News from July 2010
By DOT News Wire | Jul 8, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on July 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 8, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Two technologies developed by the Office of Fossil Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) have won R&D 100 Awards for 2010. The winning technologies include a coating that can extend the lifetime of metal components used in high-efficiency energy production and an open-source software toolkit that streamlines the engineering and design process in applications such as advanced power generation.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 8, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, today announced that the Department of Homeland Security has awarded $448,100 in grant funding to the Scarborough Fire Department. The funding is allocated through the SAFER (Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response) Grant Program.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 8, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Today the U.S. Department of Treasury released its semi-annual Report to Congress on International Economic and Exchange Rate Policies. Ways and Means Committee Chairman Sander M. Levin (D-MI) issued the following response on its release...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 8, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy today announced approximately $18.2 million to help educate the next generation of nuclear scientists and engineers, and to strengthen nuclear research and education capabilities at U.S. universities and colleges.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 8, 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 | Jul 8, 2010
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Grand Canyon National Park rangers located the body of a female hiker today in an area below the North Rim of Grand Canyon near the Toroweap Valley. A man had called the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center last night at approximately 8:20 to report an overdue hiker. The...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 8, 2010
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) has completed an Environmental Assessment (EA) of its Development Concept Plan which outlines plans to make improvements to the Park-owned facilities which house the Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont. The EA resulted in a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) on the Park's natural or cultural resources from the proposed improvements.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 8, 2010
News Release: Natural compounds in plants may protect us against unwanted inflammation. However, human nutrition researchers agree that many questions remain about exactly how these compounds, known as phytochemicals, do that.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 8, 2010
News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, today made the following comment on the Treasury Department’s semiannual report on currency exchange rates.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 8, 2010
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) issued the following comment today on the Department of Treasury’s publication of its statutorily required Semiannual Report on International Economic and Exchange Rate Policies.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 8, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senator Susan Collins issued the following statement regarding the death of Coast Guard Lieutenant Sean Krueger, who was killed in a Coast Guard aircraft accident yesterday...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 8, 2010
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that Champion Produce Inc., operating in Manahawkin, N.J., and Senor Express LLC, operating in Sioux City, Iowa, have settled the reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By Interior Newswire | Jul 8, 2010
News Release: The Oregon Badlands Wilderness Area was designated on March 30, 2009 when President Obama signed into law the bill that enhanced protection for public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management across the West, including Oregon and Washington. The Oregon/Washington BLM is celebrating this occasion...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 7, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Washington, D.C.—Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today delivered remarks highlighting the Department's ongoing efforts to bolster security and increase resiliency at high-risk chemical facilities through the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program at the 2010 Chemical Sector Security Summit.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 7, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Washington, D.C.—Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced approximately $56 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding for airport security projects at Charlotte Douglas ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced charges against five members of an al-Qaeda plot to attack targets in the United States and United Kingdom.The charges reveal that the plot against New York’s subway system uncovered in September 2009 involving Colorado resident Najibullah Zazi was ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Snamprogetti Netherlands B.V., (Snamprogetti) has agreed to pay a $240 million criminal penalty to resolve charges related to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) for its participation in a decade-long scheme to bribe Nigerian government officials to obtain engineering, procurement and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Gilberto Jordan, 54, a former Guatemalan special forces soldier, pleaded guilty today in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to a federal charge of unlawfully procuring his U.S. citizenship, admitting that he lied on his naturalization application about his participation in a 1982 massacre at a Guatemalan ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., has charged Mac Aviation Group, an Irish trading company, and its officers Thomas and Sean McGuinn of Sligo, Ireland, in a superseding indictment with purchasing F-5 fighter aircraft parts, helicopter engines and other aircraft components from U.S. firms and illegally exporting them to Iran.
