News from August 2011
By State Newswire | Aug 18, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) issued a statement today as the Obama Administration and countries in the region ratcheted up the pressure on the Assad regime in Syria:
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2011
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, VA. - Thirty-five individuals have been indicted as part of an ongoing investigation into major heroin trafficking rings operating throughout the Virginia Peninsula. To date, 72 federal defendants and more than 100 related state defendants have been charged as part of this investigation.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2011
News Release: The Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area is pleased to announce a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the rededication of the picnic shelter at Yahoo Falls Picnic Area. Repairs to the shelter were recently completed by National Park Service personnel with assistance from inmates from United...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 18, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns (R-FL) and Health Subcommittee Vice Chair Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today released the following statement after an Obama-appointed judge ruled that the White House visitor logs are subject to Freedom of Information Act requests.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2011
News Release: Tuesday, August 23 marks the 234th anniversary of the end of the British siege on Fort Stanwix in 1777. Fort Stanwix National Monument will host special programs which highlight the fort's importance in America's fight for independence and its critical role in changing world history.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 18, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns (R-FL) and Health Subcommittee Vice Chair Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today released the following statement after an Obama-appointed judge ruled that the White House visitor logs are subject to Freedom of Information Act requests.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 18, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns (R-FL) and Health Subcommittee Vice Chair Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today released the following statement after an Obama-appointed judge ruled that the White House visitor logs are subject to Freedom of Information Act requests.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2011
News Release: All phones and internet access are down in park facilities located in the Homestead area of Everglades National Park. This outage was caused by a direct lightening strike to park communications equipment. Staff are working to restore service to these facilities as soon as possible. It is anticipated the outage could last up to 48 hours.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2011
News Release: Today, the Ranking Members of the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Education and the Workforce, and the Judiciary wrote to Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa urging him to withdraw his unilateral subpoena demanding documents from the National Labor Relations Board relating to its investigation of Boeing’s alleged discrimination against workers in Washington State.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 18, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Taiwanese national who conspired to export defense articles to the People's Republic of China was removed from the United States late Wednesday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2011
News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore beaches are being managed under the terms of the U.S. District Court approved consent decree. Park visitors can expect to see resource closures for breeding shorebirds in effect to varying degrees from mid-March to mid-to-late-August and sea turtle nesting closures may...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2011
News Release: Today in a letter to President Obama, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member and Dean of the Congressional Black Caucus John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) and Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) called on President Obama to raise the debt ceiling under the authority of the 14th Amendment. Below is the text of the letter...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2011
News Release: SAN DIEGO, CA - Acting Special Agent in Charge William R. Sherman, San Diego Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) announced today the arrests of 60 defendants as part of a takedown targeting Mexican and Iraqi drug trafficking organizations called Operation Shadowbox. In January of 2011, El Cajon...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 17, 2011
News Release: Republicans have yet to pass a single jobs bill, despite being presented with a steady stream of measures with a proven track record. Take the Building American Jobs Act of 2011, which Ways and Means Committee Democrats introduced in March. The legislation would extend eight tax preferred financing provisions...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2011
News Release: National Aviation Day Celebration : A Family Fun Day - Events Taking Place Throughout the Day at Wright Brothers National Memorial.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 17, 2011
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today unveiled new Public Service Announcements (PSAs) for the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) “If You See Something, Say Something™” public awareness campaign, aimed at educating the public on the importance of reporting suspicious activity to state and local law enforcement authorities.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - The United States has filed suit in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., against Bollinger Shipyards Inc., Bollinger Shipyards Lockport LLC and Halter Bollinger Joint Venture LLC, the Justice Department announced. The suit alleges that Bollinger, which is headquartered in Lockport, La., made material false statements to the Coast Guard under the Deepwater Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal grand jury in Cincinnati, Ohio, returned a four-count indictment today, charging Allan Wright, 45, of Russellville, Ohio, with trafficking in and making false records for illegally harvested white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in violation of the Lacey Act. Wright is employed as a wildlife officer for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife.
By USDA Wire | Aug 17, 2011
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Aug. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Aug 17, 2011
The US State Department published a one page notice on Aug. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
