News from April 2010
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2010
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Officials at Glacier National Park today announced that the draft, revised Glacier National Park Bear Management Plan and Guidelines are available for a two-week public review period starting Monday, April 26 through Friday, May 7, 2010. These are the documents that provide a framework for managing black and grizzly bears throughout the park.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 26, 2010
News Release: Senator Chuck Grassley issued the comment below about his vote against cloture on the motion to proceed to S.3217, the financial regulatory reform bill. Grassley is a member of the Senate Agricultural Committee, which has jurisdiction over derivatives.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2010
News Release: Macy’s motto, “Volunteering is Always in Fashion," fits their commitment to volunteerism to a “t". In fact that motto was sported on the t-shirts worn by their volunteers at the Frank Charles Park Clean-up on April 19. The volunteers looked their best and helped the park look its best because of their...
By State Newswire | Apr 26, 2010
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) and Ranking Member Dick Lugar (R-IN) will mark up the Foreign Relations Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2010-11(S.2971) at 2:15 p.m. on Tuesday, April 27, in Room S-116 of the U.S. Capitol. The mark up will authorize funding levels for the State Department and related accounts and demonstrate the strong commitment of Congress for our diplomatic and foreign policy priorities.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2010
News Release: Blue Mesa Reservoir is now mostly ice free. Lake Fork and Elk Creek boat ramps are now open. Inspection stations at each of these areas will be open from 6:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily through April 30. Beginning May 1, hours will extend to 6 a.m. until 8:30 p.m.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2010
News Release: CThanks to teacher Carl Ballenas and the Aquinas Honor Society from the Immaculate Conception School, a new Jacob Riis bust has been installed on the pedestal at Bay 9, the Mall in Riis Park.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2010
News Release: Redwood National Park will offer free permits for the gathering of.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 25, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today issued the following statement on worker deaths: "Yesterday we received the sad news that another worker died from injuries he sustained from the fire earlier this month at the Tesoro Corp.'s Anacortes, Wash., refinery. That brings to seven the number who lost their lives in that tragedy. Today the families and friends of those workers gather to mourn their loss. They are in our prayers, and our hearts go out to them.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 25, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today issued the following statement on the death of W. Willard Wirtz: "Willard Wirtz liked to call me '25.' So I would call him '10.' The number suited him perfectly.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 24, 2010
News Release: As part of National Junior Ranger Day, Saturday, April 24th, and in celebration of Earth Day, Roger Williams National Memorial is hosting a special green concert. Environmental singer/songwriter, Greg Cooney, will be performing his crazy original songs and telling stories that teach kids about the importance of taking care of our Earth and Going Green. Come join in the fun! The concert starts at 1:30 p.m.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 24, 2010
News Release: Petrified Forest, AZ―Park Superintendent Cliff Spencer announces that Petrified Forest National Park will be changing to longer summer hours on May 9, 2010. The park will open at 7:00 a.m. and close at 7:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time (MST) daily. The Painted Desert Visitor Center and the Rainbow Forest...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2010
News Release: Representatives of the Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force met in Detroit today for the third of a series of Mortgage Fraud Summits. The task force, established by President Barack Obama in November 2009 to wage an aggressive, coordinated and proactive effort to investigate and prosecute financial crimes, is composed of representatives from a broad range of federal agencies, regulatory authorities, inspectors general, and state and local law enforcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2010
News Release: The Justice Department announced that Zarein Ahmedzay, a U.S. citizen and resident of Queens, N.Y., pleaded guilty today in the Eastern District of New York to terrorism violations stemming from, among other activities, his role in an al-Qaeda plot to conduct coordinated suicide bombings on New York’s subway system in September 2009.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2010
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that James G. Litz, 54, of the city of Tonawanda, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara, to a felony charge of deprivation of civil rights under the color of law. The offense carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, a fine of $250,000, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2010
News Release: Jack Barouh of Golden Beach, Fla., was sentenced today to 10 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Adalberto Jordan in Miami, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. He was ordered to surrender to the custody of U.S. Marshals by June 25, 2010. Barouh pleaded guilty in February 2010 to filing a false tax return.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2010
News Release: Maria Volero Marrero, 48, Lawrence Edward Humes, 57, and Keith Earnest Humes, 53, each pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud in connection with a $5.8 million Medicare fraud scheme stemming from their involvement with a Miami-area HIV/AIDS infusion clinic, announced the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS) today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2010
News Release: Bill Melot, a resident of Hobbs, N.M., was convicted today of tax evasion, failure to file tax returns, making false statements to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and impeding the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) following a four day jury trial before Judge M. Christina Armijo in Albuquerque, N.M., the Justice Department, IRS and the USDA’s Office of Inspector General announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2010
News Release: A federal court in Salt Lake City has permanently barred Dick Jenkins, a CPA from Heber City, Utah, from preparing tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. U.S. District Judge Dale A. Kimball entered the civil injunction order, finding that Jenkins requested more than $393 million ...
By Fed Newswire | Apr 23, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday announced that it will hold four public hearings, beginning in July, on potential revisions to Regulation C, which implements the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act. The act requires mortgage lenders to provide detailed annual reports of their mortgage lending activity to regulators and the public. Consumers, community and consumer organizations, mortgage lenders, and other interested parties will be invited to participate in the hearings.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 23, 2010
News Release: 72 Percent of Households Have Mailed Back 2010 Census U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke today congratulated the nation for its strong participation in the 2010 Census to date, as the Census Bureau released the latest mail participation data showing that 72 percent of U.S. households have mailed back their 2010 Census forms so far—the same rate the nation achieved at the end of the mail-back period during the 2000 Census.
