News from September 2010
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2010
News Release: North Cascades National Park Ranger Kelly Bush is the recipient of the 2010 Pacific West Region Harry Yount Award which honors and recognizes outstanding national park rangers. She has been a park ranger at North Cascades National Park since 1979 and the Wilderness District Ranger since 2002. She is known for her skilled leadership and consistent high standards for visitor service. This is the second time that she has received this prestigious award - the other being in 2000.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 28, 2010
News Release: After 20 years with its research components organized largely by scientific disciplines, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is realigning its laboratories according to a mission-based structure.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 28, 2010
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
By DOL Newswire | Sep 28, 2010
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee’s senior Republican member, issued the following statement today in response to President Obama’s claims about Republican support for education...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2010
News Release: (Hancock, MI) Two historic buildings burned Saturday night, Sept. 25, at the historic Quincy Smelting Works site. The 30-acre site, home to a (now) 26-building nineteenth century copper smelting complex, is in the Quincy Mining Company National Historic Landmark District (1989). The Cooper/Carpenter Shop (1898) and Lumber Shed (1917) were contributing structures to the NHL, which is within Keweenaw National Historical Park.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 28, 2010
News Release: OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN BARBARA BOXER
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 28, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Tuesday welcomed final passage of legislation to help the Red Cross, other disaster relief agencies, and state and local governments obtain goods and services for disaster victims more easily than they can now.
By State Newswire | Sep 28, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Howard L. Berman (D-CA), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement regarding the markup of H.R. 4645, the Travel Restriction Reform and Export Enhancement Act...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 28, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, introduced legislation to help communities determine whether there is a connection between "clusters" of cancer, birth defects and other diseases, and contaminants in the surrounding environment. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Bill Nelson (D-FL) joined Senator Boxer as original co-sponsors of the legislation.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 27, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced the beginning of Cyber Storm III—a three-day long, DHS-sponsored exercise that brings together a diverse cross-section of the nation’s cyber incident responders to assess U.S. cyber response capabilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – China Airlines Ltd. has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a $40 million criminal fine for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices in the air transportation industry, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department and the Department of Transportation announced $55,000 in fines against Tornado Bus Company Inc., of Dallas, for violating passenger carrier accessibility requirements under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). In addition to the fine, a consent agreement reached ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal grand jury has indicted Christopher Shane Montgomery, a resident of Bastrop, La., for conspiring to commit a hate crime, tampering with a witness and lying to federal authorities, announced the Justice Department and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Louisiana. If convicted of these charges, Montgomery faces up to 40 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced that the Housing Authority for the city of Royston, Ga., (RHA) has agreed to pay up to $270,000 to resolve allegations that it engaged in a pattern or practice of discriminating against applicants for housing and tenants based on race. The RHA is a ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Detroit-area resident Hassan Akhtar pleaded guilty today for his role in managing a home health care fraud scheme, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS) announced. Akhtar, 26, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Denise Page Hood of the Eastern District of Michigan ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Paul Edward Pavulak, 66, of New Castle, Del., was convicted today by a federal jury in Wilmington of child exploitation offenses, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware David C. Weiss.
By Fed Newswire | Sep 27, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between Monarch Community Bancorp, Inc., Coldwater, Michigan, a registered bank holding company, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. A copy of the Written Agreement is attached.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 27, 2010
News Release: Commerce Secretary also announces availability of funding for fishery research U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke traveled to Boston, Mass., and Portland, Maine, today to meet with local fishermen and elected officials to discuss the review of enforcement cases and changes he made to the Asset Forfeiture ...
By Commerce News Now | Sep 27, 2010
News Release: Announcement Completes Broadband Stimulus Awards U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke today announced 14 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act investments to help bridge the technological divide, create jobs, and improve education and public safety in communities across the country. The investments, totaling ...
By Labor Gazette | Sep 27, 2010
News Release: ARLINGTON, Va. – The Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration has announced new screening criteria for the pattern of violations enforcement program, which gives the agency additional enforcement tools to use at mines with a history of violating safety standards. This is a critical ...
