News published on Federal Newswire in January 2010

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Bureau of Reclamation, an agency of the Department of the Interior, has awarded a $322,820 contract under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to Suppression Systems, Inc., based in Tacoma, Wash.

Grassley Questions Severance Package for AIG Executive

News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today asked the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) special master for compensation to explain why an AIG executive who resigned is entitled to a multi-million dollar severance agreement. The company received significant TARP money, and the federal special master for compensation is charged with ensuring appropriate compensation for program participants.

ARS Scientists Use Invertebrate Collections to Help Solve Agricultural Problems

By USDA Newswire | Jan 15, 2010

News Release: Creepy, crawly spiders and bugs are just some of the unusual creatures in the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) invertebrate collections. While many find insects a nuisance, ARS scientists rely on these collections to study insect species and to find ways to protect U.S. crops and people from them.

LIEBERMAN, COLLINS REACT TO DOD REPORT ON FORT HOOD

By Homeland Newswire | Jan 15, 2010

News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., reacted Friday to the Defense Department’s review of its failure to detect and deter the alleged terrorist plot by Army Major Nidal Hasan that resulted in the deaths of 13 people at Fort Hood on Nov. 5, 2009.

Reclamation Announces $4.425 M in ARRA Funding for Bridge Repair Project on Lower Colorado River

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Bureau of Reclamation, an agency of the Department of the Interior, has provided $4.425 million of funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) to repair the deteriorated deck of the Lower Cibola Bridge, which crosses the Colorado River south of Blythe, Calif.

Rangel, Camp, Clyburn, and Cantor Introduce Bill to Allow Taxpayers to Claim Charitable Deduction in 2009 for Haiti Relief

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) and Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) joined Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (D-SC) and House Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) in announcing their intent to introduce legislation that would allow individuals who make charitable...

Sagamore Hill Announces Free programs Presidents Week

News Release: Oyster Bay, NY: Looking to take the family somewhere fun, educational and inexpensive during President’s week school vacation? Why not visit Sagamore Hill, Home of Long Island’s own President Theodore Roosevelt?

Bureau of Reclamation Announces $11.8 Million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funding to Remove Sediment Above Lower Colorado River Diversion Dam

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Bureau of Reclamation, an agency of the Department of the Interior, has awarded an $11.8 million contract to CJW Construction, Inc. of Santa Ana, Calif., under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

Bureau of Reclamation Announces $287,225 of Economic Recovery Funding to Upgrade the Potable Water Treatment System at New Melones Powerplant in California

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Bureau of Reclamation, an agency of the Department of the Interior, has awarded a $227,225 contract award to replace the potable water treatment system at the New Melones Powerplant (Powerplant) in California. Part of the New Melones Unit of the Central Valley Project, the Powerplant is located on the Stanislaus River, about 60 miles upstream from its confluence with the San Joaquin River, and 40 miles east of Stockton.

Search & Rescue in Glacier National Park: Then and Now

News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. -Have you ever wondered what goes on during a search and rescue mission in Glacier National Park? If so, plan to join Park Ranger Gary Moses in a presentation of “Search & Rescue in Glacier National Park: Then and Now" on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010, from 12-12:45 p.m. at the West Glacier Community Building.

Bureau of Reclamation Announces Recovery Act Service Contract Award for Land Appraisals for the Red Bluff Fish Passage Improvement Project in California

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Bureau of Reclamation, an agency of the Department of the Interior, has awarded an $85,500 service contract under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) for the new permanent pumping plant and fish screen (plant) Land Appraisals for the Red Bluff Fish Passage Improvement...

Global Internet Freedom -- Including Google’s Announced Actions Involving China -- Under Consideration by the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Berman Notes

By State Newswire | Jan 15, 2010

News Release: Palo Alto, CA - The House Foreign Affairs Committee today held a field hearing in Northern California on the U.S. export control regime, which regulates the dissemination abroad of dual-use technologies - those that can be used either for civilian or military purposes. As the hearing came to a close, Chairman Howard L. Berman (D-CA), made the following remarks about current events involving Google and China...

Issa: AIG Investigation Should Expand to Include Subpoena of Treasury/Fed Documents and Paulson-Bernanke Affidavit

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) sent a letter today to Committee Chairman Edolphus Towns (D-NY) calling on him to “obtain information from Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke and former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson" regarding...

Governing Board of Smart Grid Standards Panel Announces Officers

News Release: GAITHERSBURG, Md.-The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today that John D. McDonald, general manager of marketing for GE Energy's transmission and distribution business and an IEEE Fellow, will serve as chair of the governing board of the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel, the organization launched by NIST in November to sustain and coordinate development of interoperability standards for a modernized electric power grid.

Issa Sponsors Bi-Partisan Legislation to Immediately Appoint Inspector General for FHFA

By Commerce Newswire | Jan 14, 2010

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) joined with Reps. Dennis Moore (D-KS), Judy Biggert (R-IL) and Chairman Edolphus Towns (D-NY) to introduce H.R. 4450, the Federal Housing Finance Agency Inspector General Technical Corrections Act of 2009, which."

Statement by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Aviation Security

By Homeland Newswire | Jan 14, 2010

News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 “In view of the event of Christmas Day we must remain vigilant about the continued threat we face from al-Qa’ida. We are taking an additional set of aviation security precautions to protect the American people. Some of these measures ...

Thirteen Detroit-Area Individuals Arrested and Charged for $14.5 Million Medicare Fraud

News Release: Thirteen Detroit-area residents were arrested today by federal agents from the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General (HHS-OIG) and FBI in connection with an alleged home health care scheme to defraud the Medicare program of more than $14.5 million.

Two Brothers Plead Guilty in Conspiracy to Hold Thai Workers in Forced Labor in Hawaii

News Release: WASHINGTON – Defendants Alec Sou and Mike Sou, co-owners of Aloun Farm, pleaded guilty on Jan.13, 2010, in federal district court in Honolulu, to conspiring to commit forced labor. The two defendants, who are brothers, each face up to five years in prison for their respective roles in a labor trafficking scheme that held Thai agricultural workers in service at Aloun Farm through a scheme of debts, threats and restraint.

Tahawwur Rana and David Headley Indicted for Alleged Roles in India and Denmark Terrorism Conspiracies

News Release: A federal grand jury today returned a superseding indictment adding three defendants, including Tahawwur Rana, to charges filed last month against David Coleman Headley, alleging that they and others participated in conspiracies involving a planned terrorist attack against a Danish newspaper and the November 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, that killed approximately 164 people, including six Americans.

British Citizen Pleads Guilty in Connection with Costa Rica-Based Business Opportunity Fraud Ventures