News from July 2010
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 2, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) announced released the following regarding today’s new jobs report...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 2, 2010
News Release: Pear psylla is a cicada-like pest with a vexing tendency to develop resistance to insecticides. But now, a new weapon could be in the works.
By State Newswire | Jul 2, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Howard L. Berman (D-CA), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today hailed the brave sacrifices of USAID workers killed in an attack in Kunduz, Afghanistan.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2010
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - The public is invited to a unique Brown Bag Lecture on Friday, July 9, 2010, from 1 to 2 p.m. at the Community Building in West Glacier as high school citizen scientists share their stories of their research trip to Glacier.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 2, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 2, 2010 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its June unemployment report.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2010
News Release: Yosemite National Park announces a public meeting for the Tenaya Lake Plan. The meeting will take place on July 10, 2010 from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the Yosemite Valley Auditorium behind the Yosemite Valley Visitor Center. Park staff will discuss the Tenaya Lake Plan including alternative actions, proposed resource restoration and protected sites, and proposed visitor facility changes.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2010
News Release: An investigation by National Park Service Rangers of the fifth deliberate vandalism act of the 2010 season to resource protection areas within Cape Hatteras National Seashore has resulted in the apprehension of two suspects, Daniel Hunt, age 28 from Maryland and a local resident Brian Tillett, age 34, of Rodanthe, N.C. Charges have been issued to the two men for multiple violations.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 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 1, 2010
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. -- On Saturday, June 26, North Zone fire managers confirmed four new lightning-start fires on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park and the North Kaibab Ranger District of Kaibab National Forest.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 1, 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 launched the first phase of DHS' nationwide "See Something, Say Something" campaign and announced a new national information-sharing partnership ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2010
News Release: A Milltown, N.J., man pleaded guilty today to a federal charge of willfully subscribing to a false tax return, admitting he concealed over $2 million in a Swiss bank account, Acting Assistant Attorney General John A. DiCicco of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Quang Nguyen, 22, of Philadelphia was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Paul S. Diamond to 70 months in prison for his role in distributing large amounts of marijuana and ecstasy pills in the United States, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON—Following a five-week trial, a fish wholesaler and two of its employees were found guilty with purchasing illegally harvested striped bass, known locally as rockfish, from the Potomac River in Virginia and Maryland from 1995 through 2007, the Justice Department announced today.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 1, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between NBN Corporation, Newport, Tennessee, a registered bank holding company, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 1, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and among Greensburg Bancshares, Inc., Greensburg, Louisiana, a registered bank holding company, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, and the Louisiana Office of Financial Institutions.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 1, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced its approval of the proposal by Premier Commerce Bancorp, Inc., Palos Hills, Illinois, to acquire G.R. Bancorp, Ltd. and its subsidiary bank, The First National Bank of Grand Ridge, both of Grand Ridge, Illinois.
By Commerce News Now | Jul 1, 2010
News Release: It is great to be here today.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 1, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis issued the following statement on the death of an electrician at the Pocahontas Mine in West Virginia: "I offer my heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of the mine worker in West Virginia who lost his life today. In 2010, no worker should ...
By Labor Gazette | Jul 1, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today accompanied President Obama during a speech at American University in Washington, where the president called for comprehensive immigration reform. Secretary Solis issued the following statement in support of the president's message: "There are defining moments in a nation's history, when its leaders are called upon to act decisively and irrespective of party or geography. This is such a moment.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 1, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary Solis today issued the following statement on the introduction of the Miner Safety and Health Act of 2010 (H.R. 5663) in the U.S. House of Representatives: "The legislation introduced today by Congressman Miller represents an historic step to strengthen safety laws for our nation's ...
