocated workers to assist with ongoing cleanup and recovery efforts following the severe storms and floods that struck southeastern Ohio between April 4 and May 15, 2011.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 19, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Labor today awarded a $2,736,650 National Emergency Grant increment to continue providing re-employment and job training services to approximately 900 military spouses and civilian defense workers in Washington state who were impacted by decisions of the 2005 Defense ...
By Labor Gazette | Apr 19, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration will hold a free retirement savings forum on Saturday, April 28, from 12:30–3:30 p.m. EDT at Spelman College Albro-Falconer-Manley Science Center, Room 134, 350 Spelman Lane SW, Atlanta, Ga. 30314. Hosted in coordination ...
By DOE Gazette | Apr 19, 2012
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on April 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Apr 19, 2012
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on April 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Apr 19, 2012
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on April 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Apr 19, 2012
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on April 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Apr 19, 2012
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on April 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Apr 19, 2012
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on April 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
