News from August 2011
By DOE Newswire | Aug 30, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Republican Governors Public Policy Committee (RGPPC) unveiled A New Medicaid: A Flexible, Innovative, and Accountable Future, a new report outlining policy options to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the beleaguered Medicaid program. The report responds to requests...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2011
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MT. - Early Monday morning, Aug. 29, at approximately 2am, park dispatch received a call informing them that Glacier National Park seasonal employee Jacob "Jake" Rigby was overdue from a personal day hike in the park. Rigby's supervisor notified park rangers that he did not show for work at his scheduled time later that morning. Rigby is a member of the exotic plant team working at the park.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 30, 2011
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 102,500 metric tons of hard red winter wheat for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2011/2012 marketing year.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2011
News Release: Saturday, Sept. 3, 7:30 p.m. - Rocky Mountain Ranger.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 29, 2011
News Release: Lassen Volcanic National Park offers 106,372 acres of high meadows and valleys, and 150 miles of trails. Over 100 miles of these trails are open to horseback riders. Lassen Volcanic National Park offers three group camping stock corrals for overnight stock and pack animal recreationists at Juniper, Butte, and Summit Lakes.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 29, 2011
News Release: Take part in a Rocky Mountain tradition: listening for the bugling of the bull Elk (Wapiti) on an autumn evening. Join us at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument to learn about, listen for, and look for wild Wapiti. Programs on September 16th, 17th, 18th will be from 5:30 PM until 8:00 PM. Programs...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 29, 2011
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today met with Honduran Secretary of Security Oscar Alvarez to discuss joint U.S.-Honduras security strategies and to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on the bilateral use of traveler information to strengthen international air transportation security.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 29, 2011
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 “Obama Administration Officials will travel to Virginia, North Carolina and Vermont on Tuesday, Aug. 30, to survey ongoing recovery and response efforts on the ground following Hurricane Irene. Secretary of Homeland Security ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today settled a lawsuit with the Puerto Rico Department of Justice (PRDOJ) to protect the rights of employees with disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The settlement resolves a complaint that the PRDOJ discriminated against an employee with a disability by failing to provide her with a reasonable accommodation, as required by the ADA.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice announced today that it has reached a settlement that will require General Electric Company (GE) to divest Converteam Group SAS’s Electric Machinery Holding Company in order to proceed with its acquisition of Converteam. The department said that the transaction, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Thomas E. Parenteau of Hilliard, Ohio, was sentenced today to 22 years in prison for conspiring with his wife, his mistress and their accountant, to commit tax fraud and money laundering, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. Parenteau was also sentenced for conspiring to obstruct justice and tamper with witnesses.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2011
News Release: NEW YORK – With the 10-year anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, approaching, September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) Special Master Sheila L. Birnbaum today announced the final rule governing the fund. Since issuing the proposed regulations in June 2011, Special Master Birnbaum has reviewed formal comments and met with, and received feedback from, hundreds of New York-area residents, workers and first responders at town hall meetings held in New York and New Jersey.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that New Orleans landlords Betty Bouchon, the Bouchon Limited Family Partnership and Sapphire Corp., have agreed to pay $70,000 in damages and civil penalties to settle a lawsuit alleging they unlawfully denied housing to African-American prospective ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Following a comprehensive investigation, the Justice Department has announced its findings that the Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation Department (MDCR) has engaged in a pattern or practice of constitutional violations in the jail facilities operated by MDCR. MDCR operates the nation’s eighth largest jail system and holds an average of 7,000 prisoners.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – An Omaha, Neb., man was charged in an indictment unsealed today for allegedly trying to solicit corrupt payments from an individual in return for a promised reduction in the individual’s ultimate prison sentence, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 29, 2011
News Release: The U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis today released data on personal income and outlays for July 2011. Personal income rose 0.3 percent in July, slightly below private-sector forecasts of a 0.4 percent increase, though personal income in both May and June was revised upward. Wages ...
By Labor Gazette | Aug 29, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today issued the following statement regarding the sixth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina: "I will never forget visiting New Orleans' Ninth Ward as a member of Congress in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath and seeing the poor families and terrified children ...
By Labor Gazette | Aug 29, 2011
News Release: Ceremony coincides with start of Labor Rights Week WASHINGTON — Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today signed joint declarations and letters of arrangement with Ambassador Aníbal de Castro of the Dominican Republic, Ambassador Muni Figueres of Costa Rica and Ambassador Francisco Altschul of El Salvador ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 29, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Aug. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 29, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
