News published on Federal Newswire in December 2012

News from December 2012


News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Howard L. Berman, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced the Global Partnerships Act of 2012, a landmark bill intended to reform the U.S. foreign aid system.


News Release: Pfizer Inc. will pay $55 million plus interest to resolve allegations that Wyeth LLC illegally introduced and caused the introduction into interstate commerce of a misbranded drug, Protonix, between February 2000 and June 2001, the Justice Department announced today.


News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder’s Task Force on Children Exposed to Violence today presented its final report and policy recommendations gathered from public hearings held across the country over the past year.


News Release: WASHINGTON – Two Alabama real estate investors and their company pleaded guilty today for their roles in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in southern Alabama, the Department of Justice announced.


Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement

News Release: Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in October suggests that economic activity and employment have continued to expand at a moderate pace in recent months, apart from weather-related disruptions. Although the unemployment rate has declined somewhat since the summer, it remains ...


Federal Reserve Board and Federal Open Market Committee release economic projections from the December 11-12 FOMC meeting

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached table and charts summarizing the economic projections and the target federal funds rate projections made by Federal Reserve Board members and Federal Reserve Bank presidents for the December 11-12 meeting of the Committee.


News Release: Acting Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank Remarks at National Veteran Employment Summit Thank you, Sal, and thanks to Senator Manchin. Clearly, West Virginia’s veterans – and veterans throughout the U.S. – have a strong advocate for them in the halls of Congress.


News Release: Joining Forces seeks to connect America’s veterans and military spouses with careers that match their skills and experience Acting Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank and Capt. Todd Veazie, Executive Director of First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden’s Joining Forces initiative, participated today ...


Third Generation Electric in Tulsa, Okla., pays nearly $27,000 in back wages to 19 employees following US Labor Department investigation

News Release: Company violated Davis-Bacon and Related Acts TULSA, Okla. — Third Generation Electric Inc. has paid $26,770 in back wages to 19 current and former electricians and equipment operators following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division personnel that found violations ...


US Labor Departments OSHA cites New Hampshire roofing contractor for willful and serious violations and fall hazards at Seacoast work site

News Release: High & Dry Roofing faces more than $118,000 in proposed penalties CONCORD, N.H. Employees of Litchfield roofing contractor Michael Cahoon, doing business as High & Dry Roofing, were exposed to potentially deadly or disabling falls from a two-story residential roof that lacked fall protection. As the ...


The US Agriculture Department published a three page notice on Dec. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Dec. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Dec. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Dec. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Dec. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Dec. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a five page notice on Dec. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.