News from April 2010
By Interior Newswire | Apr 21, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that the Bureau of Reclamation has awarded a $16.6 million contract under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to modify the spillway piers and gates of Folsom Dam to resist seismic loadings. The project is part of Reclamation's Infrastructure Reliability and Safety of Dams improvements. Folsom Dam is located approximately 20 miles northeast of Sacramento, Calif. near the city of Folsom.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 21, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee passed three pieces of legislation, including bills to restore Lake Tahoe, protect migratory birds, and create a museum dedicated to women's history. The committee also passed several Army Corps of Engineers study resolutions and General Services Administration (GSA) prospectuses. The measures were approved by voice vote and will now go to the full Senate for consideration.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 21, 2010
News Release: (Corpus Christi, Texas)- The National Park Service is waiving all entrance fees to the 392 parks throughout the United States between April 17 and April 25 as part of National Park Week; this includes Padre Island National Seashore.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 21, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved a bipartisan measure, co-sponsored by Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, to advance the restoration of Lake Tahoe. The measure authorizes projects aimed at addressing ...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 21, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and Judiciary Committee Member released the following statement on the U.S. Court of Appeals Second Circuit decision to stay the December 2009 injunction by Clinton-appointed Judge...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 21, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, has kicked off the process of assembling the next Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) with a bipartisan letter asking Senators to submit their highest priority water infrastructure ...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 20, 2010
News Release: An Agricultural Research Service (ARS ) scientist may have found a way to cut the amount of ammonia produced by cattle. To do it, he's using a key ingredient of the brewer's art: hops.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2010
News Release: Yosemite National Park announces the extension of the public scoping period for the park’s Invasive Plant Management Plan. The scoping period is extended until May 15, 2010. The public is invited to submit written ideas regarding this planning effort.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2010
News Release: The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division issued its annual newsletter today, which can be found at www.justice.gov/atr/public/update/division-update-2010.html. This is the first time the newsletter will be available in an electronic only format. As in previous years, the newsletter includes a message ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2010
News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder presented the 2010 John Sherman Award to Robert Pitofsky for his lifetime contributions to the teaching and enforcement of antitrust law and the development of antitrust policy. Professor Pitofsky is a Joseph and Madeline Sheehy Professor of Trade Regulation Law at the Georgetown University Law Center and is of counsel in the Washington, D.C., office of Arnold & Porter LLP.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON — Hovnanian Enterprises Inc., a national residential homebuilder, has agreed today to pay a $1 million civil penalty to resolve alleged Clean Water Act violations at 591 construction sites in 18 states and the District of Columbia, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Gregory Alan Roberts, a resident of Fairfax County and Loudoun County, Va., was arraigned today by U.S. Magistrate Judge Ivan D. Davis on charges that he failed to timely file income tax returns for the years 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. Roberts was charged on Mar. 25, 2010, in Alexandria, Va. He was also charged with failing to pay federal income taxes for 2003, 2004 and 2005.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. District Court Judge R. Bryan Harwell has sentenced three men in Florence, S.C., for their role in terrorizing an African-American man and two Caucasian men and for carjacking, the Justice Department announced today. Judge Harwell sentenced Thomas Howard Blue Sr., 49, to 156 months in prison, while Thomas Howard Blue Jr., 29, received 36 months in prison. A third co-conspirator, Judson Hartley Talbert was sentenced to 108 months in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2010
News Release: Richard Humphrey, 22, of North Ridgeville, Ohio, was sentenced today in Cleveland to 29 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Lesley Wells for selling counterfeit copies of copyrighted movies through the Internet, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Steven M. Dettelbach for the Northern District of Ohio.
By Fed Newswire | Apr 20, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between Ameri-National Corporation, Overland Park, Kansas, a registered bank holding company, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 20, 2010
News Release: We especially want to welcome Patrick Delatour, Minister of Tourism, who is charged with heading up Haiti’s reconstruction and development efforts, and our other Haitian guests.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 20, 2010
News Release: Board to Help Boost Trillion-Dollar Travel and Tourism Sector The Commerce Department is recruiting leaders in the travel and tourism industry to serve on the newly created Corporation for Travel Promotion Board. The 11-member board, created as part of the Travel Promotion Act (TPA) signed by President Obama in March, will develop and execute a plan to help boost travel to the U.S., create jobs and grow the economy.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 20, 2010
News Release: Reforming America’s patent system will accelerate economic growth and job creation, and expand America’s ability to innovate, according to a new report released today by the U.S. Department of Commerce. The paper, titled “Patent Reform—Unleashing Innovation, Promoting Economic Growth and Producing High-Paying ...
By Commerce News Now | Apr 20, 2010
News Release: U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke today released a statement on the passing of Dr. Dorothy Height.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 20, 2010
News Release: “As with any recovery, Haiti’s efforts will focus in large measure on the creation of jobs and opportunities for its people,” Locke told the audience of more than 300 American companies. “You—the private sector—will play a critical role in providing these opportunities through trade and investment that ...
