News published on Federal Newswire in September 2012

News from September 2012


News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 NEW YORK - Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today traveled to New York to join U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Deputy Commissioner David V. Aguilar, Loews Hotels & Resorts Chairman Jonathan Tisch, and Loews Hotels & ...


Statement from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Failure to Pass Food, Farm and Jobs Bill

News Release: WASHINGTON, Sept. 22, 2012–Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack made the following statement today about Congress' failure to pass comprehensive, multi-year food, farm and jobs legislation before the current law expires on Sept. 30, 2012: "In a year that has brought its share of challenges to America's ...


Claims Filing Period for Hispanic and Women Farmers and Ranchers Who Claim Past Discrimination at USDA to Open on September 24, 2012

News Release: Those Eligible Must File Claims No Later Than March 25, 2013 Espanol (PDF, 62.6 KB) WASHINGTON, Sept. 24, 2012- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that Hispanic and women farmers and ranchers who allege discrimination by the USDA in past decades can file claims between Sept. 24, 2012 and March 25, 2013.


News Release: WASHINGTON – Tyco International Ltd. – together with a subsidiary that pleaded guilty this morning to a criminal charge for conspiring to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) – has agreed to pay more than $26 million to resolve the conspiracy charge with the Department of Justice and charges ...


News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has moved to intervene in a class action lawsuit regarding conditions of confinement at the Orleans Parish Prison (OPP), a pre-trial and correctional facility in New Orleans. The litigation seeks to address conditions that violate the U.S. Constitution and ...


Agencies release a regulatory capital estimation tool to assist in assessing the potential effects of recently proposed regulatory capital rules

News Release: The federal banking regulatory agencies on Monday announced the availability of a regulatory capital estimation tool to help community banking organizations and other interested parties evaluate recently published regulatory capital proposals. The tool will assist these organizations in estimating the potential effects on their capital ratios of the agencies' Basel III Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPR) and Standardized Approach NPR.


US Labor Department settles lawsuit against Hao Hao Inc. in Austin, Texas, recovering more than $70,000 in back wages for 10 employees

News Release: AUSTIN, Texas — The U.S. Department of Labor has settled a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, Austin Division against Hao Hao Inc., doing business as Hao Hao Restaurant, in Austin, and its owner Kevin Quach, for violations of the minimum wage, overtime and child labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The company and Quach have agreed to pay more than $70,000 owed to 10 current and former kitchen staff and servers.


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Sept. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Sept. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Sept. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Sept. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Sept. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Sept. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Sept. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Sept. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Sept. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a four page notice on Sept. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Sept. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Sept. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Sept. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.