News from August 2012
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 17, 2012
News Release: New Markey report connects the dots between climate change, energy production and water needs.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 16, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, Aug. 16, 2012 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today invited agricultural producers to apply for grants to increase the value of their products.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2012
News Release: A federal grand jury in Montgomery, Ala., returned an indictment charging Quentin Collick for conspiring to file false tax returns using stolen identities, theft of public funds, and aggravated identity theft, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2012
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that it will require Verizon and four of the nation’s largest cable companies—Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks and Cox Communications—to make changes to a series of agreements concerning both the sale of bundled wireless and wireline services, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – An executive of Tokyo-based Yazaki Corporation has agreed to plead guilty for his role in a conspiracy to fix prices of instrument panel clusters, also known as meters, installed in cars sold in the United States and elsewhere, the Department of Justice announced today. He is the 11th executive to be charged in the government’s ongoing investigation into price fixing and bid rigging in the auto parts industry.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2012
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has reached a settlement agreement with Valley Club, a former swimming facility located in Huntingdon Valley, Pa, resolving allegations that the company discriminated against persons because of race. The Justice Department’s investigation was conducted under ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2012
News Release: Gino Carlucci was sentenced to 188 months in prison for his role in conspiracies to commit money laundering and to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and for filing a false income tax return, the Justice Department and the IRS announced today. On July 25, 2011, a federal jury in Phoenix convicted Carlucci of both conspiracies and the tax crime after an eight-day trial.
By Fed Newswire | Aug 16, 2012
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of the following enforcement action: PNBK Sponsor LLC, PNBK Investment Partners LLC, PNBK Holdings LLC, and Patriot National Bancorp, Inc. (PDF), all of Stamford, Connecticut Written Agreement dated Aug. 3, 2012 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions. For media inquiries, call 202-452-2955.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 16, 2012
News Release: Acting Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank Remarks at National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute pilot announcement, Youngstown, Ohio Thank you, Brett [Lambert]. And thanks to Mike Garvey and the team here at M-7. It is great to be in Youngstown for this announcement and it’s good to be here with Gene [Sperling] and with Frank [Kendall].
By Commerce News Now | Aug 16, 2012
News Release: Consortium of Businesses, Universities, and Community Colleges from Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania Co-Invest with Federal Government in a Manufacturing Innovation Institute Following through on our We Can’t Wait efforts, the Obama Administration today announced the launch of a new public-private ...
By Commerce News Now | Aug 16, 2012
News Release: The Commerce Department’s U.S. Census Bureau today released new residential construction data (PDF) for July 2012. Permits for new housing units were up 6.8 percent from June and up 29.5 percent from July 2011. Housing starts for July 2012 were down 1.1 percent from June, but up 21.5 percent from July 2011.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 16, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today issued the following statement on the Bureau of Labor Statistics' release of the Leave Module section of the 2011 American Time Use Survey: "More women are in the workforce than ever before. Whether led by a single parent working two jobs or two parents ...
By Labor Gazette | Aug 16, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded a $2.5 million grant to the West Virginia University Research Corp. to manage and operate the Office of Disability Employment Policy's Job Accommodation Network, a national technical assistance center that facilitates the employment and retention of workers with disabilities.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 16, 2012
News Release: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending Aug. 11, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 366,000, an increase of 2,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 364,000. The 4-week moving average was 363,750, a decrease of 5,500 from the previous week's revised average of 369,250.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 16, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 16, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a five page notice on Aug. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 16, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Aug. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 16, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 16, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2012
The US Interior Department published a three page notice on Aug. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
