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May

• OASAM News Release: U.S. Labor Department earns number one ranking of federal agencies for program and financial performance reporting - 09-0505-NAT - [05/08/2009]

• OPA News Release: Statement of U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis on April employment numbers - 09-0518-NAT - [05/08/2009]

• ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor distributes $101 million to states for Trade Adjustment Assistance - 09-0494-NAT - [05/08/2009]

• OASAM News Release: Secretary Hilda L. Solis unveils U.S. Department of Labor’s budget for fiscal year 2010 - 09-0489-NAT - [05/07/2009]

• ETA News Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report [05/07/2009]

• ETA News Release: U.S. Labor Department announces release of more than $130 million in unemployment insurance modernization incentive funds to Minnesota - 09-0499-CHI - [05/06/2009]

• ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor announces grant exceeding $771,000 to assist workers in Missouri affected by automotive industry layoffs - 09-0477-KAN - [05/05/2009]

• ESA News Release: U.S. Labor Department assesses Atlanta-based Demon Demo Inc. maximum child labor penalty following death of teen at demolition site - 09-0357-ATL - [05/05/2009]

• MSHA News Release: MSHA issues closure order for failure to pay delinquent penalties - 09-0465-PHI - [05/01/2009]

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April

• ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor announces grant exceeding $2 million to assist workers in Oregon affected by recreational vehicle industry layoffs - 09-0415-SEA - [04/30/2009]

• ETA News Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report [04/30/2009]

• OSHA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA announces rulemaking on combustible dust hazards - 09-0475-NAT - [04/29/2009]

• OASAM News Release: GovBenefits.gov expands outreach to meet increased public need for information about government assistance and benefit programs - 09-0460-NAT - [04/29/2009]

• ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor announces $3 million grant to assist workers in Florida affected by recent storms and flooding - 09-0453-ATL - [04/29/2009]

• OSHA News Release: U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis commemorates Worker Memorial Day at National Labor College’s monument ceremony - 09-0432-NAT - [04/29/2009]

• OSHA News Release: U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis announces convening of rulemaking panel on worker exposure to food flavorings containing diacetyl - 09-0431-NAT - [04/29/2009]

• WB News Release: Statement from U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on equal pay - 09-0469-NAT - [04/28/2009]

• EBSA News Release: U.S. Labor Department seeks public comments on mental health and addiction law - 09-0458-NAT - [04/28/2009]

• ILAB News Release: Sandra Polaski sworn in as U.S. Department of Labor’s deputy undersecretary for international affairs - 09-0433-NAT - [04/27/2009]

• MSHA News Release: MSHA urges public to ‘Stay Out and Stay Alive’ - 09-0434-NAT - [04/27/2009]

• ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor announces grant exceeding $1.5 million to assist workers in Idaho - 09-0443-SEA - [04/23/2009]

• ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor announces a nearly $628,000 grant to assist workers in Maine affected by home construction industry layoffs - 09-0442-BOS - [04/23/2009]

• ETA News Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report [04/23/2009]

• OPA News Release: Statement of U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis before U.S. Senate HELP Committee on green jobs skills training for workers - 09-0435-NAT - [04/21/2009]

• ETA News Release: U.S. Labor Department announces release of $54.2 million in unemployment insurance modernization incentive funds to Massachusetts - 09-0420-BOS - [04/20/2009]

• ETA News Release: U.S. Labor Department announces release of $100.4 million in unemployment insurance modernization incentive funds to Illinois - 09-0418-CHI - [04/20/2009]

• ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor announces $271,000 grant to assist Ohio workers affected by natural resource industry layoffs - 09-0392-CHI - [04/16/2009]

• ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor announces grant of nearly $1.7 million to Minnesota to assist Red River flood recovery effort - 09-0403-CHI - [04/16/2009]

• ESA News Release: Southland cleaning service ordered to pay daily fines, post-judgment interest on nearly $3.5 million in back wages - 09-0351-SAN - [04/16/2009]

• ETA News Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report [04/16/2009]

• ETA News Release: U.S. Labor Department announces release of nearly $10.5 million in unemployment insurance modernization incentive funds to New Hampshire - 09-0401-BOS - [04/14/2009]

• ETA News Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report [04/09/2009]

• ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor announces a grant of more than $2.4 million to assist workers in Missouri affected by layoffs - 09-0373-KAN - [04/08/2009]

• OSHA News Release: U.S. Labor Department’s OSHA orders Southern Air Inc. to withdraw retaliatory lawsuit and pay more than $7.9 million to 9 whistleblowers - 09-0346-BOS - [04/07/2009]

• ESA News Release: U.S. Labor Department recovers more than $1.6 million in overtime back wages for 1,751 employees in 17 states from Houston-based IFCO Systems - 09-0154-DAL - [04/07/2009]

• ETA News Release: U.S. Labor Department announces release $29.3 million in unemployment insurance modernization incentive funds to Connecticut - 09-0372-BOS - [04/07/2009]

• OPA News Release: Statement of U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis on March 2009 employment numbers - 09-0364-NAT - [04/03/2009]

• ETA News Release: U.S. Labor Department announces release of $5.9 million in unemployment insurance modernization incentive funds to South Dakota - 09-0356-DEN - [04/02/2009]

• ETA News Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report [04/02/2009]

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March

• OPA News Release: Statement by Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis commemorating the birthday of Cesar E. Chavez - 09-0350-NAT - [03/31/2009]

• OSHA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA revises Field Operations Manual to enhance enforcement and compliance assistance - 09-0338-NAT - [03/31/2009]

• ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor announces a grant exceeding $254,000 to assist workers affected by paper industry layoffs in Maine - 09-0326-BOS - [03/31/2009]

• ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor announces grant exceeding $8 million to assist workers in Ohio affected by recent automobile industry layoffs - 09-0329-CHI - [03/31/2009]

• ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor announces grant exceeding $757,000 to assist workers in Missouri affected by airline layoffs - 09-0330-KAN - [03/31/2009]

• OPA News Release: Statement by U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on American automotive industry - 09-0345-NAT - [03/30/2009]

• ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor announces $1 million in aid to Minnesota to continue assistance in 2007 flood cleanup efforts - 09-0317-CHI - [03/27/2009]

• ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor announces a grant exceeding $329,000 to assist workers in Oregon affected by wood products industry layoffs - 09-0321-SEA - [03/27/2009]

• ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor announces grant exceeding $2 million in aid to Washington state for recovery from recent floods - 09-0300-SEA - [03/27/2009]

• ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor announces a nearly $987,000 grant to assist workers in Oregon affected by computer-industry layoffs - 09-0309-SEA - [03/27/2009]

• ETA News Release: U.S. Labor Department announces release of nearly $207 million in unemployment insurance modernization incentive funds to New Jersey - 09-0335-PHI - [03/27/2009]

• ETA News Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report [03/26/2009]

• EBSA News Release: U.S. Labor Department sues former NFL player and others in bankruptcy court to recover pension assets - 09-0319-PHI - [03/25/2009]

• ESA News Release: Statement of U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on GAO investigation regarding past Wage and Hour Division enforcement - 09-0324-NAT - [03/25/2009]

• ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor to release $4.9 million representing final increment of grant to Texas for continued recovery from Hurricane Dolly - 09-0310-DAL - [03/24/2009]

• EBSA News Release: U.S. Labor Department extends effective date of rules on investment advice - 09-0307-NAT - [03/23/2009]

• ETA News Release: U.S. Labor Department’s Senior Community Service Employment Program grantees to receive more than $118 million under Recovery Act - 09-0293-NAT - [03/20/2009]

• ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor announces grant exceeding $2 million to Arkansas to aid in recovery from winter storm - 09-0283-DAL - [03/20/2009]

• VETS News Release: Veteran to receive $118,000 in back pay, damages as result of U.S. Department of Labor Veterans’ Employment and Training Service investigation - 09-0252-CHI - [03/20/2009]

• EBSA News Release: U.S. Labor Department releases model notices for COBRA subsidy under American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - 09-0292-NAT - [03/19/2009]

• ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor announces grant exceeding $5 million to Kentucky to aid in recovery from winter storm - 09-0282-ATL - [03/19/2009]

• ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor announces grant exceeding $877,000 to assist workers in Oregon affected by motor-home-industry layoffs - 09-0284-SEA - [03/19/2009]

• EBSA News Release: Statement of Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on COBRA subsidy under American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - 09-0301-NAT - [03/19/2009]

• ETA News Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report [03/19/2009]

• ODEP News Release: U.S. Labor Department makes available to employers database of more than 1,900 job candidates with disabilities - 09-0290-NAT - [03/18/2009]

• ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor issues policy and planning guidance for employment and training programs under American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - 09-0265-NAT - [03/18/2009]

• OSHA News Release: U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis takes action to prevent workers’ exposure to food flavorings chemical - 09-0227-NAT - [03/16/2009]

• ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor proposes to suspend H-2A rule - 09-0243-NAT - [03/13/2009]

• ETA News Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report [03/12/2009]

• EBSA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor sues Bridgeport, Pa., benefit firms and lawyers to protect welfare benefit plan participants nationwide - 09-0250-PHI - [03/11/2009]

• ETA News Release: The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $299,232 grant to assist approximately 52 workers affected by layoffs at Bayliner Marine in Roseburg, Ore. [03/10/2009]

• ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor announces funding for employment and training programs under American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 [03/06/2009]

• OASAM News Release: U.S. Department of Labor's Wirtz Labor Library selected to receive American Library Association's 2009 John Sessions Memorial Award - 09-0202-NAT - [03/06/2009]

• EBSA News Release: U.S. Labor Department settlement with Memphis, Tenn., pension consultants provides restitution of fees and reforms for arrangements with plan clients - 09-0250-NAT - [03/06/2009]

• OPA News Release: Statement of U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis on February 2009 employment numbers - 09-0251-NAT - [03/06/2009]

• ESA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor notifies Vitro Manufacturing Employees of new Special Exposure Cohort designation - 09-0199-NAT - [03/05/2009]

• ETA News Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report [03/05/2009]

• ESA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor notifies Metallurgical Laboratory workers of new Special Exposure Cohort designation - 09-0201-NAT - [03/03/2009]

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February

• ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor announces nearly $524,000 grant to assist workers in Idaho affected by natural resource industry layoffs - 09-0188-SEA - [02/26/2009]

• ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor announces $500,000 grant to assist workers in Louisiana affected by paper industry layoffs - 09-0191-DAL - [02/26/2009]

• ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor announces grant exceeding $880,000 to assist gaming industry workers in Connecticut affected by layoffs - 09-0187-NAT - [02/26/2009]

• ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor announces grant exceeding $2 million to assist auto industry workers in Missouri - 09-0190-DEN - [02/26/2009]

• ESA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor notifies Mallinckrodt Chemical Co. workers of new Special Exposure Cohort designation - 09-0200-NAT - [02/26/2009]

• ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor announces boost in weekly unemployment benefit amounts - 09-0196-NAT - [02/26/2009]

• ETA News Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report [02/26/2009]

• OSHA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA cites Bloomer, Wis., excavator after inspector witnesses dangerous safety violations during trenching job - 09-0164-CHI - [02/25/2009]

• OSHA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA proposes more than $1.2 million penalty to St. Louis area chemical repackaging and distribution company - 09-0159-CHI - [02/25/2009]

• ETA News Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report [02/19/2009]

• ETA News Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report [02/12/2009]

• OPA News Release: Statement of acting U.S. Labor Secretary Edward C. Hugler on January 2009 employment numbers - 09-0146-NAT - [02/06/2009]

• ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor announces $22 million grant to assist Tri-State rank-and-file workers affected by financial industry layoffs - 09-0139-NAT - [02/05/2009]

• ODEP News Release: U.S. Labor Department to begin new monthly data series on people with disabilities from Current Population Survey on Feb. 6 - 09-0133-NAT - [02/05/2009]

• ESA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor notifies Connecticut Aircraft Nuclear Engine Laboratory employees of new Special Exposure Cohort Designation - 09-0113-NAT - [02/05/2009]

• ETA News Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report [02/05/2009]

• ESA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor pays $100 million in benefits to Florida residents under Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act - 09-0112-NAT - [02/04/2009]

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January

• OSHA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA announces informal public hearing on proposed cranes and derricks standards in construction - 09-0099-NAT - [01/29/2009]

• ETA News Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report [01/29/2009]

• ETA News Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report [01/22/2009]