News from October 2010
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2010
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) is examining approaches to recover more of the cost of the mountaineering program in Denali National Park and Preserve. Currently, each climber of Mt. McKinley and Mt. Foraker pays a cost recovery special mountaineering use fee of $200. Despite an increase in the fee from...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2010
News Release: ONE-WAY VEHICLE TRAFFIC. DURING RIM ROCK MARATHON FOOT RACE. IN COLORADO NATIONAL MONUMENT. Nov. 13, 8:00 am to 1:00pm. On Saturday, Nov. 13, from 8:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m., portions of Rim Rock Drive in Colorado National Monument will be temporarily closed to facilitate the annual Rim Rock Marathon.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 30, 2010
Release: A bill to convey to Miami-Dade County certain federally owned land in Florida. The bill would provide for the sale of two acres of land at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Subtropical Horticulture Research Station. Passed Committee by voice vote and ordered to be reported favorably to the House with the recommendation that it pass, July 29, 2009.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2010
News Release: On Saturday, October 23rd, Sagamore Hill National Historic Site celebrated our 26th president's birthday and paid tribute to Long Island's agricultural history. The weather was perfect and played a role in attracting the 1200 attendees throughout the afternoon. Activities included old fashioned games...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2010
News Release: On Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010, local naval personnel and the crew from the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier visited Sagamore Hill National Historic Site (NHS) for a special guided tour of the Theodore Roosevelt home. The tour was provided by seasonal Park Guide Jean Quinn, who was a Petty Officer...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 29, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 "As a precaution, DHS has taken a number of steps to enhance security. Some of these security measures will be visible while others will not. The public may recognize specific enhancements including heightened cargo screening and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Todd Alan Cook, 24, of Wichita Falls, Texas, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge T.S. Ellis III for selling more than $1 million worth of pirated computer software through the Internet, in violation of criminal copyright infringement laws, announced Assistant ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – A fired information technology director for Transmarx LLC, a Richmond, Va., company, was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for hacking into his former employer’s website, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride of the Eastern District of Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – A securities attorney and a former stock broker were sentenced today to 188 months and 151 months in prison, respectively, for their roles in an extensive pump-and-dump stock manipulation scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Thomas Scott Woodward of the Northern District of Oklahoma. The two defendants were also ordered to forfeit more than $43 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The United States has reached a settlement with Rocky Mountain Instrument Company (RMI) to resolve claims that the manufacturer violated the False Claims Act, the Justice Department announced today. The Lafayette, Colo.-based company is alleged to have submitted claims for payment to various ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Platinum One Contracting, located in Capitol Heights, Md., its president, Anthony Wright, and Capitol Contractors, also located in Capitol Heights, and its president, Vernon J. Smith III, have agreed to pay the United States $200,000 to settle claims that they used false statements to obtain ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that its Civil Rights Division plans to deploy more than 400 federal observers and department personnel to 30 jurisdictions in 18 states for the Nov. 2, 2010, general election.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 29, 2010
News Release: Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Remarks at Silicon Valley Leadership Group, Santa Clara, California Thank you.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 29, 2010
News Release: The U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis today released the first estimate of gross domestic product (GDP) for the third quarter of 2010. Real GDP grew 2.0 percent at an annual rate in the third quarter, comparable to private-sector expectations of a 2.1 percent increase. In the current expansion, growth so far has averaged a moderate 2.8 percent at an annual rate.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 29, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Oct. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 29, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Oct. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 29, 2010
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Oct. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Oct 29, 2010
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Oct. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 29, 2010
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Oct. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 29, 2010
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Oct. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
