News from August 2009
By DOE Newswire | Aug 26, 2009
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- A film about carbon sequestration produced with support from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has received a 2009 Gold Aurora Award in the documentary category for nature/environment. Titled Out of the Air - Into the Soil: Land Practices That Reduce Atmospheric Carbon Levels, the...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 26, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) sent a letter today to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano asking the department to cooperate with a committee investigation “of stimulus spending in order to ensure taxpayer funds are spent wisely and efficiently."
By USDA Newswire | Aug 26, 2009
News Release: Rangeland plants may be harboring a virus that grasshoppers are transmitting to cattle, horses and other hoofed mammals, according to a published research study by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 26, 2009
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, today expressed new doubts about pending legislation to eliminate the private sector’s role in student lending, arguing that the bill’s massive new entitlement spending initiatives may cost taxpayers far more ...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2009
News Release: Yosemite National Park is extending the public scoping period for the Merced Wild and Scenic River Comprehensive Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (MRP/EIS). The Notice of Intent to prepare the EIS was originally published in the Federal Register on June 30, 2009 (with a 60 day public...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 26, 2009
News Release: Columbia Falls, Mont. - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) led United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk today on a tour of Stoltze Land and Lumber in Columbia Falls, Montana where Baucus showed Kirk first-hand the importance of the lumber industry to Montana’s economy. Baucus also...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2009
News Release: Pinnacles National Monument is proud to announce that the park is now accepting applications for the fall 2009 Artist Residency.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2009
News Release: Several moderately small rockfalls have occurred in Yosemite Valley from early this morning through early this afternoon. The rockfalls released from the Royal Arches area directly above the Ahwahnee Hotel. The largest rock that fell is estimated to be 350 cubic meters.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 25, 2009
News Release: Chemists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have issued a new certified reference material--a standardized sample backed by NIST--for determining the concentrations of vitamins, minerals and other nutrients in infant and adult nutritional formula and similar products. The new...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 25, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Tucson, Ariz.—The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Mexican Ministry of the Interior announced today that the Mexican Interior Repatriation Program (MIRP)—a bilaterally beneficial ...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 25, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 IT Sector Baseline Risk Assessment (PDF, 114 pages - 3.37 MB) The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Information Technology Sector Coordinating Council (IT SCC) today released the IT Sector Baseline Risk Assessment (ITSRA) ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo, Iowa has agreed to pay the United States $4.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department announced today that a federal judge in Dallas has permanently barred Lennon Madzima from preparing federal tax returns for others. The court found Madzima repeatedly understated his customers’ income tax liabilities "by negligently and willfully claiming frivolous ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – Japanese electronics manufacturer Epson Imaging Devices Corporation (Epson) agreed to plead guilty and pay a $26 million criminal fine for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices in the sale of Thin Film Transistor-Liquid Crystal Display panels (TFT-LCD) sold to Motorola Inc., the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2009
News Release: Lee William Dubois, a former Department of Defense (DoD) contractor, was sentenced today to three years in prison for his participation in a scheme to steal fuel worth approximately $39.6 million from the U.S. Army in Iraq.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2009
News Release: Four men and one woman have been arrested on charges of conspiracy and sex trafficking of children, as well as forcing and coercing adults to engage in commercial sex acts.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON— Two demolition and salvage companies and three of their respective owners and supervisors were indicted today by a federal grand jury in Chattanooga, Tenn., the Justice Department announced.
By Fed Newswire | Aug 25, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and among Virginia Business Bank, Richmond, Virginia, a state chartered member bank, the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, and the Virginia Bureau of Financial Institutions.
By Fed Newswire | Aug 25, 2009
News Release: On Aug. 24, 2009, the Federal Reserve conducted an auction of $100 billion in 28-day credit through its Term Auction Facility. Following are the results of the auction: Stop-out rate: 0.250 percent Total propositions submitted: $73.404 billion Total propositions accepted: $73.404 billion Bid/cover ...
By Fed Newswire | Aug 25, 2009
News Release: Statement by Chairman Ben S. Bernanke: Thank you, Mr. President.
