News from July 2009
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2009
News Release: Keweenaw National Historical Park and the Office of Krister Olmon, Inc. will host a public meeting on Wednesday, July 8, 2009, to present the status of the exhibit design for the historic Union Building in Calumet. At this point in the exhibit planning process, people will be able to look at detailed...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 2, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Democrats on the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee today reaffirmed their commitment to pass health reform legislation that reduces health costs, protects choice of doctors and plans, and assures quality and affordable health care for Americans. The senators’ statements follow the release of a new estimate on the cost of the Affordable Health Choices Act by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 2, 2009
News Release: The U.S. Department of Labor reported this morning a loss of 467,000 jobs in the month of June, bringing the unemployment rate to 9.5 percent, its highest level in more than a quarter-century. Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the House Education and Labor Committee’s Senior Republican Member, issued the following statement...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2009
News Release: Yosemite National Park is reopening public scoping for planning and environmental impact analysis for a new Merced Wild and Scenic River Comprehensive Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (NMRP/EIS). Public scoping comments will be accepted through Aug. 29, 2009. Scoping comments submitted when the National Park Service (NPS) first initiated public scoping on March 28, 2007 are still valid and do not need to be resubmitted.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2009
News Release: COME TO LAKE MEAD JULY 4 WEEKEND TO COOL OFF, BUT LEAVE YOUR GLASS,.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2009
News Release: As a very special experience for the visiting public and local communities, the National Park Service will be offering Full Moon Tours of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse the evening of Tuesday, July 7, 2009.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 2, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senator Chuck Grassley has asked eight leading medical journals to describe their policies and practices regarding ghostwriting.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2009
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Firefighters completed ignition of the 243 acre Moqui Prescribed Fire on Tuesday, June 23.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 1, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Madrid, Spain—Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano met with Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba today and signed a Declaration of Principles formalizing the Immigration Advisory Program ...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 1, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: S&T Press Office, 202-254-2385 The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate today announced the 14 lead organizations for the upcoming pilot phase of testing and evaluation (T&E) for the Multi-Band Radio project. The pilots comprise the final phase of a three-part T&E process that includes laboratory testing, short-term demonstrations, and pilot projects.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – Attorney General Eric Holder announced today the appointment of Brian M. O’Leary as the Executive Office for Immigration Review’s (EOIR) Chief Immigration Judge. Prior to his appointment, Judge O’Leary served as an immigration judge from May 2007 to June 2009 at the Arlington, Va., Immigration ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2009
News Release: Ronald Weich, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Office of Legislative Affairs today announced two new members of the Office’s leadership team. Mark D. Agrast and Judith Appelbaum have been appointed as Deputy Assistant Attorneys General.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2009
News Release: John Reece Roth, 72, of Knoxville, Tenn., was sentenced to 48 months in prison for violating the Arms Export Control Act by conspiring to illegally export, and actually exporting, technical information relating to a U.S. Air Force (USAF) research and development contract.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2009
News Release: Arthur Sease IV, a former Memphis Police Department officer, was sentenced today to a prison term of life plus 255 years by Chief Judge Jon P. McCalla in Memphis, Tenn. A jury convicted Sease in February 2009 of 44 counts of civil rights, narcotics, robbery, and firearms offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – A retired U.S. military official pleaded guilty to bribery and conspiracy charges relating to Department of Defense (DOD) contracts in Afghanistan, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2009
News Release: Beazer Homes USA Inc. has agreed to pay the United States $5 million dollars, plus contingent payments of up to $48 million dollars to be shared with victimized private homeowners, to resolve allegations that it, and Beazer Mortgage Corp., were involved in fraudulent mortgage origination activities in connection with federally insured mortgages. Beazer Homes, which is headquartered in Atlanta, operates in at least 21 states.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2009
News Release: A federal jury in Los Angeles convicted a physician assistant late yesterday for his role in a $7.7 million Medicare fraud scheme.
By Commerce News Now | Jul 1, 2009
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By Commerce News Now | Jul 1, 2009
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By Commerce News Now | Jul 1, 2009
News Release: Announce Availability of the $4 Billion in Recovery Act Loans and Grants to Increase Broadband Access and Adoption Commerce Secretary Locke joined Vice President Biden today to announce the availability of $4 billion in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act loans and grants to help bring broadband service ...
