News from September 2010
By Interior Newswire | Sep 27, 2010
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - As colors on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park begin to change, it is a reminder that the North Rim’s visitor season is winding down. The staff on the North Rim will soon begin to shut down most visitor services and facilities, but the park will remain open to visitors...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 27, 2010
News Release: Mr. President, I rise to speak out against the Reid-Durbin-Dorgan bill, S. 3816. This bill is being sold as somehow having the potential to create American jobs, but it would likely have the exact opposite effect - it would lead to a net decrease in American jobs. For that reason, I encourage my colleagues to vote against this bill.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 27, 2010
News Release: The majority party has had control of the Senate since Jan. 3, 2007.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 27, 2010
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced that Southern States Cooperative Inc., a seed company operating out of Richmond, Va., has paid $2,800 to settle alleged violations of the Federal Seed Act. The company settled the case in agreement with AMS officials. The company neither admitted nor denied the charges brought against them.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 27, 2010
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has named 15 leaders from a cross-section of U.S. industry, academia, and trade and professional organizations to serve on its newly formed Smart Grid Advisory Committee, which convenes its first meeting on Sept. 29, 2010.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 27, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Ten projects focused on two technical areas aimed at increasing the nation’s supply of "unconventional" fossil energy, reducing potential environmental impacts, and expanding carbon dioxide (CO2) storage options have been selected for further development by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
By USDA Newswire | Sep 27, 2010
News Release: A black, two-millimeter-long wasp from East Africa is helping wage war on one of its own kind-the Erythrina gall wasp, an invasive species that's decimated Hawaii's endemic wiliwili (Erythrina sandwicensis) and introduced coral bean trees (Erythrina spp.).
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 27, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) lauded the signing today of legislation that helps small businesses get capital, stimulates investment in small businesses and promotes entrepreneurship. Baucus and Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Chair Mary Landrieu...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 27, 2010
News Release: Beginning Monday, Sept. 27, the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area will be completing repairs to the Hewlett Field river access ramp located in the park's Island Ford unit in Sandy Springs, GA. The existing concrete ramp was badly damaged during flood events in September of 2009 and has...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 26, 2010
News Release: A public scoping meeting will be held on Sept. 30, 2010 at 6:30 p.m. to assist the National Park Service in developing an Environmental Assessment for planning an expansion and redesign of the campground at Oak Bottom within Whiskeytown National Recreation Area. The meeting will be held in the Community...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 25, 2010
News Release: At approximately 12:30 p.m. today, Saturday, Sept. 25, three hikers on the Keyhole Route of Longs Peak, witnessed a fall of another hiker from The Ledges. The man fell approximately 300 feet. Park rangers were contacted by cell phone soon after the fall. Park rangers reached the man's body at 3:17 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced that it filed a lawsuit today against Post Properties Inc., Post Apartment Homes L.P. and Post GP Holdings Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia for failing to provide accessible features required by the Fair Housing Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act at multi-family housing developments in six states. The defendants’ principal place of business is in Atlanta.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Paul Magliocchetti, the founder and president of PMA Group Inc., a lobbying firm, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Arlington, Va., to making hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal campaign contributions and making false statements to a federal agency, 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 | Sep 24, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice announced today that it has reached a settlement with six high technology companies – Adobe Systems Inc., Apple Inc., Google Inc., Intel Corp., Intuit Inc. and Pixar – that prevents them from entering into no solicitation agreements for employees. The department ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON A former U.S. Army staff sergeant pleaded guilty today to bribery in connection with a fuel theft scheme to solicit more than $400,000 in bribes from a government contractor in Afghanistan, 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 | Sep 24, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Three Miami-area residents were sentenced to prison today for their participation in a $22 million Medicare fraud scheme operated through two Miami home health agencies, ABC Home Health Care Inc. and Florida Home Health Care Providers Inc., announced the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS). A fourth individual was sentenced to home detention and supervised release for his participation in the scheme.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 24, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON — Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis issued the following statement in commemoration of the 45th anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 11246, creating what eventually became the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs: "Six months after brave men and ...
By Fed News Journal | Sep 24, 2010
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Sept. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 24, 2010
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Sept. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 24, 2010
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Sept. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
