News from April 2011
By USDA Wire | Apr 4, 2011
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on April 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Apr 4, 2011
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on April 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2011
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA - Christopher Vassalluzzo, D.O., 47, of New Hope, PA, pleaded guilty today to participating in a conspiracy to operate an office that was, in fact, a “pill mill" that distributed millions of prescription controlled substance diet drugs outside a professional practice. Vassalluzzo’s office, where he had others operate the pill mill while he worked at local hospitals, was located at 3000 Holme Avenue in Northeast Philadelphia.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2011
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - John G. McCabe, Jr., Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman, the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced that Frederick Sellers was sentenced today to 188 months in prison following his November conviction for conspiring to distribute cocaine in Camden and elsewhere.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2011
News Release: Today, at the first National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) issued the following statement emphasizing the need to increase funding for education and jobs programs for at-risk youth...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 4, 2011
News Release: Washington -- The following is the statement of U.S. Senator Susan Collins regarding Attorney General Eric Holder's announcement that Khalid Sheikh Mohammad will be tried in a military commission at the Guantanamo Bay prison. Senator Collins is the Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 4, 2011
News Release: Friends of Theodore Roosevelt National Park to Host Elk Management Presentation.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 4, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Under the 2012 budget proposal offered today by House Republicans, the energy and environment programs in the Department of Energy would be cut by 91 percent, while preserving tax breaks for oil companies.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 4, 2011
News Release: Dr. Douglas Wilson is the 2011 recipient of the John L. Cotter Award for Excellence in National Park Service Archeology. Dr. Wilson is an archaeologist for the Pacific West Regional Office of the National Park Service, based at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 4, 2011
News Release: Fort Frederica National Monument Superintendent Mary Beth Wester is pleased to announce a special living history program that will immerse visitors in an important aspect of colonial culture - the tavern. On Saturday, April 9, 2011 at 7:00 pm, visitors are invited to join some of Frederica’s 18th-century residents at the site of the Bennett Tavern for an enlightening evening.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 4, 2011
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, delivered the following prepared remarks before the University of the District of Columbia's Institute for Public Safety and Justice...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 4, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Three years after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was given information by our nation's federal fish experts to protect endangered salmon from harmful pesticides, the agency has yet to take action to protect more than 20 species of salmon. Because of this inaction, today Reps. Edward...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 4, 2011
News Release: On Wednesday, April 6 at 10:00 a.m., the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will hold a hearing entitled, "Streamlining Federal Education and Workforce Programs: A Look at the GAO Report on Government Waste." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 4, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today praised Representatives John Sullivan (R-OK) and Jim Matheson (D-UT) for teaming up to release draft bipartisan legislation to assess how multiple federal rules are affecting jobs and U.S. competitiveness as well as energy prices and reliability.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 4, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today praised Representatives John Sullivan (R-OK) and Jim Matheson (D-UT) for teaming up to release draft bipartisan legislation to assess how multiple federal rules are affecting jobs and U.S. competitiveness as well as energy prices and reliability.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2011
News Release: LAS VEGAS, NV - The Drug Enforcement Administration and its community partners throughout Nevada will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous prescription drugs. On Saturday, April 30th, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, DEA and its partners will hold their second National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day at sites throughout Nevada. The service is free and anonymous, no questions asked.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 4, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today praised Representatives John Sullivan (R-OK) and Jim Matheson (D-UT) for teaming up to release draft bipartisan legislation to assess how multiple federal rules are affecting jobs and U.S. competitiveness as well as energy prices and reliability.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 4, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry today introduced legislation to eliminate a burdensome, costly and redundant permit requirement for applications of pesticides.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 4, 2011
News Release: Washington -The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) today announced cash payments to producers who were approved under the Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) for Farmers Program and who successfully complete the technical assistance training...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 4, 2011
News Release: National Parks have been called one of "America's Greatest Ideas." This year the National Park Service celebrates National Park Week from April 16th to April 24th, 2011. During this time, entrance fees to all national park areas will be waived. Why not celebrate by visiting Florissant Fossil Beds National...
