News from August 2010
By DOE Newswire | Aug 12, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - President Obama's Interagency Task Force on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), co-chaired by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy (DOE), delivered a series of recommendations to the president today on overcoming the barriers to the widespread, cost-effective deployment of CCS within 10 years.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 12, 2010
News Release: Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael Connor announced the selection of $773,483 in research grant proposals to develop climate analysis tools. This money will be leveraged to fund $1,624,396 in climate change research.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 12, 2010
News Release: Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael Connor announced today that Reclamation will make $3.3 million available for six basin studies and two plans of study to begin in fiscal year 2010. This funding will match over $4 million in non-federal funding from state, tribal, and local partners.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 12, 2010
News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore beaches are being managed 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 sea turtle nesting closures may...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 12, 2010
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) encourages the public to submit comments on eight environmental assessments issued today that analyze oil and gas leasing decisions for 57 suspended Montana leases and 163 other parcels in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota that were previously considered for...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 12, 2010
News Release: A temporary log crossing is in place over Thunder Creek making the Thunder Creek Trail passable again to foot traffic. The trail was closed about 14 miles from the trailhead, just before the Skagit Queen Camp, due to the failure of the Skagit Queen Bridge about four weeks ago. The crossing remains closed to stock. Due to the volume and speed of the creek and the steepness of its banks at this location, there is no recommended safe alternative crossing for stock.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 12, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, today issued the following statement on the manager’s package for The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act. Harkin has been working on a bipartisan basis with HELP Committee Ranking Member...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2010
News Release: In celebration of America's great outdoors, Wright Brothers National Memorial will join national parks, national wildlife refuges, and certain Bureau of Land Management sites around the country in offering free admission to the park on Saturday and Sunday, August 14 and 15.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2010
News Release: HONOLULU – A comprehensive settlement has been reached with the City and County of Honolulu that will address Clean Water Act compliance at Honolulu’s wastewater collection and treatment systems, the Justice Department, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Hawaii Attorney General’s Office, Hawaii Department of Health, and three environmental groups announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – An operator of a Detroit-area medical clinic was sentenced Tuesday to 56 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to defraud the Medicare program, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services announced today. Carlos Grana, a Miami resident, was also sentenced by U.S. District ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal grand jury in Phoenix, Ariz., returned a three-count indictment today charging former Navajo Police Officer Christine Thinn and former Navajo Police Sergeant Phillip Bedonie Jr. with federal crimes in connection with the beating of Newton Charlie in January 2009.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – An international credit card trafficker thought to be one of the most prolific sellers of stolen data was arrested in Nice, France, on Aug. 7, 2010, on charges in an indictment unsealed today in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. for the District of Columbia and U.S. Secret Service Assistant Director for Investigations Michael Merritt.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - A former contract employee of the U.S. Defense Department (DoD) pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to bribe U.S. Army contracting officials stationed at Camp Arifjan, an Army base in Kuwait, and to money laundering conspiracy, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer for the Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – David Ralph Garcia Jr., 38, of Mesa, Ariz., was sentenced on Tuesday to 10 years in prison for possessing images of child pornography, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Dennis K. Burke for the District of Arizona. Garcia pleaded ...
By Fed Newswire | Aug 11, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced its approval of an interim final rule implementing recent legislation modifying the effective date of certain disclosure requirements applicable to gift cards under the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009. For gift certificates, ...
By Labor Gazette | Aug 11, 2010
News Release: JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $868,443 in back wages for 1,065 employees of Central Florida Investments, based in Orlando, Fla., following an investigation by the department's Wage and Hour Division.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 11, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today issued the following statement on the 75th anniversary of the Unemployment Insurance program: "Losing a job is never easy. Workers facing layoffs wonder how they will continue to support their families while they find work or enter training that will lead to new careers.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 11, 2010
News Release: ARLINGTON, Va. – The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration today filed a complaint with the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission alleging that a miner was discharged from his job in retaliation for engaging in protected safety activities. Ricky Lee Campbell, who ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 11, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 11, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
