News published on Federal Newswire in April 2009

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Hastings: Administration Facing Test on Second Amendment Rights

By Commerce Newswire | Apr 16, 2009

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 16, 2009 - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) called upon Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar to defend the Department of the Interior’s rule that protects Americans’ Second Amendment rights on public lands and wildlife refuges.

Beach Access Report for April 16, 2009

News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore beaches will be managed again this summer under the terms of the U.S. District Court approved consent decree. Park visitors can expect to see resource closures for breeding shorebirds in effect to varying degrees from mid-March to mid-to-late-August and turtle nesting...

Public Meeting for Proposed Bike / Pedestrian Bridge At Morgan Falls Dam

News Release: Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area is conducting a public meeting on April 30th, 7 - 9 p.m., at the Chattahoochee Nature Center to discuss a potential bike / pedestrian bridge below Morgan Falls Dam. The proposed bridge would connect the planned Overlook and riverside parks in Sandy Springs...

Northern Areas of Denali National Park and Preserve Closed to Snowmobile Use Due to Inadequate Snow Cover Effective April 16, 2009

News Release: Due to longer days, and warming temperatures, Denali National Park and Preserve Superintendent Paul Anderson has determined that there is no longer adequate snow cover for the use of snowmobiles for traditional activities in the 1980 additions to Denali National Park and Preserve that are north of the...

Environmental Analysis Completed for Hurricane Ridge Weather Station; Improvements Scheduled to Begin This Summer

News Release: Environmental analysis for the installation of a new weather station at Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park has been completed and a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) has been approved.

Deputy Secretary Lute to Visit the Northern Border and Canada

News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 U.S. Department of Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Jane Holl Lute will travel to Buffalo, N.Y., and Ottawa, Canada, on April 15-16 to tour Northern border operations, talk with state and local law enforcement and hold conversations with Canadian officials. Deputy Secretary Lute will be accompanied by Under Secretary-designate for the National Protection and Programs Directorate Rand Beers.

Secretary Napolitano Highlights Illegal Immigration Enforcement, Appoints Alan Bersin as Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and Special Representative For Border Affairs

News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano visited El Paso, Texas, today to highlight major DHS efforts to crackdown on illegal immigration and cross-border trafficking, which resulted in more than one ...

Statement by U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on the Threat of Right-Wing Extremism

News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 The primary mission of this department is to prevent terrorist attacks on our nation. The document on right-wing extremism sent last week by this department’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis is one in an ongoing series of assessments ...

Fact Sheet: Southwest Border: The Way Ahead

News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 The United States depends on a secure Southwest border in order to ensure the safety of its citizens and those of Mexico, facilitate legal trade and transit, support lawful immigration and prevent illegal smuggling of guns, drugs, ...

Secretary Napolitano Announces Southwest Border Seizures Resulting from Efforts Against Trafficking and Illegal Immigration

News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Washington—U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano made a series of border announcements today that highlight recent DHS efforts to crack down on illegal immigration and contraband trafficking in order to increase the mutual security of the United States and Mexico.

Department of Justice Asks Court to Serve Summons for Offshore Records

News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice today asked a federal court in Denver to approve service of a John Doe summons on First Data Corporation. "John Doe" summonses allow the IRS to obtain information about United States taxpayers whose identities are not yet known. The information expected in response ...

Quest Diagnostics to Pay U.S. $302 Million to Resolve Allegations That a Subsidiary Sold Misbranded Test Kits

News Release: WASHINGTON – Quest Diagnostics Incorporated and its subsidiary, Nichols Institute Diagnostics (NID), have entered into a global settlement with the United States to resolve criminal and civil claims concerning various types of diagnostic test kits that NID manufactured, marketed and sold to laboratories ...

Former Oklahoma Deputy Sheriff Indicted for Federal Civil Rights and Obstruction of Justice Violations

News Release: WASHINGTON – Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Loretta King and U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma Sheldon J. Sperling announced today that Ben Milner, a former deputy sheriff with the Choctaw County, Okla., Sheriff’s Department, has been indicted by a federal ...

GSA Contractor NetApp Agrees to Pay U.S. $128 Million to Resolve Contract Fraud Allegations

News Release: WASHINGTON – The United States has reached a settlement with NetApp Inc. and NetApp U.S. Public Sector Inc. (collectively NetApp), following an investigation of alleged false claims and contract fraud, the Justice Department announced today. NetApp has agreed to pay the United States $128 million, plus interest. This is the largest contract fraud settlement the General Services Administration (GSA) has obtained to date.

Minnesota Man Pleads Guilty to Running Ponzi Scheme