News from October 2010
By Interior Newswire | Oct 21, 2010
News Release: Yosemite National Park will start debris pile burning tomorrow, Oct. 22, 2010. Pile burning locations will include Tamarack Flat Campground, Crane Flat Campground, the communities of Foresta, El Portal, and Wawona, and along portions of the Wawona Road.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 21, 2010
News Release: Denali National Park and Preserve intends to prepare an Environmental Assessment regarding the allocation of climbing permits between commercial guided climbing operators and independent climbers on Mount McKinley. The 2006 Backcountry Management Plan established a seasonal (April 1- August 1) limit...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 21, 2010
Release: To remove obstacles to legal sales of United States agricultural commodities to Cuba and to end travel restrictions on all Americans to Cuba. Passed Committee by a roll call vote of 25 to 20 and ordered to be reported favorably to the House with the recommendation that it pass, June 30, 2010.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 21, 2010
News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore beaches are being managed under the terms of the U.S. District Court approved consent decree.The shorebird breeding season has concluded for the 2010 season.Resource closures remain in place for sea turtle nests that have not hatched yet.When a turtle nest reaches its...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 21, 2010
News Release: Yosemite National Park was shaped by glacial erosion over the past several million years. As the last glacier retreated from what is now Yosemite Valley, it left behind iconic granite formations such as Half Dome and El Capitan. Since then, rocks have fallen, and continue to fall from the sheer 3,000...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 20, 2010
News Release: - Lowell National Historical Park will be waiving museum fees for all visitors at the Boott Cotton Mills Museum on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010 in honor of Veterans Day. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar stated “Visitors to public recreation lands managed by the National Park Service, U.S. Fish and...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – T he United States, 14 states and the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe have entered into a settlement agreement with Chapter 11 debtor Motors Liquidation Company (Old GM), formerly known as General Motors Corporation, to settle certain environmental liabilities under the Comprehensive Environmental ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that Vincent Johnson of Brick, N.J., who went by the internet pseudonym "Devilfish," pleaded guilty in federal court in Trenton, N.J., to multiple charges related to a series of threatening communications he sent to employees of five civil rights organizations that work to improve opportunities for, and challenge discrimination against, Latinos in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Zachary Adam Chesser, 20, of Fairfax County, Va., pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Court Judge Liam O’Grady to a three-count criminal information that included charges of communicating threats against the writers of the South Park television show, soliciting violent jihadists to desensitize law enforcement, and attempting to provide material support to Al-Shabaab, a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – California-based companies Quicksort Inc., Quicksort LA Inc. and Quicksort Sacramento Inc. have agreed to pay the United States $4.2 million to settle allegations that Quicksort violated the False Claims Act by falsely representing the level to which it had pre-sorted mailings in order to obtain discounted postage rates from the U.S. Postal Service, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - A former Pittsfield, Mass., man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to his role in a series of frauds and attempts to avoid paying taxes over more than a decade, as well as lying to federal authorities and financial institutions about his illegal activities.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 20, 2010
News Release: Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Remarks at AdvaMed 2010 Medical Technology Conference Thank you, Joe, for your kind introduction. It’s great to have this opportunity to meet with the members of AdvaMed.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 20, 2010
News Release: U.S. efforts to fight transnational bribery were commended today after an official review by the Working Group on Bribery of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), announced the Departments of Justice, Commerce and State, and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In releasing its review, the OECD’s 38-country Working Group applauded U.S. enforcement efforts and high-level support for the fight against the bribery of foreign officials.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 20, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $3,008,790 grant to provide an estimated 1,868 jobless workers in Virginia with partial premium payments for health insurance coverage.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 20, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Phyllis C. Borzi, assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration, will hold an Oct. 21 conference call with members of the media to discuss a proposed rule to amend the regulatory definition of the term “fiduciary” under section 3(21) of the ...
By State News Post | Oct 20, 2010
The US State Department published a two page notice on Oct. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 20, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Oct. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Oct 20, 2010
The US State Department published a one page notice on Oct. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 20, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Oct. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 20, 2010
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Oct. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
