News from March 2010
By DOE Gazette | Mar 29, 2010
The US Energy Department published a one page proposed rule on March 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2010
The US Interior Department published a two page proposed rule on March 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Mar 29, 2010
The US State Department published a two page proposed rule on March 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 29, 2010
News Release: Delicious new cakes and frostings may someday contain less fat and fewer calories, thanks to work by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists such as Mukti Singh. She's based at the ARS National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research (NCAUR) in Peoria, Ill.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 29, 2010
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2010
News Release: Homestead Florida: Everglades National Park invites families to bring your children to the park this weekend to be part of Junior Ranger Day on Saturday, April, 3, 2010. Junior Ranger Day is a special event to highlight youth in parks and the Junior Ranger Program. The Junior Ranger program is a national program designed to involve kids and families while they visit National Park Service sites.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2010
News Release: Research Fellows for Denali and Other Alaska National Parks Selected for 2010.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2010
News Release: Rome, NY: Is your family looking for something fun to do outdoors on an afternoon during Spring Break? On Wednesday, April 21, from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. grab a kite and join park staff on the west lawn of Fort Stanwix National Monument for an hour of outdoor fun at the next "School's Out at the Fort" program.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2010
News Release: Fire managers from Rocky Mountain National Park are preparing to conduct prescribed burns in the South Lateral Moraine area. This area is located south of Eagle Cliff Mountain and adjacent to Bear Lake Road. Burning will only occur if favorable weather and fuel conditions permit. The South Lateral Moraine...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 27, 2010
News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, today made the following comment on media reports that the President will soon name Dr. Donald M. Berwick as his nominee to serve as administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The programs serve nearly one-third of all Americans. The Finance Committee will handle the nomination.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 27, 2010
News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, today made the following comment on the President’s recess appointment of two nominees that were pending in the committee.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 27, 2010
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement today in response to President Barack Obama’s use of a recess appointment to overrule bipartisan objections and install controversial union lawyer Craig Becker on the National Labor Relations Board...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 26, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Announces Across-the-Board Increases in Drugs, Weapons and Cash Seizures Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today highlighted the United States’ significant progress in securing the U.S.-Mexico border ...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 26, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 "This spring, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano will deliver commencement addresses at three ceremonies. On Sunday, May 9, Secretary Napolitano will deliver remarks celebrating the class of 2010 at ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Christian Rodney Ice, 19, of Mobile, Ala., pleaded guilty today in federal court in Mobile to one count of violating the Church Arson Act by placing threatening graffitti and neo-Nazi markings on a synagogue in Mobile, the Justice Department and the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Southern District of Alabama announced. Sentencing has been scheduled for Sept. 23, 2010. Ice faces a maximum prison sentence of one-year in prison and a fine of up to $100,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Donna J. Scott, 49, a former U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) employee, pleaded guilty today to criminal conflict of interest for personally participating in DOE’s purchase of furniture when she knew her husband had a financial interest in the deals, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2010
News Release: CHICAGO — A Chicago man who claims to be acquainted with an alleged terrorist leader in Pakistan was arrested today on federal charges of providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization for allegedly attempting to provide funds overseas to al Qaeda, federal law enforcement officials announced. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department today announced that it entered into a settlement agreement with the Monroe City School District in Louisiana to address the educational inequities between schools serving virtually all black student populations and those schools that serve most of the district’s white ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Louisville, Ky., attorney James Reskin, 51, pleaded guilty late yesterday in U.S. District Court in Tulsa for his role in a scheme to defraud investors through the manipulation of the publicly traded stocks of three companies, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma Thomas Scott Woodward.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The leader of the largest hacking and identity theft ring ever prosecuted by the U.S. government has been sentenced to 20 years and one day in prison for his role in a series of hacks into a major payment processor and several retail networks, announced Assistant Attorney General for the ...
