News from April 2011
By EPA Newswire | Apr 25, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Building on the Energy and Commerce Committee’s ongoing inquiry into nuclear safety and the long-term storage of spent nuclear fuel, Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) tomorrow will lead a congressional visit to the nuclear waste repository at Yucca...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2011
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Throughout the upcoming field season, National Park Service staff will be applying herbicide to targeted high priority invasive plant species in Grand Canyon National Park's developed areas. Developed areas of the park have increased levels of human disturbance, which contribute to the high concentration of invasive plants in these areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2011
News Release: ATLANTA, GA. - A few weeks prior to the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) second National Prescription Drug Take-Back (Saturday, April 30, 2011) 5,146 (25% more sites than were established for the event last fall) nationwide have joined the effort that seeks to prevent pill abuse and theft. The...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 25, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Building on the Energy and Commerce Committee’s ongoing inquiry into nuclear safety and the long-term storage of spent nuclear fuel, Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) tomorrow will lead a congressional visit to the nuclear waste repository at Yucca...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2011
News Release: On the day when the National Park Service (NPS) will observe Ulysses S. Grant's 189th birthday, the NPS and the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation (DPR) will welcome visitors to the newly restored Overlook Pavilion in Riverside Park.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2011
News Release: Due to longer days and warming temperatures, Denali National Park and Preserve Superintendent Paul Anderson has determined that there is no longer adequate snow cover for the use of snowmobiles for traditional activities in the 1980 additions to Denali National Park and Preserve that are north of the...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2011
News Release: What: The Bureau of Land Management is hosting a Hydraulic Fracturing Forum. Topics will include best management practices, disclosure of the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing fluids, well construction and integrity, production wastewater management and other techniques for protecting drinking water resources. Panelists will include experts from federal and state governments, industry and environmental organizations that are engaged in natural gas development issues.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2011
News Release: Did you know that the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Federal Mineral Leasing Program always operates in the black? Portions of the resulting revenues generated through this program are distributed back to the originating state. As a result, jobs and revenues...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2011
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The National Park Service has announced the release of an environmental assessment analyzing future non-commercial options for the site now occupied by Lake Mead Lodge. The assessment presents and evaluates alternatives for possible demolition or non-commercial reuse of the Lake Mead Lodge site. Public comment on the assessment is being accepted through May 27.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Eric Bernard Caldwell, a resident of Montgomery County, Ala., pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the United States, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. The guilty plea took place before U.S. Magistrate Judge Charles S. Coody in the U.S. District Court in Montgomery, Ala.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - A New York stock broker has pleaded guilty in federal court in Detroit to conspiracy to commit securities fraud and wire fraud in connection with the Alan Ralsky spamming organization’s stock pump-and-dump scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Lanny A. Breuer and U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade for the Eastern District of Michigan.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – An Alabama businessman pleaded guilty today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Wallace Capel Jr. to his role in conspiring to bribe legislators in exchange for their favorable votes on pro-gambling legislation, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and Special ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Las Vegas man was arrested yesterday on charges that he defrauded distressed homeowners in Las Vegas who were attempting to refinance or adjust their home mortgages, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - The United States has settled a whistleblower lawsuit against DynCorp International LLC and The Sandi Group (TSG), the Justice Department announced today. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, alleges that DynCorp and its subcontractor TSG submitted or caused to be submitted false claims for payment under DynCorp’s contract with the Department of State to provide civilian police training in Iraq.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 22, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today issued the following statement on Earth Day: "Americans have always worked to make a difference in their own communities and around the world. Earth Day offers an important reminder to continue that tradition. We can – and must address the challenges that threaten our economy, our security and our planet.
By DOE Gazette | Apr 22, 2011
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on April 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2011
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on April 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2011
The US Interior Department published a three page notice on April 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2011
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on April 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 22, 2011
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on April 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
