News from November 2010
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 9, 2010
News Release: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers have developed new certified reference materials for measuring amounts of organic acids in dietary supplements formulated with Vaccinium berries-cranberries, blueberries and bilberries. As described in a recent paper,* manufacturers and researchers can use this new suite of standard reference materialsTM (SRMs) as quality assurance tools.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 9, 2010
News Release: Major factors contributing to a rapid spread of fire at the Sofa Super Store in Charleston, S.C., on June 18, 2007, included large open spaces with furniture providing high fuel loads, the inward rush of air following the breaking of windows, and a lack of sprinklers, according to a draft report released...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 9, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Communications Director Leslie Phillips released the following statement Tuesday in reaction to the Army’s final report on the Fort Hood shooting...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 9, 2010
News Release: Bryce Canyon National Park will waive.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 9, 2010
News Release: Dear Commissioner Shulman: Under present law, more than 21 million taxpayers will be subject to higher taxes in 2010 unless legislation is enacted to limit the reach of the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT). We realize that this fact is causing concern for many taxpayers and is creating administrative difficulties...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 8, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 "Following the thwarted terrorist plot last week to conceal and ship explosive devices on board aircraft bound for the U.S., the Administration took a number of immediate steps to increase security by tightening existing measures related to cargo bound for the United States.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 8, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Contact: Scott McConnell 703-235-2163 Scott.McConnell@dhs.gov Encourages Individuals to Help Promote the Shared Responsibility of Keeping the Internet Safe WASHINGTON – The Stop. Think. Connect. campaign today launched its cybersecurity Public Service Announcement (PSA) Challenge, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Virginia man was sentenced today to 66 months in prison for possession and distribution of images containing child pornography, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Heaphy for the Western District of Virginia. Senior U.S. District Judge Norman K. Moon also ordered Rimmer to serve 10 years of supervised release following his prison term.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Harold James Nicholson, 59, appeared before U.S. District Judge Anna J. Brown and pleaded guilty to the crimes of conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government and conspiracy to commit international money laundering, David Kris, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, and Dwight C. Holton, U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the state of Indiana have reached an agreement with the city of Indianapolis on important modifications to a 2006 consent decree that will make Indianapolis’ sewer system more efficient, leading to major reductions in sewage contaminated water at a savings to the city of approximately $444 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Daniel Lee Jones, a Portland, Ore., white supremacist, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison and three years supervised release for threatening the president of the Lima, Ohio, chapter of the NAACP by mailing him a noose. Jones entered a guilty plea on May 17, 2010, to using the U.S. Postal Service to send a threatening communication.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Steven W. Allen, a practicing attorney from Mesa, Ariz., and Allen Goodmansen, a certified public accountant, also from Mesa, were sentenced to prison for tax fraud by Phoenix federal district court Judge Roslyn O. Silver, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal judge in Providence, R.I., entered a preliminary injunction against Michael Brier, individually, and doing business as Refunds Now Inc., RNTS Inc., FTIRS Inc., POTIRS Inc. and IHIRS Inc. from preparing federal tax returns for others. Also enjoined are Jeffrey Sroufe, Refunds Now’s director of operations and Esther Santiago, RNTS’s president.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 8, 2010
News Release: Household use of broadband internet service has risen dramatically during the first decade of the 21st century as the internet has become integral to the lives of most Americans. Nonetheless, not everyone uses broadband internet – either by choice or because they lack access. This report prepared jointly ...
By Labor Gazette | Nov 8, 2010
News Release: Grants to improve analysis of workforce program impacts WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced $12.2 million to 13 states through the Workforce Data Quality Initiative. These funds will enable states to build or expand longitudinal databases of workforce data that also link to education ...
By Labor Gazette | Nov 8, 2010
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. – C&K Market Inc. of Brookings, Ore., has agreed to restore $3 million in cash plus interest and to sell property owned by the C&K Market Inc. 401(k) plan, among other steps, in order to make restitution for a series of imprudent loans made with plan assets in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. C&K Market operates approximately 50 supermarkets in southern Oregon and northern California.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 8, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on Nov. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Nov 8, 2010
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Nov. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Nov 8, 2010
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Nov. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Nov 8, 2010
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Nov. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
