News published on Federal Newswire in May 2010

News from May 2010


Senators Boxer, Nelson seek videos for review of growing oil spill

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Two U.S. senators want public release of any and all video footage showing details of oil gushing from the broken pipe and wellhead 5,000 feet below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, where the Deepwater Horizon rig sank last month.


Mount Auburn Cemetery on Memorial Day

News Release: Park Rangers at Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine are determined to put the “memorial" quality back into Memorial Day.


Implementation of Health Reform Helps Small Businesses Provide Health Care

News Release: WASHINGTON DC - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Sander M. Levin (D-MI) and Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Pete Stark (D-CA), today commented on the Obama Administration's implementation of the small business tax provision in health care reform. The Administration today issued new guidance...


SENATOR COLLINS ISSUES STATEMENT ON NOMINATION OF JOHN PISTOLE FOR TOP TSA POST

News Release: WASHINGTON - Senator Susan Collins, R-Maine, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following statement Monday regarding President Obama’s nomination of John Pistole to head the TSA...



News Release: HONG KONG – U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke arrived in Hong Kong today for the first stop of a clean energy business development trade mission to promote exports of leading U.S. technologies and services related to clean energy, energy efficiency, and electric energy storage, transmission and distribution. ...


House Agriculture Committee Holds Farm Bill Field Hearing in Troy, Ala.

News Release: TROY, Ala. - Today, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson held a field hearing in Troy, Ala., to review U.S. agriculture policy as the Committee begins the process of writing the 2012 Farm Bill. This is the sixth in a series of hearings scheduled across the country to consider new ideas regarding Federal food and farm policy. Six Members of Congress attended today’s hearing and heard testimony from nine witnesses on a variety of farm policy issues.


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 deployments of advanced imaging technology (AIT) units purchased with American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds to 28 additional airports—strengthening security at airports throughout the country while boosting local economies.


News Release: The Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the schedule and panelists for the second joint public workshop on competition and regulatory issues in agriculture, which will be held on May 21, 2010, in Normal, Ala., at the Ernest L. Knight Reception Center at Alabama A & M University. The workshop, the second of five, will focus on the poultry industry.


News Release: WASHINGTON — The Justice Department announced today that it has entered into a consent decree with Synapse Data and Telecom Inc. (Synapse), and Matthew Mossbarger, the owner of Synapse, to resolve the department’s complaint filed on behalf of Utah National Guard member Jose A. Ortega, alleging violations ...


News Release: A Miami-area resident who owned and operated an HIV infusion clinic was arrested today and charged for her alleged participation in a $23 million HIV infusion Medicare fraud scheme, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS) announced.


News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today a settlement agreement with ValleyCrest Landscape Companies to resolve charges of hiring discrimination against U.S. citizens and other work-authorized domestic workers at its Virginia locations. Under the agreement, ValleyCrest will modify its hiring ...


News Release: The Commerce Department’s U.S. Census Bureau today released retail sales for April 2010. Retail sales increased 0.4 percent, following a large 2.1‑percent rise in March. Sales of building materials and garden equipment and supplies jumped 6.9 percent following a similarly large gain in March. Private-sector analysts had expected a small decline of 0.1 percent in total sales in April.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on May 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a three page notice on May 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on May 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on May 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on May 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on May 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on May 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.