News published on Federal Newswire in February 2010

News from February 2010


New Federal Firearms Law in National Parks Takes Effect February 22 - Voyageurs National Park Subject to Minnesota State Firearms Laws

News Release: A change in Federal law effective Feb. 22, allows people who can legally possess firearms under Federal, Minnesota and local laws to possess those firearms in Voyageurs National Park.


News Release: Feb. 18, 2010 -A change in federal law effective Feb. 22, allows people who can legally possess firearms under federal, Georgia, and local lawsto possess those firearms in Fort Frederica National Monument.


News Release: A change in federal law effective Feb. 22, allows people who can legally possess firearms under federal, South Carolina, and local law to possess those firearms at Fort Sumter National Monument, which includes Fort Moultrie, and Charles Pinckney National Historic Site.


News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa today released a new report, “Follow the Money: ACORN, SEIU and their Political Allies" as a follow-up to a report on ACORN released July 23, 2009. The report includes new information gathered by committee investigators...


Channel Islands National Park 30th Anniversary: Charting a Course for the Future

News Release: During the March “From Shore to Sea" lectures, Channel Islands National Park Superintendent Russell Galipeau will commemorate the park’s 30th anniversary.


New Federal Firearms Law Takes Effect Monday (Mineral)

News Release: Whiskeytown National Recreation Area and Lassen Volcanic National Park subject to California firearms laws.


Hastings: Hard Questions Need to be Answered on $1 Billion Klamath Plan

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 18, 2010 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) issued the following statement today regarding the signing agreements related to Klamath water issues.


Issa Seeks Full Disclosure from Fed on AIG Bailout Cover-Up

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) yesterday sent a letter requesting Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke turn over all Fed documents related to the bailout of AIG and its credit-default counterparties.


Citizen Science Spider Survey Comes to the Santa Monica Mountains

News Release: (Thousand Oaks, CA) On Saturday, Feb. 20, at 2 pm, the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area will present a lecture by Jan Kempf of the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum. If you find yourself running from house spiders, dodging spider webs on the trail, or enjoy studying and learning about the many different spider species that live in the Santa Monica Mountains and Los Angeles, this lecture is for you.


News Release: The National Park Service has rescheduled Anita Singleton-Prather’s performance at Charles Pinckney National Historic Site after the snowfall of February 12th made travel from Beaufort, South Carolina unsafe. The program will now be on Sunday, March 7 at 2:00 p.m. Following the Aunt Pearlie Sue outdoor...


USDA Cites B.T. Produce Co. Inc., Bronx, New York

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has cited B.T. Produce Co. Inc., operating in Bronx, N.Y., for willful, repeated, and flagrant violations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).


News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano yesterday toured Transportation Security Administration (TSA) explosive detection technologies and canine program operations in Virginia and Texas—highlighting $576 ...


News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today traveled to Mexico City at the invitation of her Mexican colleague, Interior Secretary Fernando Francisco Gómez-Mont, to meet with officials from North, Central and South American and Caribbean and the International Civil Aviation Organization to discuss ways to bolster global aviation security measures and standards.


News Release: Willoughby Farr, 46, of West Palm Beach, Fla., has been charged with perpetrating what is known as a cramming scheme, which was designed to place charges on consumers’ telephone bills for collect calls that were not made, the Justice Department and the U.S. Postal Inspector’s Miami Field Office announced today.


News Release: Detroit-area resident Muhammad Shahab pleaded guilty today for his role in organizing a Detroit-area home health care fraud scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer of the Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan Barbara L. McQuade; Special Agent in Charge ...


News Release: Former military contractor Terry Hall, 43, of Snellville, Ga., pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to pay more than $3 million in bribes to 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 of the Criminal Division.


Written agreement with Community First Bank-Chicago

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between Community First Bank-Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, a state chartered member bank, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.


Written agreement with Beach First National Bancshares

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between Beach First National Bancshares, Inc., Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, a registered bank holding company, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.


Written agreement with Community National Bancorporation

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between Community National Bancorporation, Waterloo, Iowa, a registered bank holding company, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.


Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee, January 26-27, 2010

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on January 26-27, 2010. A summary of economic projections made by Federal Reserve Board members and Reserve Bank presidents for the January 26-27, 2010 meeting is also included as an addendum to these minutes.