News from December 2010
By Interior Newswire | Dec 10, 2010
News Release: Bonus bids at the Bureau of Land Management's December 9 oil and gas lease sale in Billings totaled $36,339,587.The highest bid at the sale was $8,352,000 submitted by Lodgepole Land Services LLC of Bozeman for leasing rights on a 720-acre Forest Service parcel in Billings County, N.D. That was also...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 10, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC -Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, applauded the Plan to Reform Federal Information Technology Management announced by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) yesterday. The OMB plan would establish a framework and specific timeframes to improve contracting for federal IT investment, train career IT acquisition professionals, and learn from private-sector successes.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 10, 2010
News Release: Porter, Indiana - This year for the first time there will be two birding circles within Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore and Indiana Dunes State Park participating in the longest running Citizen Science survey in the world: the Audubon’s annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC). Counts will take place across...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 10, 2010
News Release: Point Reyes National Seashore is embarking on an innovative effort to make park documents and data available to the public as part of our continued efforts to improve public understanding of research and management activities. We have created an online Point Reyes Public Document Reading Room which will provide public access to.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 10, 2010
News Release: Why investigate Bartlett River salmon returns?
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 10, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON DC - Bipartisan Members of the Ways and Means Committee today sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk regarding the upcoming meeting of the U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade. The letter focuses on the need for robust commitments...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 10, 2010
News Release: What's the status of this Issue?
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 9, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON—Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today joined U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to host the biannual U.S.-European Union (EU) Justice and Home Affairs Ministerial to discuss ongoing and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON—Attorney General Eric Holder wrote to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell today in opposition to language in the proposed 2011 Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act that would prohibit the transfer of detainees from the detention facility in Guantanamo ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON — Three former executives of a financial services company were indicted today for their participation in fraud schemes and conspiracies related to bidding for contracts for the investment of municipal bond proceeds and other municipal finance contracts, the Department of Justice announced. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal grand jury in Springfield, Ill., returned a 23-count felony indictment today charging Jeffrey B. Foiles with conspiracy, wildlife trafficking, and making false writings in connection with the illegal sale of guided waterfowl hunts, the Department of Justice announced today. The ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON — A Florida physician pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for his role in a fraud scheme involving lobbying and fund raising for political candidates and organizations, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal grand jury in Greenbelt, Md., has indicted George Sell, 68, of Cumberland, Md., for advertising, transporting, receiving and possessing child pornography in connection with his operation of an online bulletin board in which members circulated images of child pornography and links to other child pornography websites.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal jury convicted Clark Alan Roberts, 47, and Sean Edward Howley, 39, both former engineers with Wyko Tire Technology Incorporated, located in Greenback, Tenn., of stealing trade secrets from the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney William C. Killian for the Eastern District of Tennessee announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON- A federal jury in New Orleans convicted three current and former New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) officers, David Warren, Greg McRae and Lt. Travis McCabe, in relation to the post-Katrina shooting death of Henry Glover, and the subsequent burning of Glover’s remains and obstruction of justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Christian Fernando Borda and Alvaro Alvaran-Velez, two narcotics traffickers aligned with the Autodefenses Unidas de Colombia (AUC), were found guilty today in U.S. District Court of conspiring to import ton-quantities of cocaine into the United States, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division. The AUC is a Colombian paramilitary group designated by the U.S. Department of State as a foreign terrorist organization.
By Fed Newswire | Dec 9, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of the following enforcement action: TCSB Bancorp, Inc. (50 KB PDF), Traverse City, Michigan Written Agreement dated December 6, 2010 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 9, 2010
News Release: Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Remarks at the American Council on Renewable Energy Thank you for those kind words. It’s a pleasure to be here today.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 9, 2010
News Release: President Obama Announces First Steps Toward Implementation of New U.S. Export Control System U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke attended the President’s Export Council (PEC) meeting at the White House today, where he updated PEC members on the Commerce Department’s efforts to increase U.S. exports and help American businesses compete globally.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 9, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today issued the following statement regarding President Obama's framework for a bipartisan agreement to extend Unemployment Insurance and help middle-class families. The framework includes $56 billion to extend Unemployment Insurance, a $120 billion payroll tax cut for workers, $40 billion in tax cuts for the nation's hardest-hit families and students, and 100 percent expensing for small businesses over the course of 2011.
