News published on Federal Newswire in January 2017

News from January 2017


News Release: Introduction The Department of Commerce (the Department) sits at the intersection of all business and economic issues, both domestically and abroad. A single mission unites our 12 bureaus and 46,000 employees: to help create the conditions for economic growth, job creation, and opportunity across the United States.


News Release: Introduction The Department of Commerce (the Department) sits at the intersection of all business and economic issues, both domestically and abroad. A single mission unites our 12 bureaus and 46,000 employees: to help create the conditions for economic growth, job creation, and opportunity across the United States.


News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today submitted her exit memorandum to President Obama highlighting the Department of Commerce’s major accomplishments that helped grow the U.S. economy during the past eight years. Secretary Pritzker’s “Open for Business” agenda focused the efforts of the Department’s ...


News Release: Introduction The Department of Commerce (the Department) sits at the intersection of all business and economic issues, both domestically and abroad. A single mission unites our 12 bureaus and 46,000 employees: to help create the conditions for economic growth, job creation, and opportunity across the United States.


US Labor Department sues food manufacturer, owner that terminated employee who tried to call 911 after co-worker suffered amputation

News Release: FAIRMONT, W.Va. – When a co-worker severed part of his thumb in July 2014, a food processor at a beef jerky manufacturing plant acted quickly, helping him apply pressure to the wound and using her cellphone to call 911. Before responders could answer, the company’s owner ordered her to hang up. Two days later, she was terminated.


US Labor Department sues First Bankers Trust Services, Inc., Sonnax Industries, Inc. and its owners, to recover losses to Vermont ESOP

News Release: MONTPELIER, Vt. – The U.S. Department of Labor is suing the fiduciaries of a Vermont employee stock ownership plan for violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act alleging that First Bankers Trust Services, Inc.’s 2011 purchase of the company on behalf of the ESOP from its two previous owners caused the plan to suffer sizable financial losses.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Jan. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Jan. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Jan. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Jan. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Jan. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Jan. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Jan. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Jan. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Jan. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Jan. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Jan. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Jan. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Jan. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Jan. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.