News from December 2010
By USDA Newswire | Dec 2, 2010
Release: Washington, DC, Dec. 2, 2010 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today issued the following statement regarding House passage of S. 3307 "The Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act.".
By Interior Newswire | Dec 2, 2010
News Release: The park planning website was undergoing server maintenance and relocation which left the site inaccessible for several days. The extension will ensure that the public has adequate time to comment on the project.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 2, 2010
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator John Ensign (R-NV) led with Senators Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) and Scott Brown (R-MA) today in introducing legislation that will help derail the very real threat posed to human intelligence sources by WikiLeaks. Their legislation, the SHIELD Act, would give the Administration increased...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 2, 2010
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee’s senior Republican member, issued the following statement today after the House of Representatives passed S. 3307...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 2, 2010
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Representative Devin Nunes (R-CA), Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), and Rep.). The bill, which provides enhanced transparency for state and local pensions, also establishes a clear federal prohibition on any future public pension bailouts by the federal government.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 2, 2010
News Release: GAITHERSBURG, Md.--Employees of the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) were honored in ceremonies held Dec. 1, 2010, at NIST's Gaithersburg, Md., campus. Assisted by other Institute officials, NIST Director Patrick Gallagher presided over the ceremony to present the NIST awards and to honor the Department of Commerce Gold and Silver medal recipients, who received their medals at a ceremony held in October in Washington, D.C.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 2, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement regarding Congressional Democrats decision to ignore the will of the American people and advance a policy that would raise taxes on small businesses and the American people...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 2, 2010
News Release: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have developed water recirculating systems for warm-water marine fish that have a number of advantages over pond systems. Using recirculated water optimizes fish growth and reduces the incidence of pathogens and disease, conserves water and removes animal wastes. These systems can potentially provide a continuous supply of fresh, healthy fish to consumers near or far from coastal areas.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 2, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 2, 2010 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement following reports of a potential omnibus lands, wildlife and waterways package being developed in the U.S. Senate.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 2, 2010
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) released the following statement today regarding his vote on the recommendations released by the co-chairs of the Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform. Baucus, who was appointed to serve as a congressional representative on the commission in February, called the reforms anti-rural and said he will oppose them when the Commission votes this Friday.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 2, 2010
News Release: Seneca Falls - The Elizabeth Cady Stanton House, located at 32 Washington Street in Seneca Falls, will close for the winter on Sunday, December 5, 2010. Through that date tours of the house will be available daily. The house will reopen on March 5, 2011.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 2, 2010
News Release: In celebration of the holiday season, Superintendent Bruce Noble would like to invite the public to a Holiday Open House at Chickasaw National Recreation Area. The Open House will be held at the former Superintendent’s residence from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010. The residence is located at 716 Hwy 177 S., approximately one-mile south of the 4-way Hwy 7/Hwy 177 intersection in Sulphur, Oklahoma.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 2, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House of Representatives took a critical step toward providing tax relief and economic certainty to middle-income families today by passing the Middle Class Tax Relief Act of 2010. Provisions included in the legislation would extend expiring tax relief targeted to middle-income families.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 2, 2010
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has cited TCRS Inc., d/b/a East Tennessee Produce (TCRS) of Powell, Tenn., for failure to make full payment promptly to 25 produce sellers totaling $540,689.04. This is in violation of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 1, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 1, 2010 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following one-minute speech on the House floor regarding today’s announcement by the Obama Administration to lock-up more areas of the Outer Continental Shelf to American energy development and job creation.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 1, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Partnership with Minnesota Will Also Bring Campaign Statewide WASHINGTON—Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano, in partnership with Mall of America and the state of Minnesota, today applauded the expansion ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Francisco Ortiz, aka “Francis Gabriel Ortis,” “Pone,” and “King Pone,” 26, of Rockville, Md., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alexander Williams Jr. in Greenbelt, Md., to 262 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise, in connection with his gang activities as a member and leader of the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (Latin Kings).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – A former officer with the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD), was sentenced today to eight years in prison for conspiracy to obstruct justice and for misprision of a felony (for concealing a known crime), in connection with a federal investigation of two police-involved shootings that ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – David R. Lewalski, formerly of Gainesville, Fla., was indicted today on conspiracy, mail fraud and wire fraud charges in connection with his participation in an investment fraud scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Robert ...
By Fed Newswire | Dec 1, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday posted detailed information on its public website about more than 21,000 individual credit and other transactions conducted to stabilize markets during the recent financial crisis, restore the flow of credit to American families and businesses, and support economic recovery and job creation in the aftermath of the crisis.
